Over the past year, public schools across the country have been roiled by attacks on critical race theory and education equity that aim to roll back the progress that parents, youth, and educators have made toward anti-racist schools that teach students the truth. EJ-ROC is excited to announce a partnership with Race Forwards H.E.A.L. Together Initiative (Honest Education, Action and Leadership) and the Schott Foundation for Public Education parents, youth and communities that are organizing for education justice in the face of attacks on critical race theory and education equity.

A resource for education leaders seeking to create and/or improve induction programs with practices that support teacher retention, teacher development, and improved student learning.

Gathering information and perspectives from diverse constituencies related to how they are experiencing the policies, programs and practices implemented in the school will inform the MLL/ELL Program Quality Review process and scoring. The information gathered through focus groups or interviews will also help the community understand the hopes and aspiration of the diverse constituencies as improvement plans are developed to meet identified needs. Enclosed are initial sets of questions designed for diverse constituencies related to effective policies, programs and/or practices for MLLs/ELLs. These questions can be used with focus groups or for individual interviews. Please feel free to adapt or add questions to meet the needs of your community and the MLL/ELL Program Quality Review. To save time and create opportunity for conversations related to the MLL/ELL program quality, the use of focus groups is encouraged. Enclosed are protocols for engaging students, parents, teachers and school administrators. In each protocol there is an introduction to the process and its purpose within the MLL/ELL Program Quality review. The inquiry is designed to start with an open-ended question that has several follow-up questions to prompt discussion. Each open-ended question has links to the Tenets and Pillars and will help the review teams gather data to inform their scoring of indicators, pillars and tenets.

The West Orange Public Schools is committed to creating a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive community for all individuals within its school community. An important step to accomplish this is to understand our school communitys perspectives and experiences related to diversity, equity, access and inclusion in our schools. This survey is a template that could be used in your school community.

A survey developed by Teaching Tolerance, which can be shared with students to understand and begin conversations around racial inquities and personal beliefs.

A list of 34 questions that can be used to gather feedback from teachers and staff about equality and inclusion at school.