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Building inclusiveness in K12 schools is extremely important to retain diverse students, teachers and staff. Every school should be a place where all school members feel acknowledged and appreciated for who they are, and be made to feel like they belong. The following workshops have been helpful for schools that want to build an inclusive, supportive environment and grow their school-wide diversity. • The “BIG Idea” Workshop: This 3-hour interactive workshop aims to provide awareness, knowledge and skills to participants about personal and institutional dynamics of social inequality. Providing hands-on strategies, the goal of the workshop is to better equip teachers and staff to engage diverse social identities, to explore how oppression and privilege operate in our daily lives, and to create a more inclusive school culture. This workshop can be incorporated into any other workshop as a framework from which to discuss other leadership and/or diversity concerns and growth. • Building an Inclusive Classroom Environment: Once teachers are equipped with a framework for understanding social inequalities, this workshop expands on the “BIG” Idea workshop by providing specific strategies for creating a classroom environment in which everyone feels like they belong. The setting that is created in the classroom can have a lasting effect throughout the length of the academic year and can set the tone for a supportive, inclusive school. Creating inclusiveness is critical for any school and correlates with recruitment and retention of diverse students, staff, and teachers. • Leadership & Communication Workshop: This workshop includes interactive exercises and strategies for creating and maintaining better interpersonal communication throughout your school. Focusing on listening skills and communication skills, participants can then become better leaders in your school by practicing these strategies. They can become more effective members of the school community and serve as role models for others. • Managing Emotions: This interactive workshop provides a means for understanding the ways emotions can sometimes keep us from moving forward in our goals, including the inability to effectively communicate with others. Strategies will be provided for managing emotions in successful ways. This intensive, interactive workshop delves into dealing with emotions and most importantly, understanding the dynamics of resistance to move forward. |