EVER-EVOLVING EDUCATION

An important partnership helps CSG best meet the needs of students

As part of CSG’s ongoing, student-centered approach to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB), our school established a partnership with Dr. Cynthia Tyson, an awardwinning professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning within The Ohio State University’s College of Education and Human Ecology.

Dr. Tyson, who worked as an elementary classroom teacher and multicultural education staff development specialist, has served as an educational consultant to schools for initiatives including curriculum development, assessment, and policy audits. As part of a multi-year partnership with her, we’re working as a community to expand our awareness of DEIB principles, while building the foundational knowledge needed to best assess our curricula through a DEIB lens.

“While we’ve always worked to improve and adapt our curricula to the changing world to better meet the needs of our students, we also want to provide our students with relevant skill sets to better navigate a globally diverse world,” said Leisan Smith, CSG’s Chief Equity Officer.

“We want our students to be good citizens of the world,” she said.

The endeavor to carry out a DEIB-centered curriculum assessment is part of CSG’s Anti-Racism Action Plan, which includes priorities for the next two years. In addition to curriculum evaluation, the plan also focuses on recruitment and hiring of faculty, staff, and administrators; evaluating and evolving programs and traditions as necessary; developing a system for incident reporting; and communicating the work the school does daily to equip our girls with the skills and competencies they need to thrive in a diverse and multicultural world. As CSG works to carry out the tasks outlined by the Action Plan, we also are focusing on important professional development for faculty and staff. This past school year, Dr. Tyson worked with faculty and staff in training designed to define who we are as a community and encourage reflection about interacting with students and other community members.

“Those things were important to include everyone in,” Smith said.

As the work continue, CSG will work with Dr. Tyson’s support to assess our curricula to better meet the needs of students.

Dr. Cynthia Tyson