Timeline and Evolution of DEI: Select Highlights 2011-2020

TIMELINE AND EVOLUTION OF DEI: SELECT HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2011-2020

CORE VALUES: Integrity, Curiosity, Diversity, Creativity, Agency, Impact

2011-16 Strategic Plan calls for the School to "more deliberately foster an ethos of inclusion, integrity, civility, compassion, and kindness."

School gains membership to National Alliance of Black School Education (NABSE)

2014-16 Consultants from Stanley H. King Institute, Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, Creative Catalyst Consulting, Diversity Training Group, and UVA Darden School work with faculty, parents, students, and trustees.

2015 Dr. Sugata Mitra visits as part of the Booth Family Inspiration Speaks series

2015 5-8 begins Humanities curriculum revision and review of core texts

Review of Life Skills sequence for 4-8Curation of K-8 library resources

2016 School adopts Statement on Diversity and Inclusion (p. 4)

Committee on Diversity and Inclusion formed, made up of faculty, parents, administrators and board members

2017-22 Strategic Plan calls for the School to "build a faculty and administration that reflects the diversity of our student body and broader community; seize every teachable moment in regards to kindness, inclusion, and civility, no matter the time and circumstance; and integrate empathy, awareness, and respect for differences into every classroom and course in explicit and measurable ways."

First Black Student Union created

School hosts Erika Christakis

2017 Faculty and staff begin regularly attending NAIS People of Color Conference

2017 Two Quest programs explore the Unite the Right hate events of August 2017

Upper School adds Academic and Learning Support Specialist to help approach support through a DEI lens

Ongoing curriculum revisions in all divisions

2018 Residence Life hosts Rosetta LeeK-4 begins social studies redesign

Identity work built intentionally into K-4 grade curriculum

2019 DEI Team created, providing two new positions to support initiatives

Summer 2020 DEI Team conducts Town Hall Listening Meetings with students, parents, and young alumni of color

2020 Jen Cort, Stanley H. King Institute provide professional development to faculty and staff for addressing difficult conversations and listening skills in School

Book Clubs for "White Fragility" and "New Kid"

5-8 faculty participate in Side By Side professional development

Board of Trustees creates Inclusive Excellence subcommittee

Created curricular goals and established regular checkpoints with academic leaders

WHAT'S NEXT? CURRICULAR GOALS

Continue reviewing equity, access, identity and belonging in our academics. Map and identify gaps in curriculum.

Examine "hidden curriculum:" assessment, social capital, and support

Look into financial support for extra programming: Summer programs,after school enrichment, ski club, etc.