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Student Programming Faculty & Staff Professional Development

The Office of DEIB continues to develop an authentic connection with students through its participation in the life of the school by attending field trips across all divisions, supporting school programs, and assisting with student concerns or disciplinary issues

All faculty and staff are required to attend Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity (SEED) training within three years of their hire date. This year concluded our fifth cohort with now 81% of eligible faculty and staff members having completed SEED training

Policies, Procedures, & Practices

Stuart Board of Trustees developed and approved a Diversity Policy. A Cultural Awareness criterion was added to the staff evaluation process which assesses staff members’ growth in awareness of their own cultural worldview, attitude toward cultural differences, knowledge of different cultures and cross-cultural skills, and development of measures to detect cultural blindspots.

Integrated CamelCase hashtags, video captions, Alt Text, and image descriptions into Office of Communications guidelines to increase accessibility to social media content Support was added to the Office of DEIB with division coordinator positions.

Integrated the director of DEIB into the hiring process, attending all hiring fairs, interviewing prospective faculty and staff candidates, and participating in faculty and staff evaluative discussions, as necessary.