CLX Racial Equity Team Newsletter
Fall Newsletter for Thursday Folders
Claxton and Racial Equity: A recap on our work
In 2014, Claxton received funding to help train our staff on what racial equity and structural racism means with the help and support of Craig White, a consultant from outside of ACS. Through his experience with non-profits and various other racial equity training, White helped us create norms and better understand what racial equity means.
Our staff identified the racial disparities that we felt exist in our school community: transportation, parental/family involvement, student leadership roles, testing, discipline, food & nutrition, communication, AIG, technology/access to information, messaging, and staff composition. In Spring 2015, we included racial equity as our first goal in our school improvement plan and bridged the work between racial equity and the Leader In Me training.
During the 2015-2016 school year, our team decided to focus on the discipline and student leadership disparities. Staff, especially those who facilitated student clubs, were encouraged to consider referring back to staff trainings such as our foundational racial equity training, implicit bias trainings, and micro-aggressions traininings via a racial equity lens to ensure that these student groups mirrored the racial demographics of our student population.
Family Voices Night at PVA
Paideia Seminar with 5th grade on "The House on Mango Street"
Family Voices Night at PVA
What does this year look like for Claxton and Racial Equity work?
- One full day workshop for new staff and faculty to introduce them to the content, language, culture, and framework of racial equity at Claxton. (Completed on September 16, 2016)
- One half day workshop for all staff and faculty, reviewing and renewing racial equity concepts and deepening the school’s culture and practices related to racial equity and to The Leader in Me. (Scheduled for October 31)
- Four or more two hour sessions with the Claxton PTO, providing training on racial equity. These sessions will be held in two community centers where we have identified our largest populations of students of color.
- Continue to support Family Voices Nights quarterly with an emphasis on our communities with the largest populations of students of color. The Family Voices will be held at the two identified community centers.
- Continue with monthly table-top discussions at staff meetings focused around targeted disparities and leadership goals as they relate to The Leader in Me.
- Quarterly newsletters to share our work with the school community
- Reach out to parents who participated in the Family Voices meetings during the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 sessions to participate in the Claxton Racial Equity Team.
- Launch quarterly Paideia seminars with a focus on racial equity and leadership for all 3-5 classrooms as well as quarterly staff meetings with the support of ACS Educator, Jeremy Spielman.
Meet the Claxton Racial Equity Team!
Mark Ackerman
Kimberly Eggett
Molly Peeples
Ashley Lotter
Amy Brown
Betts Conti
Derek Edwards
Chanda Roberson
Craig White
Contact Us!
Email: kimberly.eggett@ashevillecityschools.net
Website: claxton.ashevillecityschools.net
Phone: 828-350-6500
Facebook: facebook.com/claxtonelem
Twitter: @claxtonelem
National Mix it Up at Lunch Day
Get ready to make new friends and have some serious fun when we Mix It Up at Lunch on October 3rd! #MixLunch