Advocacy for Equity and Access

Catalog description

This course emphasizes the belief that all students can and will reach proficiency, without exceptions or excuses, and that schools ought to be organized to advance the equitable learning of all students. This course encourages each participant, through reflective engagement on their specific educational context, to develop their understanding of advocacy leadership. Through this reflection, candidates will develop their ability to conduct equity audits to identify the multiple factors in a specific context that prevent equity and inclusion, develop a plan to address those factors, and develop skills needed to lead multiple stakeholders to effectively implement the plan and improve equity and inclusion for all students.