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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging

The Iota Chapter embraces and fosters all qualities of diversity, including

race, ethnicity, age, religion, gender, sexual identity, and ability.

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Earning the Jade Badge

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion professional development must come from resources outside of Emporia State University to broaden your perspectives of oppressed and/or marginalized communities. You must cover at least two different resources from this list which relate to K-12 classroom practices. You must complete a minimum of two hours of learning.and submit a reflection of learning using the Equity Literacy Framework. According to the Equity Literacy Framework, the knowledge and skills of equity literacy cultivate in individuals and institutions four equity abilities: 

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  1. the ability to recognize even the subtlest biases and inequities,

  2. the ability to respond skillfully and equitably to biases and inequities in the immediate term,

  3. the ability to redress biases and inequities by understanding and addressing them at their institutional roots, 

  4. the ability to actively cultivate equity by applying an equity commitment to every decision, and

  5. the ability to sustain equity efforts even in the face of discomfort or resistance.

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"Teachers do not leave their values at the door when they enter their classrooms. On the contrary, as much as they might want to hide or avoid them, their values and beliefs slip under the door with them. In fact, teachers bring their entire autobiographies with them: Their experiences, identities, values, beliefs, attitudes, hang-ups, biases, wishes, dreams, and hopes. It is useless for them to deny this; the most they can do is acknowledge how these may either get in the way or, or enhance their work with students.”

 

~Nieto, Teaching as Autobiography

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