Diversity Action Plan
Induction Program
Standard 6: Universal
Access: Equity for All
Students
1. Participating teachers protect
and support all students by
designing and implementing
equitable and inclusive learning
environments.
2. Participating teachers
maximize student achievement
for students from all ethnic,
racial, socioeconomic, cultural,
academic, and family
backgrounds; and genders,
gender identities, and sexual
orientations.
Date & Research Research Classroom Reflection
Needs Sources Summary Application What was the impact on my
Where did I find What new ideas How did I implement teaching and/or my students’
Assessment
new information? might I use? one new idea? achievement?
Correlation
Date of Research: "The School That This text repeatedly stated that Focus Student or Group: My students read an article about
3/16/16
Equity Built” By Judy students need a voice in the Boys whether or not students should
Kwasnica, Jan Moxey classroom. Girls need to be be required to spend more time
Needs Assessment Implementation:
Number(s): and Annemarie “valued as an equal voice in the doing PE in school. After close
I will implement this by having
Shrouder classroom” and boys need to reading, I had the students form
1 2 4 11 14 16 students read an article in Scholastic
“learn proactive skills which will an opinion and then raise their
Magazine, form an opinion, and then
enable them to speak about their hands to vote on their opinion. I
argue their opinion in an open class
feelings.” As a teacher, I need to wrote the votes on the white
discussion by referencing the text.
do my best to create board. Then, I asked the kids to
opportunities for students to raise their hands if they wanted
share their opinions and have a to share evidence from the text
voice in the classroom. that supports their opinion.
Approximately 50% of the class
raised their hands and shared
what they found in the text.
After they shared from the text,
I asked students to share their
personal beliefs on the issue and,
again, approximately 50% of the
class shared. Next time, I will use
talking pieces to encourage all
students to participate in
discussion.
Date of Research: Educating In this text, the author gives a Focus Student or Group: Last week, the students practiced
3/30/16
Everybody's variety of strategies that All on frontrow.com. I assigned a
Children: Diverse teachers can use in their Implementation: reading passage on Erosion and a
Teaching Strategies classrooms to effectively I will introduce a more rigorous online math assignment on decimals. The
Needs Assessment
for Diverse increase student achievement in a homework program for math, reading, students completed the tasks in
Number(s):
Learners, Revised classroom with a diverse and writing. I will communicate this the lab with adequate scores.
5 7 9 12 15 and Expanded 2nd population. One strategy that homework assignment in my weekly This week, the students did
Edition by Robert W. they recommended was to newsletter and respond to parent similar assignments as online
20 21
Coyle “Encourage active participation of emails regarding the program as it is homework. So far, I have not
parents or guardians.” needed. I will model how to use the received any negative comments
program in class and give the students from parents. Based on the
on hour of lab time to practice before scores that I am seeing so far,
any assignments are given. the students are performing
better than they did in the lab.
This shows that the parents are
participating in the process and
they are seeing the types of
questions that the students are

3. When planning and delivering
instruction, participating
teachers examine and strive to
minimize bias in classrooms,
schools, and larger educational
systems while using culturally
responsive pedagogical
practices.
4. Participating teachers use a
variety of resources (including
technology-related tools,
interpreters, etc.) to
collaborate and communicate
with students, colleagues,
resource personnel, and
families to provide the full
range of learners equitable
access to state-adopted
academic content standards.
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Diversity Action Plan
being expected to answer. This is
also exposing parents to our
current standards and it gives the
students and opportunity to share
what they are learning in in class
with their family.
Date of Research: Educating In this text, one recommended Focus Student or Group: This week, I had the students
3/30/16
Everybody's strategy for minimizing bias is to Non-white students read an article called, “Teach
Children: Diverse use resources in the classroom Boys and Girls Separately?” The
Teaching Strategies that help to “ Identify and article brought up the argument
for Diverse dispel stereotypes. “This should Implementation: of whether or not boys and girls
Needs Assessment Learners, Revised help alleviate stereotypes and I will use Scholastic News issues that should be taught in the same
Number(s):
and Expanded 2nd give students the opportunity to include articles with main characters school or separate schools. The
1 2 3 4 5 6 Edition by Robert W. reflect on people of a variety of from a variety of cultures and that students read the text and then I
Coyle cultures, genders, and present current issues that are up for assigned each student a position,
7 8 9 10
backgrounds. debate. The students read the texts, whether or not that matched with
13 17 18 19 analyze the texts, and then form an their personal opinion. Then, we
opinion based on what is presented. had a class debate arguing both
The students will then be encouraged sides. This brought up a lot of
to think critically about these topics. great points regarding gender and
how boys and girls work together.
Date of Research: Teachers as This resource shows how to Focus Student or Group: In our current math unit on
3/30/16
Evaluators: effectively analyze data and use All students decimals, only 5% of students
Achievement Teams it to benefit future instruction scored 70% or higher on our pre-
Implementation:
and Inspired and and student achievement. I can assessment. We have set a goal of
Needs Assessment My PLC will use this information to
Number(s): Passionate Teaching see how to set an effect size, 36% at 70% or higher based on an
record our RTI data for each math
by Steve Ventura how to record data, and how to algorithm that Steve Ventura has
22 23 24 unit. We will analyze the pre-
set a goal for my students. Also, provided. We have recorded our
assessment scores, set a goal for the
the text shows how to current score and our goal on our
post-assessment, communicate our
communicate the results with RTI chart in the hallway. I have
goal with the students, and then
students so that they can meet communicated this goal with the
record whether or not we met our
their future goals. class and we have discussed
goal.
strategies for improving our
performance. At the end of the
unit, the pre-assessment and
post-assessment will be sent
home to parents so that they can
see their child’s progress.