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The SIS Equity Taskforce is a group of teachers and administrators.

We aim to...

  • Support the school and the community as we become increasingly aware of equity issues
  • Support the school's leadership in addressing equity issues through professional development and policy renewal
  • Provide a voice for anyone with experiences, concerns, and learnings to share

About this Site:

  • Right now, the audience is SIS teachers and staff. The link is private, so it's only available to view by people with the link 
  • We will email a link to our newsletter each month. All newsletters are archived under the "Newsletters" tab
  • We welcome suggestions and resources! Please email Sarah Ducharme, Net Valley Librarian
  • This site is compiled and written by the SIS Equity Taskforce

Any faculty or staff member may join the Taskforce at any time. Please email any of us with your interest, questions, concerns, or ideas.

And welcome to new member: Aljoe Cruz - photo coming soon...

Suggest a Resource: sducharme@sis.org.cn

Terms to Know, via The Aspen Institute

Structural Racism:

A system in which public policies, institutional practices, cultural representations, and other norms work in various, often reinforcing ways to perpetuate racial group inequity. It identifies dimensions of our history and culture that have allowed privileges associated with “whiteness” and disadvantages associated with “color” to endure and adapt over time. Structural racism is not something that a few people or institutions choose to practice. Instead it has been a feature of the social, economic and political systems in which we all exist.

Systemic Racism:

In many ways “systemic racism” and “structural racism” are synonymous. If there is a difference between the terms, it can be said to exist in the fact that a structural racism analysis pays more attention to the historical, cultural and social psychological aspects of our currently racialized society.

Hidden Curriculum:

The unwritten, unofficial, and often unintended lessons, values, and perspectives that students learn in school. While the “formal” curriculum consists of the courses, lessons, and learning activities students participate in, as well as the knowledge and skills educators intentionally teach to students, the hidden curriculum consists of the unspoken or implicit academic, social, and cultural messages that are communicated to students while they are in school. (via Ed Glossary)

Microagression:

Allyship: