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Defining an Equity Defining an Equity Leadership Agenda in Leadership Agenda in the Midst of COVID-19 the Midst of COVID-19 Erica Jordan-Thomas Founder & Principal, EJT Consulting, LLC. www.ericajordanthomas.com @e_jordanthomas

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Erica Jordan-Thomas Founder & Principal, EJT Consulting, LLC. www.ericajordanthomas.com

Defining an Equity Leadership Agenda in the Midst of COVID-19 Defining an Equity Leadership Agenda in the Midst of COVID-19

@e_jordanthomas @e_jordanthomas EJT Consulting LLC

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A LITTLE ABOUT ME

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A LITTLE ABOUT ME

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  • Framing
  • Defining Key Terms
  • Break
  • Seeing the System
  • Break
  • Levers of Leadership
  • Break
  • Strategies To Defining Your Equity Agenda
  • Q&A & Closing

Our Agenda

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Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • 1. Define equity, equality and their

relationship

  • 2. Use the levers of system-leadership, as

defined by the PELP framework, to identify a leadership priority for their

  • wn context in order to lead for equity

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FRAMING

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FRAMING

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FRAMING

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COMPLEX SOLUTIONS

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CORE IDEA CORE IDEA

As leaders, we must push from chaotic decision-making to complex decision-making. Complex decision is grounded in discovering the answers to new unforseen questions.

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EQUITY VS. EQUALITY

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EQUITY VS. EQUALITY

Equality is about ensuring that every individual has an equal

  • pportunity to make the most of

their lives and talents.

Source: Understanding equality | Equality and Human Rights Commission. (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2019, from https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/secondary-education-resources/useful-information/understanding-equality

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EQUITY VS. EQUALITY

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EQUITY VS. EQUALITY

Equity is each of us getting what we need to survive or succeed—access to

  • pportunity, networks, resources,

and supports—based on where we are and where we want to go.

Source: What the Heck Does ‘Equity’ Mean? (SSIR). (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2019, from https://ssir.org/articles/entry/what_the_heck_does_equity_mean

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EQUITY VS. EQUALITY

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CORE IDEA CORE IDEA

There is a relationship that exists between equity & equality. Equity CREATES equality.

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SEEING THE SYSTEM

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CORE IDEA CORE IDEA

In order to lead for equity, we must acknowledge inequity.

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DEFINING INEQUITY

Inequity is the opposite of equity and is defined as a lack of justice or fairness. Inequities cause difgerences in outcomes and experiences across particular subgroups.

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DEFINING RACIAL INEQUITY

“Racial inequity exists when the pattern of inequity is across racial subgroups, therefore two or more racial groups are not standing on approximately equal footing (Kendi, 2019).”

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RACIAL INEQUITY & COVID-19

Source: Dooling, S. (n.d.). Racial Disparities Continue Among Boston’s Reported COVID-19 Cases. Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/04/25/racial-disparities-among-bostons-reported-covid-19-cases

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Racial Inequity & COVID-19

Source: Dooling, S. (n.d.). Racial Disparities Continue Among Boston’s Reported COVID-19 Cases. Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/04/25/racial-disp arities-among-bostons-reported-covid-19-cases

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CORE IDEA CORE IDEA

Addressing inequities requires moving beyond acknowledging gaps between subgroups to creating a deliberate and intentional equity strategy (Singleton, 2015).

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SEEING THE SYSTEM

“The performance of any system, a school or any other organization, is the product of interactions among the people engaged with it, the tools and materials they have at their disposal, and the processes through which these people and resources come together to do work. (Bryk, Gomez, Grunow, LeMahieu, 2015, pg. 58)”

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LENS OF OPPRESSION

Source: National Equity Project (n.d.). The lens of systemic oppression. Retrieved from https://nationalequityproject.org/wp-content/uploads/Lens-of-Systemic-Oppression.pdf

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LEVERS OF LEADERSHIP

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PELP Coherence Framework

Source: Coherence Framework. (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

“We developed the PELP Coherence Framework to help leaders recognize the interdependence of various aspects of their school district – its culture, systems and structures, resources, stakeholder relationships, and environment – and to understand how they reinforce one another to support the implementation of an improvement strategy.”

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PELP Coherence Framework

Source: Coherence Framework. (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

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PELP Coherence Framework

Source: Coherence Framework. (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

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PELP Coherence Framework

Source: Coherence Framework. (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

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PELP Coherence Framework

Source: Coherence Framework. (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

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PELP Coherence Framework

Source: Coherence Framework. (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

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PELP Coherence Framework

Source: Coherence Framework. (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

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PELP Coherence Framework

Source: Coherence Framework. (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

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COMPLEX SOLUTIONS

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CORE IDEA CORE IDEA

Leading for equity requires listening.

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Two Types of Listening

Deep Listening “The kind of listening that can help relieve the sufgering of the

  • ther person….compassionate
  • listening. You listen with only one

purpose: help the other person empty their heart.” (Shafir, 2017,

  • pg. 109)
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Two Types of Listening

Source: Coherence Framework. (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

Strategic Listening “Supports us to influence a person’s thinking or behavior.” (Shafir, 2017, pg. 109)

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CORE IDEA CORE IDEA

Leading for equity in the midst of COVID-19 will require both types

  • f listening with

an overreliance on deep listening.

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Strategies to Build your Equity Leadership Agenda

Strategy #1 - Consult History

  • What has been the history of inequity within

your community?

  • Review your school/system’s current and past
  • data. Who has experienced inequity?
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Strategies to Build your Equity Leadership Agenda

Strategy #2 - Focus groups/empathy interviews centering deep listening with those closest to the harm of inequity.

  • How are they experiencing COVID-19?
  • What are their greatest needs?
  • What support have they received during

COVID-19 that has been most meaningful?

  • What do they think the school/system should

do to best support them next school year?

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Strategies to Build your Equity Leadership Agenda

Strategy #3 - Become accountable to marginalized communities through centering the path forward around their ideas and co-constructing the road map together.

  • Organize a collaborative work group
  • Incorporate meaningful feedback loops
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PELP Coherence Framework

Source: Coherence Framework. (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2020, from https://pelp.fas.harvard.edu/coherence-framework

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CLOSING - LIBERATORY MINDSET CARDS

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Q&A Contact Information www.ericajordanthomas.com Questions: info@ericajordanthomas.com

EJT Consulting LLC @e_jordanthomas @e_jordanthomas