Year Three: Equity & Diversity

For New Teachers

• You come from a background that may be very different from your student's. Learn what their world is like.
• Different teaching strategies and testing tools work differently with students from different backgrounds

Equity

• Equity Resources- ISTE
• Educating Teachers for Diversity
• Ensuring Equity with Alternative Assessments
• Equity Links
• Classroom Tips for Non-sexist, Non-racist Teaching

Gender Equity

• Teacher Guidelines
• Beyond Title IX
• Online Gender Equity Handbook

Diversity

• Best Practices in Multicultural Education
• Building Blocks
• Diversity Learning
• Strategies for Teaching Minorities
• Encouraging Students in the Racially Diverse Classroom

African American

• Strategies for Teaching African American Students
• Black History Themes
• African American K-12 Resources
• African-American Teachers Lounge

Asian American

• Teaching Concerns of Asian American Students
• Asian American Heritage
• Asian American Education Resources
• AskAsia

Hispanic American

• Science Education for Teaching Hispanic Students
• Hispanic-American Students and Learning Style
• Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
• Latino-Hispanic Heritage

Native American

• NMU Center for Native American Studies
• Strategies for Teaching Native Americans
• Strategies for Teaching Science to Native American Students
• Suggestions for Teaching
• Appropriate Methods when Teaching About Native Americans
• Teaching and Learning with Native Americans
• Indians.org
• Native Americans
• Native American Resources

Tolerance

• Teaching About Tolerance

For Mentors

• Observe your mentee for signs of unintential bias in the classroom. Most people are not aware they have problems.

Links

• Equity Resources- ISTE
• Educating Teachers for Diversity

For School Administrators

• Provide PD for staff members related to gender and racial equity, diversity and discrimination

Documents

• Raising Standards and Closing Gaps

Links

• Equity Resources - ISTE
• Diversity Issues- McREL
• Educating Teachers for Diversity
• Title IX Legislation
• The African-American Teacher
• Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
• Teacher Guidelines - Gender Equity