At this meeting we revisited the CRE documents shared at the beginning of the year and reaffirmed our commitment to revising some of our end of trimester projects to include more writers of colors along with texts and themes reflecting issues of equity and anti-bias.

Responding to the question of how we as teachers present our content to our students and more importantly do so without making assumptions about the students we are serving and how they internalize the implicit underpinnings of the material brought about some relevant discussion and ideas about the social emotional well being of our students of color:

      • how we can better support and reassure the students of color who are at home during the pandemic

       • how we can create an atmosphere of trust and a safe space for our kids of color

       • how we can teach our students about white privilege without instilling a feeling of guilt, but rather help them navigate with compassion and use their agency to effect change.

In an effort to include our students in their own learning process and at our next meeting we would like to create a document which prompts the students to identify areas they would like to explore, skills they would like to learn and topics they would like to study. This will vary across the three divisions.