Submitted by: Joanne Magee

Performing Arts meeting: 2/24/21 3:45

Performing Arts teachers shared summaries of the changes made in areas of our curriculum, thus far and re-emphasized the work that was already within our curriculums with regards to diversity and inclusion. Summaries included anecdotal examples of the work we have been doing, units we have designed and our general perspective as facilitators of our subject/art form.

Our work emphasizes inclusivity of students of non- dominant backgrounds, multiple points of access, and addressing and removing possible biases within the material or approach.  We have been transparent in our teaching with our students and have become skilled in questioning our material, our approach and our responses. The range of our starting points and various perspectives determines the level of change and redesign in our work.

Within our reflections we continue tuning into the specific identities of our students and pulling resources from a variety of different perspectives.

We have added resources into our curriculum, we have removed material that created discomfort for students with a non- dominant /”white centric” perspective.

We are meeting again next week to continue to share and discuss next steps, next areas to address.

Teachers continue to work using a large collection of DEI resources on hand.