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Racial Equity Journey:

2014 - 2015: Courageous Conversation about Race© Book Study with Administration 

2015 - 2016: Expansion of Courageous Conversation about Race© Book Study with administration and teacher leaders

2016 - 2017: Develop partnership with Equal Opportunity Schools 

2017 - 2018: Courageous Conversation about Race© Book Study opened and encouraged to staff. Continuation of partnership with Equal Opportunity Schools 

2018 - 2019: Beyond Diversity I for Admin Leaders, Supplemental racial equity book studies, Culturally relevant instructional and curricular practice in curriculum cycle. 

2019 - 2021: Beyond Diversity I all staff training, Pre-AP Pilot

2021 - 2022: Implementation of equity trained instructional coaches, Development of equity mission, Equity Team Expansion, Beginning stages of SOAR (Students Organized for Anti-Racism), Established Black Student Union, Established Latin Student Union, Pre-AP for all beginning with Class of 2025

2022 - 2023: SOAR training with over 40 students, Implementation of Gender Support Plan, Gender support professional development

What is the Pacific Education Group and Courageous Conversation? Founded in 1992 by Glenn E. Singleton, Pacific Education group is committed to achieving racial equity in the United States and beyond. District 307 began to partner with Pacific Education Group. Glenn E. Singleton is the author of Courageous Conversations about Race Second Edition published in 2015. The staff has been trained in the Courageous Conversation Protocol ™  which teaches participants how to engage in, sustain, and deepen interracial dialogue. The protocol gives participants tools to address racial disparities through safe, authentic, and effective dialogue. Currently, two administrators have received practitioner status in Courageous Conversation Protocol ™.  

Equal Opportunity Schools: Equal Opportunity Schools’ (EOS) mission is to ensure that students of color and low-income students have equitable access to the nation’s most academically intense high school programs and succeed at the highest levels. Using local data from students, the district is able to determine what students should be taking rigorous courses and why they might not be currently taking them. The survey helps to define school climate, student aspirations, and learning mindsets of students that would help students to choose an Advanced Placement (AP®) course. 

SOAR ( Students Organized Against Racism)
In 2021-22 the district will engage in developing a group of students, teachers, and administrators to form a student group that is designed to empower young people of all races to become catalysts for change through leadership for racial equality.  As students are given a voice and opportunities for equity leadership, they become a more visible voice for change in their schools.  

SOAR consists of three phases:
Phase I: Engage- Developing racial consciousness and literacy.  
Phase II: Sustain-Expanded learning focused on intersectionality. Students begin focused efforts and activities aimed at addressing racial disparities in the school. 
Phase III: Student leadership.  Students lead efforts to challenge systemic racism in ways that are meaningful to them.