Westgate Equity Team

[Westgate Equity Team @WestgateEquity]

Today @WestgateElem teachers explored Culturally Responsive Environments that Foster Belonging! We are committed to making sure each Westgate student feels like they belong, has access to rigor and is successful!

[Hallie Demetriades @HDemetriades]

Committee meetings started this week! 🙌🏻 So excited for our staff to dive deeper into POG, equity, wellness, mathematics, and literacy this year. Thank you @WestgatePreK, @andieogden, @K_VanTassel, and @MsCassieJones4 for your continued leadership! 😀 @WestgateElem

[Westgate Equity Team @WestgateEquity]

Westgate Equity Team starting the year off strong! We studied the Distinctions of Equity so we can dive deeper into Culturally Responsive Instruction and Portrait of a Graduate this year! @FCPSEquity
#everyonesstorymatters

[Westgate Equity Team @WestgateEquity]

Indigenous Land Acknowledgment

[Westgate Equity Team @WestgateEquity]

Learn more on how to uplift and celebrate Indigenous Peoples ALL year long

[Learning for Justice @learnforjustice]

Monday is Indigenous Peoples’ Day. As we head into that celebration and all year long, we encourage you to uplift contemporary Indigenous cultures, teach Indigenous histories, and incorporate resources written by and about Indigenous peoples.
https://t.co/4NoQNm8TKB

[Westgate Equity Team @WestgateEquity]

“Locating the problem in students and teachers, rather than critiquing the systems of oppression and inequity that shape the outcomes we get”
Check out this ⁦@cultofpedagogy⁩ episode for some great insights into centering marginalized voices https://t.co/HtCHop06F8

[Westgate Equity Team @WestgateEquity]

This morning, the Westgate Equity Team studied @Ready4rigor’s Distinctions of Equity Chart. We considered which areas our goals target, brainstormed with groups and discussed what supports we needed moving forward with our PDSA cycle. #FCPSEquity

[Kim Amenabar @KimAmenabarFCPS]

"Your investment in this work is not about saving your students or saving a community...This is not about the other." @LisaLwilliams13 calling us to do the self reflection needed to grow & do the work.
#ItsaNewDayFCPS

[Fairfax Schools Equity and Cultural Responsiveness @FCPSEquity]

"And this indeed is good for us ALL. We gotta work for that moral clarity. How am I living this work." -Dr. Williams #ItsaNewDayFCPS

[Westgate Equity Team @WestgateEquity]

Teamwork makes the dream work 🌈

[Westgate Equity Team @WestgateEquity]

The Westgate Equity Team watched an inspiring clip this morning and discussed the driving question we will use to center our work this year. https://t.co/kBftcbABTr

[Westgate Equity Team @WestgateEquity]

The Westgate Equity Team kicked off the year with a chalk talk about Culturally Responsive Teaching. We are looking forward to all the great work and learning we will do this year!