The GSP Monthly Dispatch – March 2022

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March 2022

Welcome to the March issue of the GSP Monthly Dispatch! This month, we bring you:

  • An invitation to save the dates for our upcoming multi-day virtual summer institutes on the following topics: equitable and effective advisory systems, professional learning groups, racial equity in education, and grading for educational equity
  • The Diversifying the Educator Workforce Collaborative’s Regional Landscape Snapshot, which identifies and documents current diversification efforts underway across New England
  • Three tools from our toolkits for educators and school communities: discover the Elements of Effective Instruction framework, check your equity pulse, and learn about grading and reporting for educational equity
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Save the Dates for a Summer of Learning

Summer is the perfect opportunity to slow down and ask questions. How can we continuously improve our district, our school, our classroom practices? How can we ensure equitable outcomes for all students? As educators, how can we challenge and support each other throughout the academic year?

We invite you to explore and seek answers to questions such as these by attending one (or more!) of our multi-day virtual summer institutes.

July 12-14

Designing a More Equitable and Effective Advisory System

July 19-21

Introduction to Creating and Facilitating PLGs

July 26-28

Pursuing Racial Equity in Education

August 2-4

Grading for Educational Equity

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DEW Collaborative: Regional Landscape Snapshot

In August 2021, the Great Schools Partnership, with support from the Barr Foundation, launched a new regional effort: the Diversifying the Educator Workforce (DEW) Collaborative, which seeks to translate recommendations detailed in a recent report: Increasing the Racial, Ethnic, and Linguistic Diversity of the Educator Workforce.

As a critical first step, the DEW Collaborative set out to document the current landscape of the region, including identifying diversification efforts already underway in each of the six New England states, documenting the current policy context, and gathering a range of demographic data metrics about the current educator workforce pipeline. This Regional Landscape Snapshot summarizes key findings from the landscape mapping process and is intended to serve as a resource that can help inform and accelerate efforts to diversify the educator workforce across New England.


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The Element of Effective Instruction

The Elements of Effective Instruction framework outlines five intertwined elements of instructional practice that complement and enhance one another.

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Equity Pulse Check

Engage all stakeholders, as equal partners, in conducting a critical review of your school’s performance based on a few indicators of educational equity.

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Grading and Reporting for Educational Equity

Discover the central practices that schools can use to ensure that their grading and reporting systems help them build a nurturing, equitable, creative, and dynamic culture of learning.

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