Our organization has ALWAYS been inclusive (I have been there for 27 years) and we put a voice to that 4 years ago. We began introducing ourselves with our pronouns during our interview stage. I think this sends a message that we are not only inclusive of the LGBTQ+ quietly but also from the beginning we are being verbal about it. We also have always encouraged staff to put the pictures of their families up on their family and friends board (this includes all people no matter what!). We have our grants team included with different languages and different cultural prospective. Nobody is perfect but we try to do the best that we can so all the people who work with us know they are part of our school family. I am currently reading the anti-bias classroom. We have variety of universal and inclusive books for the classrooms as well. The majority of our staff have the ESL endorsements and many have their SPED endorsements too. Do you have any other ideas for us to include all people?
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DeLynn Zielinski
Instructional Leader Coach
ECDEC
Arlington Hts IL
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-27-2021 09:52 PM
From: Jorge Saenz De Viteri
Subject: The future of work: Three steps toward an inclusive workplace
"the COVID-19 crisis risks wiping out years of advances in supporting a diverse workforce. Our research has shown that the pandemic has disproportionately affected women and people of color, who tend to be concentrated in sectors severely impacted by the crisis. Additionally, an organization's talent practices could be hindering-rather than helping-its efforts."
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Jorge Saenz De Viteri
http://jorgesaenzdeviteri.com
Pomona NY
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