Clerc Center Equity Plan

Creating Anti-Racist Space

Organization Wide Values and Statements of Anti-Racism

Phase 1:

  • Develop Statement: Anti-Racist Clerc Center
  • Establish organizational structure to support Equity Plan (social justice committees, IEAs, etc.)
  • Establish Budget: Equity Plan
  • Establish process to include BIPOC professionals in decision making
  • Develop organization-wide learning goals/core competencies and include the responsibility of community members to engage in their own individual learning 
  • Review VRRP retirements and design recruitment and succession plans with an Equity lens
  • Collect data to set baseline for key metrics
  • Establish metrics to measure progress on Equity Plan actions
 

Phase 2:

  • Review reports and information from Archives related to the history of Amos Kendall and consider name change through an inclusive process
  • Develop organization-wide dashboard and metrics
 

Phase 3:

  • Review progress and results and design next phase of Equity plan

Training and Professional Development

Phase 1:

  • Contract with consultant to design and implement year-round training plan (Completed)
  • Host Clerc Center-wide Equity Training during Kickoff week (Completed)
  • Implement 1st and 2nd quarter Clerc Center Leadership Team training: Implicit Bias / Systemic Racism
  • Implement 1st quarter Equity training for teachers and school based staff
  • Design detailed training plan for A&O (including HR) and National Programs staff; implement initial phase 
  • Communication plan for year round training plan for employees
 

Phase 2:

  • Explore additional consultants to expand our capacity and fill gaps in training plan or needs
  • Implement 3rd and 4th quarter Clerc Center Leadership Training: Intrinsic Bias / Systemic Racism
  • Implement 3rd and 4th quarter Equity training for teachers and school based staff
  • Implement Phase 2 training for A&O and National Programs staff
  • Leadership training cohort equity module development
  • Design evaluation process for year one of training
 

Phase 3:

  • Review progress and results and design next phase of Equity plan

About the Clerc Center

The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University is a federally funded center with exemplary elementary and secondary education programs for deaf and hard of hearing students and is tasked with developing and disseminating innovative curricula, instructional techniques, and products nationwide while providing information, training, and technical assistance for parents and professionals to meet the needs of deaf and hard of hearing students from birth to age 21.

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