Clerc Center Equity Plan

National Training and Outreach

Phase 1: Fall 2020

  • Design product review process to ensure existing resources are accessible and reflect a culturally informed perspective
  • Develop rubrics/evaluation tools for new product development, presentations, and consultation work
  • Intentionally seek and disseminate innovative strategies for culturally responsive instruction
  • Please note: Strategies listed above will likely continue into Spring 2021

Phase 2: Spring/Summer 2021

  • Seek BIPOC perspectives on the outreach strategies that best meet their needs
  • Establish or develop outreach and dissemination strategies and plans based on input
  • Design engagement process to ensure BIPOC perspectives are included in initial product concept, product design, and dissemination strategies to ensure relevancy to BIPOC audiences 
  • Work with BIPOC individuals to ensure resources are disseminated in ways that reaches these communities
  • Intentionally expand our pool of trainers to increase the number of BIPOC professionals
  • Design evaluation process to determine if the needs of BIPOC families and professionals are being met with products, training, and outreach efforts

Phase 3: Summer/Fall 2021

  • Review progress and establish year two 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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