Equity
Phase 4 

"Look-Fors" During Observation
Remember: The most helpful part of the observation is not checking off items, but the conversations and reflections that happen after the visit.  

Beginning/ Practicing

• Students wait for the teacher to hand out materials.
• Students who are absent rely on the teacher to access materials and next steps on assignments.
• Students do not have access to the content materials assigned outside of their tiered group. ​​

Developing/ Achieving

• Students use learning management system to access materials as needed.
• Physical resources in the classroom are readily available to all learners and they are. empowered to make use of them as needed.
• The physical design of the classroom provides opportunities for learners to meet their learning needs (i.e., collaborative work spaces, independent work spaces, different types of seating, spaces for reduced sensory input, etc.).
• Students feel empowered to express their needs and processes exist for them to exercise this regularly. ​​

Questions to Guide Observation 

• When students are absent, how do they know what work they need to make-up?
• How do you see students accessing content materials?
• How do you see students accessing physical materials?
• How do see students taking ownership for their learning needs?
• What processes are in place to support students in meeting their learning needs?
• How does the physical classroom support learners' needs?

Resources

• Ensuring 'Anytime Anywhere' Access in a High-Poverty District: from THE Journal, by Dan Gordon, outlines how the Santa Ana Unified School District re-wrote policies to support open access and BYOD. Then it constructed a secure network of  student devices, and allocated devices to students who needed them.
• ​10 Strategies Promoting Digital Access and Equity from GettingSmart, by Tom Vanderark, provides ten strategies that promote access, equity, and excellence.
• The Best Equity in Education is Personalization: High school principal Ken Grover, in his TEDx talk, discusses how personalized education is the only way to achieve equity for all students.
• OER Had Its Breakthrough in 2017. Next Year, It Will Become an Essential Teaching Tool from EdSurge, by Mike Silagadze,writes how open educational resources have many benefits for students and instructors, but their adoption has been hampered by quality and access concerns.
• Reimagining the Modern Classroom from The Atlantic, by Hayley Glatter, Emily DeRuy, and Alia Wong, shares perspectives from various voices in the field about how to re-imagine the physical spaces of the modern classroom.
•  Designing Engaging Learning Spaces, an infographic by USC Rossier School of Education, provides tangible strategies for setting up a brain-friendly classroom.
• Time and Space: from Better Lesson provides resources on: Classroom Zones, Pick-a-lesson, Music Time Indicator, Room to Read.

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