Carol Droz, Teacher

Gillian Dyall, School Counselor

NW PBIS Conference

February 28, 2014 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Training Teachers For Culturally Responsive PBIS: One School's

Journey Of Awareness

McKay Elementary SchoolBeaverton, Oregon

*Learning Targets I will develop my own level of understanding

as I reflect and discuss the concept of White Privilege.

I will consider and compare how White Privilege affects me and another person not of my race.

I will help to generate ideas for ways to create a school and classroom culture of inclusion, enabling all students to feel welcome and able to learn.

I will know how to make a difference at my own school site by beginning a discussion of awareness

of culturally responsive practice.

*Agenda1. Who we are

2. What McKay Elementary looks like

3. Article “White Privilege in Schools”

4. Questions for small group discussion/share out

5. Beyond Diversity: White Privilege Questionnaire

6. McKay Matrix of Teacher Expectations for Culturally Responsive Classrooms

7. Chalk Talk on matrix charts to add suggestions for putting it into practice.

8. Discuss ideas from charts

9. Stories from McKay Elementary School

Our School’s Ethnicity

Hispanic 33%Black/African American 3%Asian 7%White 53%American In-dian/Alaskan 1%Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 3%

McKay Elementary

ESL

ESL 30%Non-ESL 70%

SPED

SPED 17%Non-SPED 83%

McKay Elementary

Free/Reduced Lunch

F/R Lunch 60%Not F/R 40%

Article: “White Privilege in Schools”

by Ruth Anne Olson

Please take your time to read and reflect.

Feel free to mark up and write comments in the margins.

Discussion Questions:

1.Can you think of other privileges that could be added to this list?

2.What are the implications for children of color if Whites have these privileges?

3.How can the system be changed so that these “privileges” become rights for everyone?

4.What actions can you take to help the system change?

Beyond Diversity: White Privilege Questionnaire

Please follow the instructions to complete both sides of the questionnaire. (You will not be required to share your score.)

Answer how true the statements are for you, based on your race only, not based on other reasons.

Beyond Diversity: White Privilege Questionnaire, Part 2:

Consider a school parent or friend that you know:

• How true are the statements for a person of a race not my own?

• What do you think their score would be?

At our Beyond Diversity seminar the distribution of scores were as follows:

Whites, all ages, scored 126-130

White & Hispanic bi-racial male, 50s, scored 124

South Asian (India) female, 40s, scored 93

Hispanic female, 40s, scored 75

Hispanic female, 40s, scored 66

Hispanic male, 30s, scored under 30

Black male, 40s, scored under 30

These were all educated colleagues working for school districts

Equity: preventing the social dominant from continuing to marginalize the non-dominant in our setting

Assimilation vs. Navigation

Culturally Responsive

Time for “chalk talk!”How do we put these culturally responsive expectations into practice?

Think of examples or suggestions for putting the specific elements of the matrix into practice.

Grab a marker and write on the chart that relates to your idea.

Let’s talk about your good ideas!We will also share several photo and video stories from McKay school.

“Tears have no color.”

-Donny Moore

Questions?