Equity…Discourse…PrivilegeEquity…Discourse…PrivilegeAngela, Marlene, Sean and JenniferAngela, Marlene, Sean and Jennifer

IntroductionIntroduction

Teachers need to understand how they see the world and why they see it the way they do

The goal of today’s presentation is to allow you to measure your own discourse, your own privilege and see if the spaces in which you work are equitable…

Teachers need to understand how they see the world and why they see it the way they do

The goal of today’s presentation is to allow you to measure your own discourse, your own privilege and see if the spaces in which you work are equitable…

Taking Stock of yourselfTaking Stock of yourself

How are you minoritized?How are you privileged? In what ways are you in a

majority? In what ways do you reproduce

the “norm” in your space, community and life?

What have you learned about yourself?

How are you minoritized?How are you privileged? In what ways are you in a

majority? In what ways do you reproduce

the “norm” in your space, community and life?

What have you learned about yourself?

Discourse MatchingDiscourse Matching

What is your primary discourse?What is your secondary discourse?How well do these discourses

match?How well did you do in education

years?Why do you think that you went

into education?

What is your primary discourse?What is your secondary discourse?How well do these discourses

match?How well did you do in education

years?Why do you think that you went

into education?

Autobiography of a Teacher

Autobiography of a Teacher

We have to look at ourselves from the lenses that we cannot get away from

“No matter where you go, there you are”….

We have to look at ourselves from the lenses that we cannot get away from

“No matter where you go, there you are”….

Floor PlanFloor Plan

How equitable are the spaces that you work in?

Who are the privileged?Who fit into the “norm” of the

school?Who and where are the majority

students?Who and where are the minority

students?

How equitable are the spaces that you work in?

Who are the privileged?Who fit into the “norm” of the

school?Who and where are the majority

students?Who and where are the minority

students?