Beyond Diversity

This summer, August 19th and 20th, from 8AM-4PM at the

Bloomington Fire Station #1, Bloomington Schools will be hosting
Beyond Diversity, a Pacific Educational Group workshop. This
training will address the impact of race and institutionalized racism on
student achievement. Because we will continue to focus on
educational equity next year, the site PD team is requesting the PLC
lead and/or a representative from each PLC attend this training. (We
realize PLC leads may change year-to-year. If you think you might
be a PLC lead next year, please attend the training). Staff attending
will receive the $125 stipend for each of the 2 days, as stated in your
teacher contract. If you are a PLC lead and cannot attend, please
find another person in your PLC that is interested in going so that all
PLCs have a representative in attendance.
This training is open to the whole district, but it would be great to
have strong Kennedy presence there as we would like Kennedy to
continue to take the lead in this endeavor. There are 80 spots and
they will be filled on a first come/first served basis. All Kennedy staff
are encouraged to sign up.
If you are interested in going, please register on the District Staff
Development Tracking System New Link as soon as possible. (It is
listed under the OEE category). PLC leads, please send me the
name of which PLC member(s) will be attending by Friday, February
14.
A group of us attended this training in the fall and all had incredibly
positive experiences (Megan Willrett, Sam Hostetler, Cheryl Martin,
Jon Anderson, Bridget Michalek). If you have questions about the
seminar, please feel free to contact any of us and we can share with
you our experiences.
Below is an overview from the PEG website and a link to their page.

PEG's webpage New Link