1. District Literacy Leaders Network Leading for Equity: The WILL, SKILL and CAPACITY (Part 1) February 10, 2016 Dr. Marion Smith, Jr. | Director, Learning and Innovation

2. Think-Pair-Share: Essential Questions What does it mean for us to lead using an “equity” lens? What might we see, do, and understand if we choose to lead for equity?

3. Alignment What I Believe What I Think What I Do What Is Evident

4. Advocate and Systematize Collaborate and Implement Leadership of Self Leadership of Others Leadership in the Extended Community

5. Quick Chat

6. My school district/school has a clear system for addressing the literacy needs of all students?

7. Schools should guarantee each student receives the same initial educational opportunity, and that each student’s response to this initial opportunity will be used to determine the kind of support(s) he/she receives moving forward.

8. Using Different Lens

9. Leading for EQUITY means:

10. Removing the predictability of success and failure that currently correlates with any social or cultural factor

11. Interrupting inequitable practices, examining biases, and creating inclusive school environments for all

12. Discovering and cultivating the unique gifts, talents and interests that every human possesses.

13. Making-Meaning Thinking about the three concepts presented about equity, how do these statements resonate with you? Success

15. Defining Terms Opportunity Gap? Systems? Racism? Equity? Achievement Gap?

16. Defining Opportunity We can define opportunity through access to… EDUCATION ECONOMIC HOUSING TRANSPORTATION HEALTHCARE JUSTICE FOOD COMMUNICATIONS

17. Opportunity is defined as a fair chance to achieve one’s full potential.

18. Access To Opportunity in King County

19. Access To Opportunity In Seattle

20. Closing the GAP To achieve educational equity, there is a need to close the VALUE GAP not just its manifestations, the Opportunity and Achievement Gaps

21. Essential Questions What do you believe to be true? How do your beliefs impact your action or in action? Maintain the status quo Interrupt the pattern

22. Our role is to interrupt the pattern

23. We must interrupt patterns

24. Moises Story

25. AwarenessWill SkillCapacity Shifting my Leadership Practice

26. Equity and Access 1 Lead Learning through “Fierce Conversations” 2 Systems and Strategic Thinking 3 Adaptive Change, Action and Accountability 26

28. Leadership for Equity Core Values + Guiding Principles

30. A Deeper Dive 30

32. How we think about, name and frame a “problem” impacts whether, and how we choose to engage in it.

33. Fierce Conversations Framework “What gets talked about in an organization and how it gets talked about determines what will or won’t happen.” - Scott

34. Connect to My Practice Action: Based on this lens of leading for equity, how congruent are my actions with my beliefs that all students can achieve at the highest levels? Beliefs Conclusions Assumptions Meaning Selected Data Observable Data Success

35. Moving Forward – 3 reflections – 2 specific areas in which you will need to push your practice as you lead for equity – 1 “WILL DO” as you engage in your work with others