Facilitating understanding between people
from different cultures and backgrounds
Suwinder Jheeta Cooper
Inclusion
Equity work is relational work - process work. It is about inclusion. It is about how we relate to one another. How we respond to each other. How we empower each other. How we teach each other. How we discipline. How we hold each other responsible and accountable to be the best we can be every day. This can only be achieved when we recognize each other’s humanity (you matter) and you have the right to quality education (you matter because you are worth it) and you have the right to a quality life (you matter and you are worth a quality educational experience...because success is your right).
Engagement
Engagement offerings include:
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Professional Learning
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Leadership Development
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Intercultural and organizational climate
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Equity & Inclusion
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Technical Assistance
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Disproportionality & Special Education Support
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Parent & Community Engagement
Engagement involves trainees be actively involved in the process of learning rather than recipients of predetermined wisdom arising from the expertise of the trainer. In this collaborative
dialogical process, the trainer/participants are engaged in a mutual problem-solving approach, which is capable of empowering participants to become pro-active agents and advocates for change at work, at school and in the community.
Assessment, planning and implementation require first hand observations, interviews and direct input from leadership and site diversity/equity leadership teams. Programs and services are custom tailored to promote equitable access and inclusion beginning with the design and the implementation of the equity & inclusion strategic action plan.
Trainings provide optimum impact with an inevitable degree of personal growth – an expansion of awareness about the self and some change of cognitive, affective and behavioral patterns.
Based on the principals of group theory and design, the exercises and skills are structured in a developmental sequence leading toward greater complexity and integration. Experiential trainings, workshops, seminars, strategic planning, retreats and individualized coaching sessions are custom designed.
Sample custom tailored training topics include: Inter-Cultural Competence, Disproportionality & Discipline, Leadership & Culture, Anti-Bias Training, Campus Climate, Inter-Cultural Conflict Resolution, Classroom Climate, Student & Parent Retreats, Coaching and Equity Institutes.