DEI

Statement
Miriam Pazos
Guiding
Question
How will I support a diverse group of students by
creating an inclusive and equitable learning
environment?
“We are all different, which is great because we are
all unique. Without diversity, life would be very
boring.”

~Catherine Pulsifer
What will be covered?

Introduction Practice
● DEI terms ● Equitable practices across pedagogy &
● An anti-bias/anti-racist perspective curriculum
● Who am I? ● Proactive building of a caring, inclusive
● How who I am are inform my teaching role learning space that affirms diversity
DEI Terms

Equity
Is the provision of personalized resources needed
for all individuals to reach common goals. In other
words, the goals and expectations are the same for
all students, but the supports needed to achieve
those goals depends on the students’ needs (Equity

Diversity Inclusion
Education, 2019).
The idea that everyone should be able to
The diversity definition refers to the existence of variations
of different characteristics in a group of people. These use the same facilities, take part in the
characteristics could be everything that makes us unique, same activities, and enjoy the same
such as our cognitive skills and personality traits, along
with the things that shape our identity (e.g. race, age, experiences, including people who have a
gender, religion, sexual orientation, cultural background). disability or other disadvantage.
 01
Introduction
Perspective
What is a
multicultural
perspective?
Teaching with a multicultural
perspective encourages
appreciation and understanding of
other cultures as well as one's own.
Teaching with this perspective
promotes the child's sense of the
uniqueness of his own culture as a
positive characteristic and enables
the child to accept the uniqueness
of the cultures of others.
What is an
anti-bias/anti-racist
(ABAR) perspective
It is the perspective that includes the
4 core goals of ABAR education:
Identity, Diversity, Justice, and
Activism. Its the importance of
teaching tolerance in students with
the lifelong goal to change the way
people view each other.
Why is it important
for educators to have
an ABAR perspective?
It’s important for educators to have
an ABAR perspective so that we
can shape students to treat other
with respect and not let their
differences be a cause of conflict
among themselves. Instead, those
differences are celebrated and seen
as part of ones identity.
 Differences do not create bias.
Children learn prejudice from
prejudice—not from learning
about human diversity. It is how
people respond to differences
that teaches bias and fear.
Who am I? How does who you are
(identity) inform your role as a
teacher/how you will teach?
Social
Identity
My religious background is very important to me.
As an educator I can’t impose my faith on the the
students however, some of the values that I can
use in the classroom. One of I those is to be
transparent with my students. I can’t be two
different people one inside classroom and
someone different outside the classroom.
Personal
Identity
My family and I are very close. We talk to
each other about everything. We help one
other when we are in need. One thing I
want to do is create a community in the
classroom where all students can feel they
can speak up and be heard and receive the
help they need to succeed.
Cultural
Backgroun
I am a proud Latina and I have seen how people of
my background have been looked down upon. They
are seen to capable to a better life. As a teacher I
want to instill in my students that it doesn’t matter
d
where they came from or what group they are
associated witht they are capable to achieve success
in their lives.
Positionalit
y
Where I came from and the experience I had.
It shape they way how I view education. I
believe that as an educator we need to helps
students achieve success no matter where
they came from. It is possible to overcome
obstacles life gives in order reach our dreams.
Teachin ● My role as a teacher is to provide an
environment where students have a

g Role
desire to learn.
● I want my students to become lifelong
learners like I was growing up.
● I notice many students feel discouraged
to learn due to many aspects in their
lives telling them they are not capable
of becoming successful. (Culturally
Responsive Teaching)
● I also want to build a relationship with
my students so that they feel that I am
there to support them and not to be
afraid to ask for help.(Responsive
Classroom)
 02
Practice
Equitable Practices
1.) Culturally
Responsive Classroom
Culturally responsive teaching
(CRT) attempts to bridge the gap
between teacher and student by
helping the teacher understand the
cultural nuances that may cause a
relationship to break down—which
ultimately causes student
achievement to break down as
well.
2.) Responsive
Classroom
Responsive Classroom is a student-
centered, social and emotional
learning approach to teaching and
discipline. It is comprised of a set
of research, and evidence-based
practices designed to create safe,
joyful, and engaging classrooms
and school communities for both
students and teachers.
Culturally
Responsive
Classroom
● In the classroom I want to keep in
mind that all the students come
from diverse backgrounds.
● I want all students to feel seen and
heard when it comes to their
culture and where they came from
while also putting an emphasis that
doesn’t determine if they will
become successful.
Cultur
ally
Respo
nsive
Activit
 Respon
●

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sive
Not only is academics learning is important
also social emotional learning as well.
This includes morning meetings to check in

●
Classro
with students in whole groups or individuals.
This would help students to build healthy
relationships with the teacher and with peers.
It also includes the teaching social emotional

om
skills and how to handle their emotions.
● As a teacher, I would provide the tools they
need to handle their strong emotions.
Respo
nsive
Classr
oom
Activit
Inclusive Environments
1.) Learning
Agreements
● Have students create a learning
agreement on how to behave in
class
● These would be a set of rules set in
place where students can decide
how the classroom with be run.
● The students will more likely follow
the rules because they were the ones
to set them up.
● They will be limitations, however
its rules that everyone will agree on
2.) Inclusive Books
● I would try to have a diverse set
of books available in the
classroom.
● The books range from easy
readers to advance chapter books.
● I would also include books from
different cultures.
● Not only books about cultures but
also books about different types
of people with different abilities.
Learnin
g
Agreem
ents
Inclusiv
e Books
Summary of All the Topics Covered

DEI Terms Perspective Who I am?

● Diversity ● Multicultural ● Social
● Equity ● ABAR ● Personal
● Inclusion ● Importance of ● Cultural Background
ABAR ● Positionality

Teaching Equitable Inclusive

Role
● Lifelong Learners
● Removal of Barriers
Practices
● Culturally
Responsive
Environme
● Learning
Agreements
● Building
Relationships ●
Classroom
Responsive nt
● Inclusive Books

Classrooms
Final Thoughts
● It important to teach a classroom where the students feel included and
not feel like they are not heard.
● As an educator I want to build relationships with my students so that
they know that I will always be there to support them wherever they are
at.
● I also want to celebrate the uniqueness of each student and celebrate
their cultures and be aware of them so that way in the future I can
address the classroom the best way I can.
● “The child becomes largely what it is taught; hence we must watch
what we teach it, and how we live before it.” -JANE ADDAMS
RESOURCES
● Definition of Diversity
○ https://resources.workable.com/hr-terms/diversity-definition
● Definition of Equity
○ https://www.impacttulsa.org/impacttulsa-equity-in-education-defining-equity/
● Definition of Inclusion
○ https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/inclusion
● Multicultural Perspective
○ https://www.ericdigests.org/1992-5/perspective.htm
● How to have ABAR perspective
○ https://www.learningforjustice.org/magazine/antiracist-work-in-schools-are-you-in-it-for-the-lo
ng-haul

● ABAR quote
○ https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/nov2019/understanding-anti-bias
● Culturally Responsive Classroom Definition
○ https://www.edutopia.org/article/getting-started-culturally-responsive-teaching
● Responsive Classroom Definition
○ https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/
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