Reflective Essay On Diversity

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Diversity is one of the most powerful components in all of human interaction. Our work as humans allow for us to inherit, creates, advance, and comprehend at many levels in order to be who and what we are. There is no silver bullet of acceptance that allows for diversity to be universally acknowledged or important; that is the work of leaders to create at each organization. As a district leader I must create the best focus possible to allow for this diversity to inspire and advance our work rather than hinder it. My first work in this area will be centered on the administrative team of building leaders. Finding out who we are together and how we need to open our thoughts to diverse relationships will set the tone for the district. Most …show more content…

Special education is universal, thanks to the efforts of IDEA and USDE. The exceptionalities are all present in districts no matter the size, culture, state, budgets or ideals. They exist as our best effort to ensure that all students in all places throughout the US educational system have a fair chance to be present in the free public education that we market. They represent a diversity of students that is challenging for leaders and classroom teacher to fully understand and sometimes accept …show more content…

Whether we must understand and value the privilege or poverty or middle class status of our district, it is essential that we acknowledge and work to understand it at the highest level to accomplish great things in education. Three books or researchers would be the ways that I help all staff learn about the diversity of socioeconomic diversity. We would do a district- wide study of all three.
1) The Price of Privilege, Madeline Levine – a book that describes the thoughts, ideals and ways of upper class families.
2) Middle Class in America, US Department of Commerce – a 59- page easy to read report on the definitions, mis- conceptions, thoughts and ideals of middle class America.
3) A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Ruby Payne – the most famous and popular work to understanding generational and situational poverty.
These books are all independently worth the read and discussion about understanding socioeconomic diversity; but when you read and discuss them all in a year or two, well the effects on our school could be exponential! This is what I want to attempt as a district leader. I want to really be best at challenging the district to know more and do more with

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