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Enhancing Racialized Staff Mental Health And Well-Being From An Equity-Focused Lens, Natacha Castor
Enhancing Racialized Staff Mental Health And Well-Being From An Equity-Focused Lens, Natacha Castor
The Dissertation in Practice at Western University
The Des Grands Lac school board is facing an ongoing dearth of qualified teachers that warrants a critical examination in order to underscore the impact of low staffing on staff mental health. Among these factors, the damaging impacts of racism in all its forms on racialized educators’ mental health has remained unexamined and unaddressed. As racism is deeply entrenched within the fabric of educational policies and practices, this discrimination is, too often, normalized. Consequently, owing to the racism, several racialized staff have reported experiences of anxiety, depression, and trauma, leaving them feeling alienated and undervalued. This Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) …
Building School Leaders' Capacity To Challenge Anti-Black Racism In Schools, Susie Lee-Fernandes
Building School Leaders' Capacity To Challenge Anti-Black Racism In Schools, Susie Lee-Fernandes
The Dissertation in Practice at Western University
This Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) was developed based on a problem of practice (PoP) in the Green District School Board (GDSB) related to equity leadership, and building the capacity and efficacy of school leaders to address anti-Black racism in K-12 schools. Despite efforts to create more equitable and inclusive classrooms, Ontario schools continue to display achievement gaps and negative outcomes for Black students, including streaming into courses below their abilities, harsher discipline, and higher push out and suspension rates compared to that of their peers. Feeling of isolation, lack of engagement and teacher connection further exacerbate the racial trauma and …
Breaking Barriers: A Blended Mosaic Model Of Inclusion For English Language Learners, Najwa Zebian
Breaking Barriers: A Blended Mosaic Model Of Inclusion For English Language Learners, Najwa Zebian
The Dissertation in Practice at Western University
This organizational improvement plan (OIP) presents a holistic, authentic, and proactive inclusion plan for English language learners (ELLs) at Graus Secondary School (GSS). It is framed around a problem of practice (PoP) that emerged due to an influx of newcomers to Ontario in 2016. This OIP proposes a solution to the inevitable exclusion that ELLs experience, builds on existing initiatives and offers additional support to administrators and school staff that maximizes authentic inclusion in the reception and inclusion of incoming ELLs. This solution, the author’s blended mosaic model of inclusion (BMMI), transforms the view of diversity from a fixed mosaic …