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Ums Transforms: Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Event Update, Samantha Toner
Ums Transforms: Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Event Update, Samantha Toner
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
On April 23, 2021, over 400 members of the University of Maine System (UMS) community gathered virtually to discuss barriers and potential ways to remove those barriers in order to provide diversity, equity, and inclusion within UMS.
Cultural Proficiency: The Necessary Link To Family Engagement, Corinne Brion
Cultural Proficiency: The Necessary Link To Family Engagement, Corinne Brion
Educational Leadership Faculty Publications
Although family engagement is crucial to student and community outcomes, schools often alienate families who are not part of the dominant culture. As a result, school leaders need to become culturally proficient to systematically engage all families equitably regardless of their race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and other cultural identifiers. This teaching case study raises issues related to cultural proficiency and family engagement. To help current and future educational leaders foster family engagement, I provide a cultural proficiency for family and community engagement framework. I also pose questions designed to trigger conversations and find practical solutions related to equitable family engagement.
Ums Transforms: Advancing Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion, Samantha Toner
Ums Transforms: Advancing Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion, Samantha Toner
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Meeting agenda for the virtual UMS TRANSFORMS online discussion. Panelists included Kitty Armstrong, William Johnson, Darren Ranco, Krystal William, and Jenny Wriggins.
Ums Transforms: Overview, Samantha Toner
Ums Transforms: Overview, Samantha Toner
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The University of Maine System's UMS TRANSFORMS initiative targets four areas of the academic institution on which to focus efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion primarily impacting students, student athletes, and faculty: UMS-wide student success and retention; The Maine College of Engineering, Computing and Information Science; The Maine Graduate and Professional Center; Division I Athletic Facilities at the University of Maine.