Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity WISE Resources
Module 3: Engaging in Culturally Inclusive Classroom Actions to Promote Student Mental Health
Glossary
This resource includes definitions for key terms used throughout the Cultural Inclusiveness and Equity WISE course.
Resources
This resource is a guide for engaging families. It reviews strategies and barriers for family engagement.
Culturally Responsive Classroom Management
This resource is a document that provides an overview of practical strategies for educators to implement culturally responsive strategies to manage a classroom.
Developed by Steinhardt School of Culture
This guide offers best practices for culturally responsive teaching strategies that promote equity.
Developed by the Equity Assistance Center at Education Northwest
Restorative Practices Guide & Toolkit
This is a guide that offers practical tips for implementing restorative practices within schools.
Developed by Chicago Public Schools Office of Social & Emotional Learning
This is a brief resource with simple steps an educator can take to learn more about their school’s disciplinary data and to track their individual disciplinary action in their classroom.
CIE-WISE Module 3 Self-Reflection Guide
A worksheet for the reflections on self and self in relations to others.
This handout can be used with students or teachers to think about their various identities.
Developed by Facing History
Let's Talk: Facilitating Critical Conversations with Students
This resource is a tool that educators can use to facilitate critical conversations about social and cultural identity and social injustices with students.
Developed by Learning for Justice
This resource is a guide to using restorative circles. A circle is a versatile restorative practice that can be used proactively, to develop relationships and build community or reactively, to respond to wrongdoing, conflicts and problems.
Developed by the International Institute for Restorative Practices
Restorative Practices Educator Toolkit
This comprehensive toolkit includes a variety of resources for implementing restorative practices in schools. It includes some resources in both English and Spanish.
Developed by Restorative Resources
Social Emotional Learning Resources
The CASEL Guide to Schoolwide SEL includes information about focus areas to support students' social and emotional learning at school.
Developed by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
Identity, Power, & Privilege Activity
In this activity (Activity 5 on the linked curriculum), teachers can guide students to share their identities and reflect on the diversity within the group.
Developed by the University of Southern California School of Social Work
ADL's No Place for Hate Coordinator Handbook and Resource Guide
In this 2020-2021 resource guide, a variety of activities lead educators in creating environments for students to show care for one another. On pages 18 and 22-23, information about facilitating Brave Spaces is included.
Developed by ADL Education
Social Justice Projects in the Classroom
On this website, several classroom activities to guide students in engaging in activism are shared. Teachers can use these in the classroom to promote the self-efficacy and community engagement among students.
Developed by the George Lucas Educational Foundation
In this resource, educators can learn how to make and execute a plan to advocate for equity in their schools and communities.
Developed by the Leading Equity Center
Toolkit: Communicating about Racial Equity in a Charged Environment
This toolkit offers guidance for how districts/schools can engage in challenging conversations about racial equity and related training with stakeholders who are resistant to racial equity language and framing in an effort to prevent heightened conflict and make continued progress with fostering equity.
Developed by the Coalition of Oregon School Administrators and Oregon Department of Education
Making Classrooms Safe for Transgender Students
Helpful tips to consider in creating inclusive spaces for transgender students.
Developed by the University of Colorado Boulder School of Education