Developing and Implementing School Policy: Embedding Equity Across the District

• In Event: Differences Between Developing and Enacting Equitable Policy: Understanding the Role of Positionality

Abstract

This non-experimental study describes the development and piloting of a tool designed to center school district policy and initiative development, planning, and implementation with a lens centered on equity. This research describes the development, piloting, and refinement of an equity tool, how this equity tool is used to impact and support decisions made at the district and school level and reveals policy and programmatic themes emerged from an analysis of the tool’s documented use. Findings were generated based upon the five themes around the possible strengths and pitfalls of district and school level policies that can help district educators proactively plan to ensure all learners and educators benefit from the policies, programs, and decisions that they make.

Authors

• Daniel Reyes-Guerra, Florida Atlantic University
  Presenting Author

• Janina F. Simmonds, Florida Atlantic University
  Presenting Author

• Keith R. Oswald, Palm Beach County School District
  Presenting Author