- Pennsylvania school districts pay thousands of dollars in membership fees to the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (GSE), which encourages members to “distinguish microaggressions” and increase “racial literacy,” according to documents obtained through public disclosure. We provide training on how to Recording request by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
- According to documents obtained by the DCNF, the Center for School Research Council will host a series of professional development training sessions beginning in 2021, including a “deep growth mindset” and becoming an equity advocate. It included “systematically and systematically achieving fairness” as explained.
- One of the trainings acquired by the DCNF is, “We explore ways to create the conditions for building impartial agency and racial literacy in ourselves and others in continuous change.” It has said.
Pennsylvania school districts pay thousands of dollars in membership fees to the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (GSE), which asks administrators to identify “microaggressions” and ” The Caller News Foundation, which provides training on improving racial literacy.
School Research Council Center A chapter of the University of Pennsylvania GSE, (CSSC) partners with approximately 90 school districts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey to provide monthly professional development training and materials to administrators. This includes sessions on “Racial Literacy” and “Equality Subjectivity”. According to documents obtained through a public records request by the DCNF. Two school systems pay CSSC thousands of dollars in membership fees for CSSC services. This includes access to workshops like this, as well as meetings with other superintendents and her GSE staff at the University of Pennsylvania.
On April 5, 2021, the CSSC invited five “research councils” of 87 superintendents from Pennsylvania and New Jersey to present a series of “Leadership Series for Equity: Doing Equity Systemically and Systematically.” He announced that he would provide a training titled “Realize it.” According to documents obtained by the DCNF, it aims to teach managers “equity knowledge” and to act as “leading advocates for equities.”
of Bucks County Intermediate Unit #22CSSC, a regional educational services agency serving more than 96,000 public and private school students, is offering a membership fee of $4,300 to CSSC from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. and paid the bill to the Executive Director, Dr. Mark Hoffman. Bucks County Intermediate Unit Board of Trustees said. (Related: College sexuality program hosts ‘radical playdate’ to help 5-year-old explore ‘gender identity’)
From July 1, 2022 through July 11, 2022, Haverford Township School District paid $2,500 dues to the Suburban Schools Research Council, a training group within CSSC. according to on school board papers. The district also paid an additional $4,400 to the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.
As part of the program, in addition to the training sessions, administrators earn ACT 45 credits, professional development training credits. necessary The CSSC website says teachers can continue working in the field of education every five years.
On May 14, 2021, a letter revealed that CSSC Director Tim Fox informed the superintendent of a $100 increase in the program’s tuition. It’s not clear which participating school districts charge a membership fee, Fox’s letter said, but access to such training materials requires membership fees to be paid by administrators or school districts participating in the program. It is said that there is a need.
As part of the Leadership Series, training taught managers to “identify microaggressions in real time” and stand up for others when “microaggressions” are discovered. The training also indicated that superintendents were taught to assess their own and others’ “progress in anti-racist practices.”
“We explore ways to create the conditions for building impartial agency and racial literacy in ourselves and others in continuous change,” the training states.
In the Leadership Series, Superintendents were taught the “Five Reflex Scan” to identify their own invisible logic. This includes the “emotional labor scan,” the “power and norm scan,” the “invisible logic scan,” the “deflection scan,” and the “hidden logic scan.” The training presented a “social metaphor scan.” The “biased scan” asked administrators to recognize whether they felt “entitled to excessive personal comfort in classroom discourse.”
“Am I sufficiently aware of social tropes (e.g. angry black woman)?” “Do I find these stereotypes frustrating and dehumanizing people in real time? How do I make sense of this? ”
Towards the end of the second session of the Leadership Series, superintendents were asked to draft a “Leader Qualities Vision”, training slides show.
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On April 29, 2021, the CSSC will host Part 2 of its Leadership Series for Superintendents, including an in-depth analysis of “Specific Barriers and Challenges to Enacting Educational Equity and Effectiveness” It became clear in the training that A second session taught administrators to recognize “signs of racial trauma” in students and staff.
The CSSC will hold the third session of its leadership series on May 12, 2021, and said the training taught managers how to “apply an equity perspective.” During the session, superintendents critically analyzed “inequality” and how “racial inequality” has been addressed within the school system throughout the years.
The fourth leadership training session on May 20, 2021 further expanded how to “apply an equity perspective” and “consider the climate” in decision-making, according to the document.
The Haverford Township School District suggested that the DCNF file a public records request, but the Bucks County Intermediate Department did not immediately respond to the DCNF’s request for comment. CSSC declined to comment.
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