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Understanding
 Educators’
 Attitudes
 

Related
 to
 School
 Discipline:
 
 

 

Applied
 Learning:
 Option
 2

Renae
 Azziz
 
Johns
 Hopkins
 University
 

Turnaround
 Leadership
 in
 Schools
 and
 Educational
 
Organizations
 
Fall
 2015
 

The
 Turnaround
 Challenge
 

•  INEQUITY
 IN
 SCHOOL
 DISCIPLINE
 

Problem
 of
 Practice
 

•  A
 critical
 issue
 facing
 America’s
 schools
 is
 the
 discipline
 
gap.
 Nationally,
 Black
 students
 comprise
 16%
 of
 PK-­‐12
 
students;
 yet
 represent
 32%-­‐42%
 of
 students
 suspended
 
or
 expelled
 from
 school.
 

U.S.
 Department
 of
 Education
 OfZice
 of
 Civil
 Rights
 (2014)
 
 

Proposed
 Intervention
 
 for
 PoP
 

•  A
 person’s
 overall
 level
 of
 bias
 is
 a
 function
 of
 both
 conscious
 and
 unconscious
 
attitudes.
 Conscious
 attitudes
 are
 referred
 to
 as
 explicit
 attitudes
 while
 
unconscious
 attitudes
 are
 referred
 to
 as
 implicit
 attitudes.
 
 The
 net
 effect
 of
 
one’s
 explicit
 and
 implicit
 attitudes
 can
 be
 described
 as
 their
 overall
 level
 of
 
bias.
 
 The
 proposed
 intervention
 seeks
 to
 impact
 educators
 overall
 level
 of
 bias
 
through
 professional
 development
 experiences
 (debiasing
 interventions),
 
designed
 to
 reduce
 educators’
 levels
 of
 implicit
 bias
 toward
 Blacks
 and
 create
 
more
 conscious
 awareness
 of
 the
 impact
 that
 race
 still
 has
 on
 outcomes
 in
 our
 
society.
 
 
 

The
 Need
 for
 a
 Prototype
 

qW  hat
 aspects
 related
 to
 bias
 do
 
educators
 know/
 need
 to
 know?
 
 

q What
 types
 of
 debiasing
 strategies
 
will
 educators
 respond
 to?
 

qW  hat
 type
 of
 format
 facilitates
 active
 
engagement
 
 in
 debiasing
 strategies?
 
 

Prototype
 Design
 

•  Identify
 debiasing
 strategies
 grounded
 in
 
literature.
 
 

•  Develop
 process
 supporting
 educators
 to:
 
 
–  Increase
 their
 awareness
 of
 the
 impact
 
of
 bias
 
–  Identify
 their
 personal
 levels
 of
 implicit
 
bias
 
–  Engage
 in
 speciZic
 strategies
 designed
 
to
 reduce
 levels
 of
 implicit
 bias
 

The
 A.B.C.
 Intervention:
 
Addressing
 Biases
 Courageously
 
 

The
 A.B.C.
 Intervention-­‐Beta
 Version
 

When
  November
 3,
 2015
 during
 a
 Full
 Day
 PD
 Session(8-­‐3)
 

Who
  50
 K-­‐12
 Educators
 
 in
 a
 Midwestern
 State
 who
 are
 
What
  employed
 by
 a
 urban
 school
 district.
 

 
Participants
 selected
 to
 attend
 this
 all
 day
 session
 from
 
more
 than
 100
 professional
 learning
 
 options.
 
 

 

Combination
 of:
 
•  PowerPoint
 
•  Videos
 
•  Experiential
 Activities
 
•  Web-­‐based
 Sharing
 Platform:
 

http://abcintervention.weebly.com
 


 

PROACTIVELY
 ADDRESSING
 
POTENTIAL
 FAILURES
 

Stress
 and
  Dedicated
 
Scarcity
  PD
 Time
 

Autonomous
  Non-­‐Cognitive
 
 
Selection
 of
  Factors
 
 InZluencing
  Implicit
 
Debiasing
  Intervention
 Failure
  Association
 
Strategies
 
Test
 

Motivation
  Attitudes
 
and
 Beliefs
 

http://abcintervention.weebly.com
 

 



Debiasing
 Strategy
 

 Tic-­‐Tac-­‐Toe
 

Culture
 Self
  P.A.U.S.E.
  Out-­‐group
 Field
 
Assessment
  Method
  Experiences
 

Split
 Thinking
  Implicit
  First
 Thoughts
 
Challenging
 
 
 Association
  Journal
 

 
ORID
 
  Test
 
Method
 
  Johari
 

 Window
 

  Cultural
 
 
Bubbles
 

Virtuoso
 Education
 Consulting
 LLC
 
www.virtuosoed.com
 





Applied
 Learning
 ReRlections
 

•  What
 was
 learned
 about
 the
 process
 of
 
prototyping
 
 and
 iterative
 testing?
 

–  Quick
 feedback/implementation;
 identiZication
 of
 
confusing/difZicult
 aspects
 of
 intervention
 
 

•  What
 areas
 of
 ambiguity
 were
 reZined?
 

–  Self-­‐guided
 process
 allowing
 for
 interaction
 

•  Were
 variables
 able
 to
 be
 tested
 in
 small,
 
manageable
 pieces?
 

–  Feedback
 on
 various
 types
 of
 debiasing
 strategies
 

•  What
 assumptions
 may
 have
 shifted?
 

–  Participants
 ability
 to
 choose
 the
 most
 relevant
 
strategies
 

•  What
 new
 ideas
 emerge
 regarding
 next
 steps?
 

–  Literature
 support
 for
 strongest
 interventions
 given
 level
 of
 
bias
 

–  Are
 all
 interventions
 equal
 

 


 

Virtuoso
 Education
 Consulting
 
www.virtuosoed.com