Diverse Friends Day Case 8
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Case 6.3: Diverse Friends Day, pages 62-64.
Problems posed by the case
Mr. Carbondale is the only one who shows interest in making the school more diverse accepting and inclusive. For example, every year he is the only one who attends the district’s “Inclusive Excellence” conference. Overall, Mr. Carbondale has no support in improving the school environment for the students.
Mr. Carbondale’s student all feel very differently about his Diverse Friends Day idea. For example, some students want to participate, others think it is for “white kids”, and one student even said the event is racist.
Discrimination is a problem in this school. For example, one student shared that lunch was the only time they can relax, because “there’s a lot of racism …show more content…
Consider challenges
Mr. Carbondale wants to make the school more racially diverse accepting, but has no other teachers or administration clearly backing him up.
Mr. Carbondale’s colleagues are unhappy about the rise in a more racial demographics student body.
West River High School’s teachers are completely undiverse.
Imagine equitable outcomes
Student who don’t want to participate in the Diverse Friends Day don't have to.
Students who do want to participate in the Diverse Friends Day do.
Mr. Carbondale informs parents about the event either through a letter home, or a parent and staff meeting.
Mr. Carbondale expressed to staff, parents, and students the valuableness of Diverse Friends Day.
More faculty get involved in the event, and support Mr. Carbondale’s ideas.
Faculty gets involved in the Diverse Friends day.
Diverse Friends day goes great, and other activities and events like this occur. “It is only through exposure, familiarity, safe and open discussions that students can feel sameness and appreciate differences of the many cultures our society needs to embrace in an effort to unity” (Ochoa).
Plan of
Case 6.3: Diverse Friends Day, pages 62-64.
Problems posed by the case
Mr. Carbondale is the only one who shows interest in making the school more diverse accepting and inclusive. For example, every year he is the only one who attends the district’s “Inclusive Excellence” conference. Overall, Mr. Carbondale has no support in improving the school environment for the students.
Mr. Carbondale’s student all feel very differently about his Diverse Friends Day idea. For example, some students want to participate, others think it is for “white kids”, and one student even said the event is racist.
Discrimination is a problem in this school. For example, one student shared that lunch was the only time they can relax, because “there’s a lot of racism …show more content…
Consider challenges
Mr. Carbondale wants to make the school more racially diverse accepting, but has no other teachers or administration clearly backing him up.
Mr. Carbondale’s colleagues are unhappy about the rise in a more racial demographics student body.
West River High School’s teachers are completely undiverse.
Imagine equitable outcomes
Student who don’t want to participate in the Diverse Friends Day don't have to.
Students who do want to participate in the Diverse Friends Day do.
Mr. Carbondale informs parents about the event either through a letter home, or a parent and staff meeting.
Mr. Carbondale expressed to staff, parents, and students the valuableness of Diverse Friends Day.
More faculty get involved in the event, and support Mr. Carbondale’s ideas.
Faculty gets involved in the Diverse Friends day.
Diverse Friends day goes great, and other activities and events like this occur. “It is only through exposure, familiarity, safe and open discussions that students can feel sameness and appreciate differences of the many cultures our society needs to embrace in an effort to unity” (Ochoa).
Plan of