District Diversity, Unity and Equity Committee (DUE)

 

Vision Statement: “Maintain outstanding student achievement and enhance the quality of education for all students through equity and social justice.”

 

Educational Equity Defined: Educational equity means that EACH child receives what they need to develop to their full academic and social potential. Transformative equity leadership aims to challenge the status quo, change oppressive structures, and promote empowerment for traditionally underserved students. Ensuring educational equity is a necessary component in narrowing the achievement gap. Equity-focused change in schools involves examining and differentiating curriculum, instruction, assessment, system structures, system procedures, and resource allocation to respond to the diverse needs of ALL students so that they can learn and thrive. 

What We Value (ABC Academic Services): To ensure that all students achieve academically, socially, and emotionally, Academic Services will enhance and build equitable structures and processes to capacitate the adults who directly serve and support ABC Unified students and families.

 

Committee Charge:  The Board of Education appoints community members to the Diversity Unity and Equity Board Advisory Committee to prioritize issues of equity and social justice.  In order to carry out its charge, the Committee should consider but not be limited to the following:

1. Collaborate with district leaders to develop recommendations and a plan of action to be presented to the Board of Education that will include policy, procedures, and school support recommendations; and
2. Explore anti-racist programs; and
3. Monitor progress and outcomes of recommendations implemented.

Duties and Responsibilities: To accomplish its purpose, the Committee shall have the following responsibilities:

• Provide recommendations to oversee equity and social justice; and
• Create an equity and social justice implementation process; and
• The Committee reviews and makes recommendations regarding the progress of the work in the area of equity and social justice.

All DUE Committee meetings will be held in the District Board Room, 5:30-7:00pm. DUE Committee meetings are open to the public.