ACTION PLAN

CLOSING THE GAP

Goal:
Target Group:

Increase racial understanding among teachers, in order to close the discipline gap between races
Teachers and administration

Data to Identify Students

Imbalance discipline rates by race (more minority students being disciplined)

Activities

ASCA
Domain
and
Mindsets &
Behaviors
Standard(s)

Teacher Intensive
Multicultural
Training

B-SS-3,
M2, M3, &
M5

Diversity Spirit
Week (Every day is
a different event to
celebrate different
cultures and
promote
conversations on
diversity
Two-day long
Diversity Workshop
with student leaders
and other
nominated students

M2, M3, &

M5, B-SS-
4, B-SS-7,
B-SS-2, B-
LS-9

M2, M3, &

M5, B-SS-
4, B-SS-7,
B-SS-2, B-
LS-9, B-
SS-9, B-
SS-1

Project
ed
Start/E
nd

Process
Data
(Projected
number of
students
affected)

Grant to purchase
multicultural
curriculum? Platform
in staff meetings or
LID day to deliver
curriculum
Multicultural
community leaders,
art supplies, DVD

Nov.
2016-
June
2017

100 staff,
all
students
(1682)

Feb.
2017-
April
2017

All 1682
students

40 teachers/
community
volunteers to lead
discussion groups,
Workshop
curriculum

Jan.
2017-
June
2017

200
students,
hopefully
impact
school as
a whole

Curriculum and
Materials

Perception Data
(Type of surveys/
assessments to be used)

Outcome Data
(Achievement, attendance
and/or behavior data to be
collected)

Contact Person

Perception survey on
multicultural school
climate, feedback survey
from teachers on what
they learning from the
training
Perception survey on
multicultural school
climate after
intervention, evaluation
of activity

Discipline rates by race,

minority involvement in
leadership activities

Multicultural
knowledge/
appreciation, discipline
referrals involving
interpersonal conflict,
minority involvement in
leadership activities

Kirin Foster
(counselor)

Vince Evans
(International
student advisor)
Leslie Pearle
(ASB Leadership
teacher)

Vince Evans
(International
student advisor)

Perception survey on
how students have
changed as a result of
the workshop, overall
perception survey on
multicultural school
climate at end of school
year

Name/identify/
implement multicultural
communication and
relational knowledge,
discipline referrals
involving peer conflict,
minority involvement in
leadership activities

Kirin Foster
(counselor)

Megan
Thompson
(Diversity
Workshop
coordinator)