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To: Administrators (Principals & Vice-Principals),
When you have an opportunity to *lead* anti-racism professional learning, the ways in which you handle this work will speak volumes about your integrity, leadership, and your intentions as a school leader.
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When you have an opportunity to *lead* anti-racism professional learning, the ways in which you handle this work will speak volumes about your integrity, leadership, and your intentions as a school leader.
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To administrators, continued:
We are living in a critical moment. You can no longer feign ignorance about racism. The Ontario MOE has identified that racism is endemic in our schools, and students & parents have been protesting in our streets & board offices.
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We are living in a critical moment. You can no longer feign ignorance about racism. The Ontario MOE has identified that racism is endemic in our schools, and students & parents have been protesting in our streets & board offices.
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To administrators, continued:
When your board/employer mandates anti-racism professional learning, this is an *opportunity* for you to demonstrate your commitment to rectifying decades of racism that is happening in your school, your communities, and your classrooms
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When your board/employer mandates anti-racism professional learning, this is an *opportunity* for you to demonstrate your commitment to rectifying decades of racism that is happening in your school, your communities, and your classrooms
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To administrators, continued:
Everything u do in regard to anti-racism professional learning will show who u really are. Will you lead this work collaboratively w others, or will you simply delegate it away to other staff b/c you have "more important" things to do?
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Everything u do in regard to anti-racism professional learning will show who u really are. Will you lead this work collaboratively w others, or will you simply delegate it away to other staff b/c you have "more important" things to do?
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To administrators, continued:
If you simply delegate anti-racist professional learning to other staff (predictably: Black, racialized, and Indigenous staff) - thereby alleviating yourself of the responsibility to address racism - then you are part of the problem.
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If you simply delegate anti-racist professional learning to other staff (predictably: Black, racialized, and Indigenous staff) - thereby alleviating yourself of the responsibility to address racism - then you are part of the problem.
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To administrators, continued:
It is *not* okay for you to ignore racism in education, and occupy yourself with other managerial issues in your school while your colleagues do anti-racist work. This is cowardly and unbecoming of anyone who claims to be a leader.
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It is *not* okay for you to ignore racism in education, and occupy yourself with other managerial issues in your school while your colleagues do anti-racist work. This is cowardly and unbecoming of anyone who claims to be a leader.
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To administrators, continued:
Anti-racist work has *always* been de-prioritized in schools, which is precisely how racism thrives. Do the right thing: lead anti-racism professional learning w others. Collaborate w others. Demonstrate that this work is important.
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Anti-racist work has *always* been de-prioritized in schools, which is precisely how racism thrives. Do the right thing: lead anti-racism professional learning w others. Collaborate w others. Demonstrate that this work is important.
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