- Heritage Middle School
- Heritage Equity Team
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Livingston Public Schools’ Equity Goal seeks to improve the culture and community with LPS by enhancing inclusiveness, cultural awareness, anti-racism, and acceptance of individual differences through mandated curricular programming, extracurricular programming, and district operations.
Heritage Equity Team FAQs
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What is the Heritage Equity Team?
Posted by:Livingston Public Schools’ Equity Goal seeks to improve the culture and community with LPS by enhancing inclusiveness, cultural awareness, anti-racism, and acceptance of individual differences through mandated curricular programming, extracurricular programming, and district operations. We are in the very early stages of our work and with each day we realize how much more we need to do in ensuring each of our students know they belong and are sure they are valued in our schools.
In response to this goal, LPS created District and Building Equity Teams to put “equity into action” at every level across the school community through:
- Data analysis and planning
- Coaching educators on equity, anti-racism and inclusion in the classroom.
- Planning and facilitating community conversations
The Equity Teams continue to work with teachers to make instruction more responsive to diversity, and inclusive of various cultures. The teams also work to strategically implement professional development and school-based programming focused on diversity, anti-racism, and cultural inclusivity in teaching and learning in order to create a common language and set of expectations for the school community.
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What are the goals of the Heritage Equity Team this year?
Posted by:The Equity teams continue to work with teachers to make instruction more responsive to diversity, and inclusive of various cultures. The teams also work to strategically implement professional development and school-based programming focused on diversity, anti-racism, and cultural inclusivity in teaching and learning in order to create a common language and set of expectations for the school community.
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How can I get involved?
Posted by:If you are interested in learning more about and/or joining the Heritage Equity Team, please reach out to Shawn Kelly at skelly@livingston.org or Kristin Fullam at kfullam@livingston.org.
Heritage Equity Team Members
Name | Email Address |
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Shawn Kelly | skelly@livingston.org |
Kristin Fullam | kfullam@livingston.org |
Karen Pinto | kpinto@livingston.org |
Lara Schipior | lschipior@livingston.org |
Tom Truscello | ttruscello@livingston.org |
Ekatrina Vorobiev | evorobiev@livingston.org |
Breanne Mannes | bmannes@livingston.org |
Lenore Gallo | lgallo@livingston.org |
Jamie Wolek | jwolek@livingston.org |
Luca Bonvini | lbonvini@livingston.org |
Cindy Cooney | ccooney@livingston.org |
Christalla Pahhas | cpahhas@livingston.org |
Isabel Vila | ivila@livingston.org |
Susan Tannler | stannler@livingston.org |
Upcoming Meeting Dates
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Upcoming Equity Meeting: Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 6:15 PM in the HMS Media Center. All are welcome!