Conversations on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At 2Revolutions, we work to build more equitable learning environments for all learners through learner-centered pedagogies and leadership. To that end, we model and support mindsets that value all learners' identities, including their academic, developmental, cultural, and social-emotional contexts and motivations. This encompasses:
Personalized learning that is relevant, authentic, and differentiated for each learner’s journey
Competency-based learning that values any-time, anywhere learning and encourages knowing and being able to demonstrate through concrete evidence
Ownership of learning that is driven by the learner within a scaffolded framework that allows for a gradual transfer of responsibility
Use of a broad set of data that tells a holistic story of a learner’s knowledge, skills and mindsets
Inclusive learning environments predicated on high engagement and relational trust that build learner confidence and agency.
Commitments at 2Revolutions
Commitments:
In order to fully realize our commitment to joy and impact, we will work with our core and extended teams to collaboratively construct what inclusion and sense of belonging look and feel like within our organization.
In order to fully realize our commitment to creating joyful and impactful learning experiences, we will work to partner with diverse organizations at all levels of impact (local, state, national). We will create different pathways to make learner- and equity-centered practices accessible to all, by continuing to collaboratively construct what inclusion and sense of belonging look like and feel like within our offerings.
In order to fully represent our values, we are committed to building a diverse team through strategic recruitment and support. We seek to foster an inclusive & human-centered environment with a strong sense of belonging for both core and extended teams.
In order to ensure that our learning experiences reflect these values, we are committed to content offerings and learning designs that model culturally relevant and responsive practices and meet the wide range of learning needs and styles of our learners.
Members of 2Rev Responded to these questions:
How have you seen any of these commitments manifest in the day-to-day work with 2Rev or in your own experiences in education?
What stands out to you in these commitments as a necessary next step in our quest to be better each day?
Why is it important to have clear commitments on inclusion and equity for an organization? As an individual?
Why do you do this work?
Art Smith, 2Rev Coach
“I think it’s super important for organizations to have a focus on equity and inclusion. As the work we are all doing with kids to change systems, and change structures and the way kids learn and the access they have to things is really about agency.
Agency and access is at the heart of the work that we do and I don’t think it’s possible to do that work without a strong foundation in which we value all of the different stories everybody brings to the table.”
Iris Lattimore, 2 Rev Project Associate
“I think commitments to DEI in organizations and for individuals are important because they are promises, and promises should help you feel safe.”
Kadie Wilson, EdD., 2Rev Leader-in-Residence
“They (students) talked about wanting to school to be something different. They wanted school to be something that each and every student GETS to do. They wanted it to be a place where they actually learn and discover themselves as humans. This was in such contrast to my personal experiences.”
Daniel Torres-Rangel, 2Rev Leader-in-Residence
“A lot of our course work and content we incorporate UDL (Universal Design for Learning) to encourage teachers to design a flexible curriculum and a flexible learning environment, and provide multiple ways for students to access information and show what they know.”
Dawn Foreman, 2Rev Coach
“As someone who was coached by 2Rev in the past I watched their DEI commitments come alive in their work with my staff and me…
I vividly remember one teacher who totally transformed her classroom. From the furniture to how she utilized technology. It was an amazing experience to watch.”
Rachel Klein, 2Rev Coach
“It’s very important for a company, particularly one that is so deeply invested in fostering equitable experiences for the people whom it serves and then eventually for the people whom they serve. These bold commitments need to be stated out loud, because it conveys that they are the underpinning of everything.”
Kate McClinton, 2Rev Consultant
“At 2Rev it inspires me that we have a group of people, predominantly white people, that are committed to figuring out a better way, committed to finding other people of all cultures, all backgrounds, all experiences, all genders to try to get education to a point in the world that it is better. Because we know it’s not right. We know there are a lot of faults in the education system.”