Timeline

Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy Professional Development
- Lanise Stevenson, Founder of C.A.R.E. Center for Applied Research & Equity
  - Administrators and teachers participated in Year 1 professional learning
Equity Leaders program expanded
- All schools have trained Equity Leaders
Leading Equitable Grading at Washington and Lincoln Middle School
- RISE Network
Equity Ambassador Clubs
- Israel Putnam and Roger Sherman
Opening of the Multilingual Lounges at both high schools (October 2022)
Men of Color Leadership Conference (October 2022)
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Alumni Panel (February 2023)
- College Fair (June 2023)

Director of Equity and Instruction position created to help oversee and guide the work
Presentations:
Board of Education Retreat: An Overview of Meriden's Racial Equity Initiative; August 11, 2021
Administrators' Retreat: Examining Our Unconscious Biases; August 16, 2021
New Teacher Orientation: August 18, 2021
- An Introduction to Equity in Meriden Public Schools: Equity Leaders: Drew Blythe, Orlando Valentin, Jr., Marisa Volo
  Teaching for Equity: Teacher Leader: Symone James
Book Studies:
- New Teachers: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, Beverly Tatum (begins November 2021)
- Edison Leadership Team: Grading for Equity, Joe Feldman (begins September 2021)
District Leadership Team redefines Equity subcommittee as its own committee

American Association of School Personnel Administrators (AASPA) Presentation April, 2021 Advancing Equity in the Meriden Public Schools
Participation in the Meriden Racial Justice Initiative
Expansion of the Affinity Group to include administrators of color

Participated in New York Leadership Academy - Coaching for Equity Series
Developed Affinity Group to support and help recruit diverse staff
Invited by CSDE to participate in hiring and selection to increase educator diversity consultancy
Equity Leaders Program
- Funded by a Nellie Mae Education Foundation Grant
- Presented Racial Equity Teaching Module to Maloney and Platt High School staffs
Culturally responsive pedagogy training at Maloney High School
Wesley G. Williams presented Leading for Equity in Schools at our Summer Retreat for All Administrators
District Leadership Team established Equity Subcommittee
Paraprofessionals participated in professional learning: Linking Identity and Achievement Through Cultural Competence

High School Leadership Academy
- Funded by a Nellie Mae Education Foundation Grant
Participated in Courageous Conversations Summit
Summer Retreat of Administrators
- Richard Lemons, Executive Director, Center for School Change, presented Disrupting Inequity in Meriden Public Schools
- Robert Villanova, Director at LEAD Connecticut, presented Leading for Equity
  A Public Education Leadership Project at Harvard University, "Race, Accountability, and the Achievement Gap: A Case Study of Montgomery County Public Schools"
- Jennifer Abrams, Consultant, presented Difficult Conversations