Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Initiative 8
Refine the School’s Statement of Core Values
Purpose
To support the behaviors in which our community needs to engage on a daily basis to live into the school’s diversity statement; to deepen the school’s practice of ethical responsibility
Progress
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Review of existing core values statement from Founding Board of Trustees
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Core values workshops with Academic Leadership
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Research on various industry core value statements
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Planning session to map out how existing mission statement, diversity statement and athletics core values work together
On Deck
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Survey community members (students, parents, faculty, staff, administration and Board of Trustees) to identify themes related to positive and negative behaviors witnessed in the community to inform final core values
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Revise core values statement
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Launch and start implementation of core values statement
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Community Life: “Implicit and Unconscious Bias: Bridging the Distance Between Professed Values and Daily Behaviors” by Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (March 2021)
Initiative Team Members
Susan Woods, Director of Community & Inclusion, lead
Tim Betzala, Assistant Head of School & Dean of Faculty
Alfie Hobbs, Head of Upper School
Jed Stotsenberg, Assistant Director of Athletics