Equity Project Recruits Local Educators

The Spartanburg Academic Movement (SAM) is participating in a national study related to equity and culturally responsive teaching practices and seeks the professional expertise and experience of local educators.

“To know how to support our educators, we have to have a clear understanding of their baseline knowledge and experience with culturally responsive teaching practices. Having insight from Spartanburg County educators will help inform additional work at the local, regional, and national level,” explains Savannah Ray, Director of Educational Engagement & Partnerships.

Ray is also serving on the StriveTogether Racial and Ethnic Equity Action Team working at a national level to assess needs and available resources for advancing equity. Understanding the background teachers have in culturally relevant teaching practices will help the team develop guidance for local, regional, and national efforts to improve equity.

All educators completing the project and its post-survey will be entered in a drawing to win one of 5, $100 Visa gift cards. The deadline for gift card eligibility has been extended through Sunday, August 30.

This effort merges SAM’s commitment to equity in education and continuous improvement practices while supporting the identification of quality resources to support classroom educators.

Local educators must follow these three steps to participate and be entered to win the $100 Visa gift cards.

Participation in three easy steps:

(1) Please take a pre-survey here.

(2) Review the selected professional development module from Teaching Tolerance for individual use (one hour) here.

(3) Take a post-survey here.

All who complete the post-survey will receive the notification of drawing winners.

For questions, contact Savannah Ray.