Learning Forward ICSD is the Ithaca City School District’s three-year approach to academic and social-emotional learning. Our commitment - to reverse the legacy of racism and establish communities built on love and joy - is centered around four key tenets:
• Students as partners and leaders
• Educator identity work
• Anti-racist curriculum for all
• Structures of support
What "students as partners and leaders" means:
• Centering the perspectives of students of color in the curriculum design process
• Holding ourselves accountable to doing this well as staff
What "students as partners and leaders" looks like:
• A panel of students at our new educator orientation (pictured above) bringing a focus to what students need and hope for from educators, specifically in terms of their pedagogical and curricular approaches
• Students being included on building-based mental health committees in our secondary schools
• Students co-creating communications for our community, such as the LGBTQIA+ resources webpage and the ICSD Resources for Sexual Harassment flyer
• Students collaborating with staff to bring all-gender bathrooms to each of our 12 school buildings
To read the complete story in the Ithaca e-INSIDER, click here.
