Title: 8 Powerful Ways to Promote Equity in the Classroom | Prodigy Education
Headings: 8 Powerful Ways to Promote Equity in the Classroom
8 Powerful Ways to Promote Equity in the Classroom
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What does equity in the classroom mean?
Equity versus equality
But it’s not equitable.
Why equity in the classroom is important
8 meaningful equity in the classroom strategies
1. Start with yourself
2. Model equity for your students
Modeling equity in the classroom can help students see and understand appropriate words and actions to use.
Other techniques to help model equity in the classroom:
3. Be flexible with online learning
4. Address inappropriate remarks
5. Create an equitable classroom environment
6. Accommodate different learning styles
7. Examine your teaching materials
8. Give students a voice
Conclusion: Equity in the classroom
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Content: Every student has their assignment, plus a calculator, pencil and paper. Equal, right? But it’s not equitable. To make the assignment equitable, teachers have to understand their students and provide targeted support. This could include helping ESL students understand instructions in an unfamiliar language, providing text-to-speech technology for visually impaired students or giving students with ADHD a quiet space to complete the assignment. When you provide these supports for your students, you’re making sure physical ability, language skills and other needs don’t negatively impact their ability to do well. As Clayton Carr — 3rd grade teacher and member of Prodigy’s Champions Club — puts it: “I talk to my students and establish what the difference is between equality and equity. Equality is everyone being treated the same, whereas equity is everyone getting what they need to succeed. After addressing that with my students and reinforcing it, I’m able to meet my students’ needs for isolated seating, fidget cubes for stress, or standing during testing, intervention and small groups in Zoom.”