Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, Belonging, and Justice (DEIABJ)
Guiding Principles
Builds a foundation for student success:
Equity is a fundamental requirement for educational success academically, socially, and emotionally.
Strives to meet individual learning needs:
Equity does not mean treating all students in the same way but, rather, responding to the individual needs of each student and providing the conditions and interventions needed to help them succeed.
Identifies and strives to eliminate barriers:
All students are supported equitably through the identification and removal of discriminatory barriers that limit their ability to achieve their full potential.
Promotes a sense of belonging:
IDEA work contributes to every student’s, staff member’s, and family’s sense of seeing themselves reflected in our community.
Addresses power imbalances in support of staff, families and students from historically marginalized communities*:
Staff, students and families from marginalized communities are recognized and protected while ensuring that all students and families feel they are valued and considered.
Involves the broad community:
Effective and meaningful school-community partnerships are an essential component of our IDEA work.
Uses research and consultation to build policies and practices:
Research and consultation within and outside the Waldorf community form the basis for the development and application of resources.
Equity is a fundamental requirement for educational success academically, socially, and emotionally.
Strives to meet individual learning needs:
Equity does not mean treating all students in the same way but, rather, responding to the individual needs of each student and providing the conditions and interventions needed to help them succeed.
Identifies and strives to eliminate barriers:
All students are supported equitably through the identification and removal of discriminatory barriers that limit their ability to achieve their full potential.
Promotes a sense of belonging:
IDEA work contributes to every student’s, staff member’s, and family’s sense of seeing themselves reflected in our community.
Addresses power imbalances in support of staff, families and students from historically marginalized communities*:
Staff, students and families from marginalized communities are recognized and protected while ensuring that all students and families feel they are valued and considered.
Involves the broad community:
Effective and meaningful school-community partnerships are an essential component of our IDEA work.
Uses research and consultation to build policies and practices:
Research and consultation within and outside the Waldorf community form the basis for the development and application of resources.
*groups who have systematically been denied access to economic, political, or cultural participation based on factors such as, but not exclusive to, ability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious identity, socio-economic class, or sexual orientation.
