September 2019
Carroll School’s student and adult population are more racially and socioeconomically diverse than they have ever been.
Since its founding in 1967, Carroll School has been dedicated to affirming the experiences of different learners. However, we recognize that our students' identities are comprised of more than just their language-based learning differences. They come from a variety of different cultural, racial and ethnic backgrounds, family structures, experiences and communities that influence their day-to-day lives.
At Carroll School, we value, appreciate, and celebrate difference and strive to create a community that is safe and reflective of the rich and robust diversity of our 21st century world.
Our mission - to provide what each child most needs - recognizes that academic excellence is directly tied to a deep understanding and awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We aim to produce citizens of the world who are culturally responsive, possess a multicultural lens, and are equipped and empowered to affect social change.
Therefore, this challenge extends to our approaches towards pedagogy and classroom practices, systems and protocols involving the hiring and retention of faculty and staff, admissions, support of financial assistance and other need-based programs, and all other forms of school life.
We have deliberately and conscientiously updated our mission mantra "give each child what he or she most needs" to "...what they most need." It's how we choose to include and celebrate all members of our vibrant community.
Here are a few recent webinars and events we hosted for our community.
Osamagbe (Osa) Osagie is the Director of Equity and Inclusion at Carroll School
"Before coming to Carroll, I had never considered what it meant to learn differently or to be marginalized because of learning differences. For 52 years Carroll has done a great job of looking at DEI through the lens of learning, access to education, reading and the power of literacy. My work has been to make that lens more expansive and enrich the mission of the school." Read more about how DEI fits into the Carroll mission
Carroll School’s student and adult population are more racially and socioeconomically diverse than they have ever been.
Ali Michael, co-founder and director of the Race Institute for K-12 Educators, visits Carroll and holds workshop for parents, students, and staff.
Four of our middle school students joined peers from other schools at the AISNE Middle School Students of Color Conference for a day filled with thought-provoking speakers and workshops.
Carroll’s faculty and staff of color start meeting 1-2x each month as an affinity group.
Board of Trustees engages in their first ever extensive training on DEI during the 2018 Board Retreat. Training is led by Dr. Elizabeth Denevi.
Carroll School partners with Essential Partners to lead two trainings for all staff and faculty, investing them with tools to engage in deeper, more meaningful conversations across differences.
Director of E&I starting working with academic leadership to select appropriate curriculum, materials, and discussions in classrooms and at special events.
Ruby Bridges visits Carroll School to share her experiences as a civil rights activist.
Administration leads Professional Learning Community (PLC) book groups for the entire faculty and staff, a first at Carroll. The book groups read and discuss Gary Howard’s We Can’t Teach What We Don’t Know.
The Reading about Diversity (RAD) program starts in the Lower School. RAD brings in volunteer parents to read and discuss books about diversity and inclusion.
Lead administration began the process of changing Carroll’s hiring and recruitment practices to be more inclusive and welcoming.
Osa Osagie, Director of E&I, and two Carroll faculty members of color attended the 30th NAIS People of Color conference for the first time in Anaheim.
Carroll Middle School students present a workshop about learning differently at the AISNE Student Diversity Conference.
Osamagbe Osagie begins her journey as Carroll’s Director of Equity and Inclusion.
Carroll School begins sending lead administration and interested faculty and staff to multiple DEI-related conferences, events, and trainings. This continues today.
Lead administration engages in 30 hours of training with the Multicultural Teaching Institute (MTI).
In an effort to address the greatest need of each child, we recognize that diversity and inclusivity are essential to a child’s learning experience, as are great teachers. Federal data and numerous research reports confirm the need to diversify the teacher workforce. That's why we've established The Compass Fellowship that provides to two teachers from historically marginalized communities with a full scholarship for the collaborative residency-based masters degree and licensure program in Moderate Disabilities PreK-8 & 5-12 with Lesley University. Learn More