Online registration for the 2021 Annual National Integrated Comprehensive Systems for Equity Virtual Institutes is open. For more information about registering, please visit the
Institute page. Please email
register.ics@gmail.com with any questions about registration.
Key Features of ICS Equity Include:
- Research based on over 45 years of equity research.
- Rather than piecemeal equity approaches, ICS Equity provides a Framework and Process to shift from a deficit to proactive education system for all students.
- ICS Equity advances the learning of literally all students in the district. Students currently succeeding not only will continue to succeed, but will make additional achievement and social gains. ICS Equity also addresses racial inequities and the entire range of inequities across race, ethnicity, social class, ability, gender, sexual/gender identity and their intersections.
- ICS Equity includes a built in accountability system via the Equity Audit that measures equity progress and serves as a continual improvement feedback loop to the ICS Equity work.
- ICS Equity embraces a local, bottom-up/team approach to equity implementation.
- ICS Equity reallocates existing resources. No new resources are needed and all current staff are needed to advance the work.
The ICS Equity Implementation Process
Schools, districts, universities, and agencies that have made the most equity gains with ICS Equity have completed the following:
- Their school leadership team, district leadership teams, university and agency teams have fully participated in an ICS Equity Institute which typically covers 3 full days though we customize all our Institutes to local needs.
- Utilized professional development time to work through each of the ICS Equity digital modules for each ICS Equity Step.
- Received additional ICS Equity on-going support.
We also offer custom keynotes and equity evaluations for schools, districts regions, states, educator preparation programs/departments, and universities.
ICS Equity Four Cornerstones:
Cornerstone 1:
Focus on Equity
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Cornerstone 2:
Align Staff and Students
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Cornerstone 4:
Leverage Funding and Policy
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Cornerstone 3:
Transform Teaching and Learning
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The ICS Equity Four Cornerstone Framework and Process include the following:
Cornerstone 1: Focus on Equity
A focus on equity guides all team decisions. To develop a focus on equity requires a thorough understanding of the educational history of marginalization, a shift from deficit vs. assets thinking and practice, advance our own identity development across differences, apply the equity research, complete an equity audit, and develop Equity Non-Negotiables.
Cornerstone 2: Align Staff and Students
Staff and students are aligned guided by the Equity Non-Negotiable of proportional representation. All staff share expertise through co-planning and co-serving teams in support of all learners.
Cornerstone 3: Transform Teaching and Learning
These teacher-based teams co-plan and co-serve⢠through identity relevant⢠teaching and learning practices that are grounded in the most current research.
Cornerstone 4: Leverage Policy and Funding
All district policies, procedures, and funding are aligned with the Equity Non-Negotiables and federal and state legislation is leveraged to eliminate inequities.
All Four Cornerstones and ICS Equity Steps are implemented in a context of community engagement and development.
Who should use Integrated
Comprehensive System for Equity?
All individuals who wish to eliminate inequities can benefit from the ICS Equity Four Cornerstone Framework and Process, including educators in K-12 schools, districts, regions, state education agencies, educator preparation programs, universities, and community agencies.