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CECI Conference Guides Students on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Principles
October 04, 2022
Thanks to CECI's Literacy, Educational Foundations, and Technology and Teaching and Learning Departments for sponsoring the conference, entitled "Teaching for Equity: Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging," held October 3. The daylong event helped our students understand and prepare for the complexities of diversity, inclusion and equity in the classroom they'll be leading.
Keynote speaker Brandy Lovelady Mitchell (Ed.S. '11), the deputy superintendent of preschool-12 learning and leadership for Grand Rapids Public Schools, and who also served as the founding director of the Kent Intermediate School District's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and director of DEI for the Michigan Education Association.
“I don’t think this is the first time you’ve heard about equity because, as an alumnus of Grand Valley, I know it is something threaded throughout your coursework,” Mitchell said.
During her presentation, Mitchell engaged and challenged students to understand the demographic and socioeconomic dynamics they will be facing when they lead a classroom.