Equity and Justice

This page was created as a resource for member schools, associations, and diversity professionals. Visitors to this site will not only have access to resources but also will gain an understanding of NAIS's overall focus on diversity, multiculturalism, equity, and justice.

2009 State of Diversity Practice Survey and Report NEW 

In the spring of 2009 NAIS conducted a nationwide survey of diversity practitioners in independent schools. This first-time-ever survey of diversity practitioners offers important data that will be used to develop initiatives to support diversity leadership and practice for member schools. The results of this extensive survey are included in this PowerPoint presentation. We welcome any program recommendations and reactions to the State of Diversity Practice Survey Report. Please contact Gene Batiste, vice president, Leadership Education and Diversity (LEAD), at batiste@nais.org.

Highlighted Programs

• People of Color Conference and Student Diversity Leadership Conference, December 2 - 4, 2010, San Diego, CA 
  Please click here for the latest information on this year's PoCC, Catching the Tides of Change and Riding the Waves of Opportunity: 23 Years of Empowering People of Color in Independent Schools, and SDLC, Coast 2 Coast, Seek to See: Anchoring Ourselves in the Community Harbor, in San Diego, CA.
• Summer Diversity Institute
  Please click on this link to register for our Summer Diversity Institute, which will take place from June 23 - 28, 2010, at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, VA.

Leadership Education and Diversity Team (LEAD)
This section highlights the various professional development opportunities that NAIS sponsors focusing on diversity, multiculturalism, and creating inclusive school communities. In addition to the various presentations and trainings that LEAD does throughout the year for individual schools and associations, NAIS also produces the People of Color Conference, Student Diversity Leadership Conference, Summer Diversity Institute, and Call to Action.

Equity in Action
This section provides educators with a framework for creating community out of diversity, examples of diversity mission statements and strategic diversity plans implemented by other schools, and statistics on NAIS member school demographics.

The Diversity Practitioner
This section offers important information for your school's diversity practitioners and allies, including best practice examples of curriculum that member schools have implemented and found successful, diversity job titles and descriptions, and additional professional development opportunities for faculty, staff, and students.

Diversity Resources
Look in this section for indispensable resources on socioeconomic class, public/private partnerships that focus on furthering diversity, and LGBT case studies.

Student Voices
Student buy in and ownership of any diversity initiative is critical to its success. Here you will find a collection of documents developed by student diversity practitioners.

Assessment of Inclusivity and Multiculturalism (AIM) 
AIM is a comprehensive instrument designed to evaluate diversity, multiculturalism, and equity and justice in independent schools. It is also designed to assist in strategic planning initiatives to build and sustain inclusive learning communities. AIM builds on the now retired Multicultural Assessment Plan (MAP), with an expansive meaning and use of the cultural identifiers and elements of school culture.