Harrison Elementary Equity Team

How can I get involved?

If you are intxerested in learning more about and/or joining the Harrison Equity Team, please reach out to Daniel Garcia at 973-535-8000, ext. 8111, or Christine Siti at 973-535-8000, ext. 8351.

What are the goals of the Harrison Equity Team this year?

The Equity teams continue to work with teachers to make instruction more responsive to diversity, and inclusive of various cultures. The teams also work to strategically implement professional development and school-based programming focused on diversity, anti-racism, and cultural inclusivity in teaching and learning in order to create a common language and set of expectations for the school community.

This school year, the Harrison Equity Team's goals include:

DISTRICT GOAL: Community and Culture - Engaging all stakeholders, especially students and their families and guardians, in educational programs is essential to creating a community of equity in our school district. Ensure just outcomes for each student, raise marginalized voices, and challenge imbalances of power and privilege. 

• Review School and District-Wide Equity Data

• HIB Data from 2023-24 School Year

• Provide Educational Opportunities for Students, Staff, and Community Members to Increase Positive Student-Student and Student-Teacher Interactions around Culture and Equity

• Continue Curriculum, Assessment, and Instructional Audit beyond the Social Studies discipline

• Continue to use Talents of Faculty/Staff to facilitate our Equity Work

The Harrison Elementary School's Equity team supports the district goals and has individualized our work towards the achievement of these goals as indicated below:

1. Continue to develop lessons highlighting a variety of diversity topics through the use of grade specific picture books which incorporate the 100%'s which was started last year.

 2. Develop a more ‘formal’ system of communication with school to the parent community to create more awareness of the natural daily activities and discussions focusing on diversity and inclusion.

 What is the Harrison Equity Team?

Livingston Public Schools’ Equity Goal seeks to improve the culture and community with LPS by enhancing inclusiveness, cultural awareness, anti-racism, and acceptance of individual differences through mandated curricular programming, extracurricular programming, and district operations. We are in the very early stages of our work and with each day we realize how much more we need to do in ensuring each of our students know they belong and are sure they are valued in our schools. 

In response to this goal, LPS created District and Building Equity Teams to put “equity into action” at every level across the school community through:

• Data analysis and planning
• Coaching educators on equity, anti-racism and inclusion in the classroom.
• Planning and facilitating community conversations
• The Equity Teams continue to work with teachers to make instruction more responsive to diversity, and inclusive of various cultures. The teams also work to strategically implement professional development and school-based programming focused on diversity, anti-racism, and cultural inclusivity in teaching and learning in order to create a common language and set of expectations for the school community.