Episode 21: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion- Is that one person's job? Featuring Rasheda Carroll and Chris Dennis

Episode 21: DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION- Is that one person's job? Featuring Rasheda Carroll and Chris Dennis

Most independent schools have a Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Or the search is on, due to the current climate around racial reckoning.

In this episode, we talk with Rasheda Carroll, Assistant Head of School for Equity, Inclusion and Counseling at Westland School in Los Angles and Chris Dennis, Associate Head of Community Engagement at Campbell Hall school in Los Angeles. Both are seasoned DEI experts now serving in school leadership. They understand what it takes to nurture students, plus all of the realities around the work of changing school culture.

DEI efforts are often intended to inform everything that happens at school - from admissions to academics, campus life and family involvement, but how can the person in this role hold the school accountable? Does the DEI director see the whole leadership playbook? Do their strategies get adequate support? And why isn't there a whole team on board to make this happen? We dig in to how DEI work really happens, and what works.

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