JCS%20FINAL%20CUE%20Board%20Presentation%2024-25.pdf

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RESPECT/CIVILITY
THEMED-MONTHS
UPDATE 2024/25

Presen ted by the JCS Cultural Unity & Equity Department

Tanya Dallas, Coordinator of Cultural Unity & Equity, At-Promise Student
Programs, Title VI, VII

JEFFERSON

COUNTY SCHOOLS


¢yCUE MISSION STATEMENT

¢ The Cultural Unity & Equity Department strives to provide
quality programs that will equip employees and students
with tools in culturally proficient leadership. These tools
will increase understanding in how to respect differences,
ensure a positive and culturally enriched learning
environment, and prepare learners to live in the global
society. Our department will implement and monitor
policies and procedures that enhance cultural diversity,
encourage meaningful conversations, and provide a
significant multicultural education.


CULTURAL UNITY & EQ@uit 1/AT-
PROMISE STUDENT PROGRAMS /TITLE VI

AND TITLE VII

Tanya Dallas, Coordinator
tddallaslewis@k12.wv.us

Diversity Development and Programming:
CUE Building Advocates/Ambassadors

Black Teacher Association

Hispanic/Latino Association

Community CUE Committee

School Curriculum Teams Support

Teacher Recruitment/Retention Support

At-Promise Student Programs:
CUE Student Ambassadors

Young Men of Excellence Program
Marginalized Student Tutoring Programs
Elementary Attendance/Truancy Support


MEET THE CUE BUILDING ADVOCATES



WHAT'S A CUE BUILDING ADVOCATE?

Qualities:

We, the JCS CUE Advocates, agree that the qualities needed to cultivate positive professional and interpersonal skills with
students, parents, colleagues, and the community include:

Empathy Understanding Open Mindedness Passion Knowledge
Diplomacy Cooperative Creative Persistent Adaptable Curiosity Compassion Respectful Courage Genuine
Interest Kindness Concern Humility

We aim to demonstrate best practices regarding equity, inclusion, cultural proficiency, multiculturalism, and global
competency.

We Aspire To:

Serve as a resource for assigned school or department.

Serve as a direct liaison between the assigned school and the Department of Cultural Unity & Equity:
a. Attend district meetings during the school year.

b. Disseminate information to faculty and staff as provided.

c. Report school, faculty, staff, and students’ ideas suggestions, concerns and needs.

Attend district professional learning sessions and facilitates professional learning sessions within assigned school.


UPDATED RESPECT/CIVILITY THEMED-MONTHS

¢ August
¢ October
e December



EYOND |RADITIONAL HERITAGE MONTHS

CELEBRATING DIVERSITY WITH RESPECT AND CIVILITY
THEMED MONTHS

Because Jefferson County Schools honors the diversity, cultures, and traditions that make up our school community, this school year, we will
celebrate ‘culture every day, in every way’ through respect and civility-themed months. The Cultural Unity and Equ CUE) Department,

school advocates and ambassadors, felt that educational leaders could seize the opportunity to reinforce and model universal
core values like respect and civility with our students. From August to May, we will honor both our differences and commonalities in a way that
fosters mutual understanding through activities designed to teach more about the deeper layers of culture and diversity. Principals and teachers
will receive choice boards containing fun activities to enhance student and teacher engagement around the monthly themes. Be sure to share
photos and videos with the district office to highlight the various ways students and staff are discovering Respect and Civility together!

MONTH DISTRICT THEME (CARRIED OUT DIFFERENTLY BY EACH SCHOOL COMMUNITY)

AUGUST Respect/Civility: What does courage (K-5) resilience (6-12) look like to you?
School Focus: Appalachian/West Virginia History

SEPTEMBER | Respect/Civility: What does respect and civility look like to you? Here is what respect/civility looks like in
my family!
School Focus: Anti-bullying themes and learn more about Hispanic/Latino families and heritage (structure, language,
traditions, perspectives)

OcToBER | Respect/Civility: How does your family use language and gestures to show respect and civility?
School Focus: /nclusive of all home languages/linguistic styles with a focus on Filipino heritage

Respect/Civility: How do you honor your ancestors? Where did your ancestors come from?
School Focus: History of Indigenous Peaples
DECEMBER | Respect/Civility: How does your family use storytelling to share important lessons and traditions from one
generation to the next?
School Focus: World proverbs with a focus on African proverbs/tales to influence life decisions
Respect/Civility: What does the concept of time look like for you and your family?
School Focus: How diverse cultures relate to time and the new year

FEBRUARY | Respect/Civility: What does self-care look like for you and your family?
School Focus: Self-care in Black Culture-health

Respect/Civility: What is a hero to you? Who are the heroes in your life?

| MARCH School Focus: The accomplishments of women; special needs awareness
Respect/Civility: What does your family look like?
School Focus: Adoptive families/foster families

May Respect/Civility: What does respect look like based on your AGE?
School Focus: Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage, Nature

See your building CUE advocate or ambassador for more information or contact the CUE Department at tddallasiewis@k12 wv_us or 304.728.9202! [Revised 2024]

Student led
Personalized
Respectful for all

Customized for each school
community


RE-LAUNCH: JCS RESPECT/CIVILITY THEMED-MONTHS

JCS Honors the diversity, cultures, and traditions that make up our school
community! Honoring Diversity creates an enriched environment for learning!

Current CUE Advocates/Ambassadors collaborated during a two-day summer professional learning session to
comprehensively update, revise, and enhance the county's Respect/Civility themed-months initiative.

Adding an authentic international lens CUE welcomes the voices and perspectives of our new Filipino, Jamaican, and
Zimbabwean teachers.

'‘Appalachian/West Virginia History' focus added! Dedicated to celebrating the rich heritage and contributions of the
Appalachian community, with a focus on West Virginia History.

Transformative session workshops aimed at deeply exploring and highlighting the profound benefits of embracing
cultural diversity, belonging, and inclusion within our schools.

Rooted in the latest educational research, this interactive and engaging professional development modeled culturally
and linguistically responsive learning and teaching strategies. These strategies affirm the positive impact of fostering a
culturally inclusive environment on students' academic, social, and behavioral development.

CUE Advocates refined the monthly ‘choice board,’ an activity resource which can be utilized in classrooms or across
the school to effectively implement our commitment to celebrating and embracing diverse cultures.


* Always remember to
share photos with the
District Office

Pronunciation: APPLE-AT-CHA

Make an announcement and/or
sign that says, “If you say
AppalAchia, |’ll throw an apple AT
cha!” (Correct pronunciation is a
SHORT-a sound: APPLE-AT-CHA!)

TIPS

Announcement Link

Make an Appalachian Craft

Video Instructions here

Appalachia Folkways |
Project:

Audio Clips Link
Read-Aloud Activity

Read Aloud Link

School - Wide Activity

Online Map Link
Appalachian Regions Link Here

Read Aloud

Online Map Link

Hallway Display



Respect/CIviLiry

* Always remember to
share photos with the
District Office

School Activity: Read Aloud Video

Activity Link
PO Video Link (4 min. )
Pro-Tip- Play cheerful instrumental] List of Filipino American

music from different Filipino and Filipino Children’s
genres before the announcements.

Books
Announcements
Link Book Link
Cultural Heritage Day Making Connections:
Article Link

Yuan reading SALAMAT

Videos Exploring Linguistic
Styles
Cantonese English Link

Chicano English Link
Black American English Link
Slang Link

Amplifying Filipino
American Authors
Reading List

Book Link
American Sign Language:

Video Link

Teacher Awareness
Article Link



World Proverbs Focus (K-12)

TIP: Play instrumental music
from different holiday cultural
celebrations of the world over
the PA system. Announce the
culture that the instrumental
music belongs to!

Appalachian Storyteller Fellows

What is a Griot?

Ancestral Item Share

Morning Meeting

Storytelling: African
folktales! Students recreate
a campfire-style seating on

the floor and listen to a read-
aloud! Read-aloud link here!

Creating a Culture of Belonging in

the classroom

List of World Proverbs:

Schoal-wide tnpace

Community Wisdom Share

Community Wisdom Share! Ask parents for
short proverbs & savings from their ancestral
group that express a universal truth. Create a
display wall in the classroom or hallway that

shows the ‘proverbs’ your students shared in the
classroom!



(IC) COMMUNITY CUE COMMITTEE

What is the JCS Community CUE Committee?
The JCS Community CUE Committee is an organization comprised
of teachers, administrators, service personnel, students, caregivers,
and community members that monitors the implementation of the
district Cultural Diversity Plan.

Next meeting: September 26" at 6:30pm via MS TEAMS.


\\ ' JCS Community CUE Committee Meeting Dates for 2024 — 2025
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Sis, | Date | September 26, December 5, March 13, May 8
= | Time | 6:30pm
_Location | Virtual Meeting Via MS Teams



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