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• Use the addition of ACSA Diversity and Equal
Access Executive Nicole Anderson, in collaboration with the legislative advocate in
the Member Services Department (Sal Villaseñor), to help grow, diversify and enhance
African American and Latino membership
and directly support the EADS Committee.
• Establish a mentoring program that supports new administrators, administrators
changing jobs, and superintendents in need
of mentoring tools for their administrators.
This includes a strategic focus on administrators of color and administrators who
serve students of color.
• Provide an Equity Toolkit/framework resource
that will be available to all members in print,
online and on the ACSA app. It will provide
detailed and practical resources for leaders
to address issues around equity and diversity. It will also include a step-by-step guide,
ready-to-use documents, research and data,
best practices, funding sources, a contact list
of experts, and articles that directly support
implementation of best practices around

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equity. It will provide a framework for addressing equity within ACSA and in school
districts, with a specific focus on fostering courageous conversations that sustain
growth for student achievement.
• Create an equity category on the new ACSA
blog to foster ongoing conversations around
equity and diversity. Practitioners and
school community members will be able to
post best practices and participate in courageous conversations on acsablog.org.
• Develop stronger partnerships within ACSA
departments and with outside organizations
such as CAAASA and CALSA, as well as national and global groups, to share ideas and
develop solutions that promote diversity and
equity goals for African American and Latino Administrators.

Providing success for all
The academic, discipline, and penal system data overwhelmingly show that minority (particularly Latino and African
American) students are negatively impacted

in schools and society. Our students are depending on us to create an educational system that provides access for all. To ensure
that all students are college and career ready,
the EADS Committee will continue to address equity and diversity issues that exist
within the educational syst [K