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Miramonte Elementary

Part of the Clovis Unified School District

Intercultural Diversity Advisory Council (IDAC)

The purpose of the page is for our staff and students to be able to illustrate the amazing things that are happening at our school! 

 

What is IDAC?

Intercultural Diversity Advisory Council (IDAC) draws members from parents to represent our school at district level climate assessment/problem-solving meetings. The primary purpose of the Intercultural Diversity Advisory Council (IDAC), originally formed in 1988 as the Intercultural Advisory Council, is to assist in the formation and review of policies that assure non-discriminatory practices in all operational areas of the Clovis Unified School District. Its further mission is to assist in improving the cultural environment of the District.

 

District IDAC Page

 


Meetings

 

Miramonte has quarterly IDAC meetings. The Clovis East Area has two additional meetings, one per semester. 

 

Miramonte IDAC meeting dates:

 

Sept. 21 @ 5:30 PM in Tech Lab (Qt 1)

Nov. 30 @ 5:30 PM in Tech Lab (Qt. 2)

Feb. 29 @ 5:30 PM in Tech Lab (Qt. 3)

May. 9 @ 5:30 PM in Tech Lab (Qt. 4)

 

CE Area IDAC meeting dates:

 

Oct. 17 @ 11:00 AM at REC Library Lecture Hall

Mar. 19 @ 11:00 AM at REC Library Lecture Hall 

 


 

Meeting Minutes

 

 

The IDAC goals for Miramonte this year are in the areas of developing and utilizing the Human Relations Council to promote an appreciation for identity and diversity on the Miramonte campus. The second goal is to improve the end of year test scores for student within significant subgroups. Please visit the pages below to learn more about the HRC and how Miramonte plans to address these goals

 

 

  •  Human Relations Council (HRC) is a group of students that are working to create an inclusive and accepting learning environment on the Miramonte campus. Students in 4th-6th, meet monthly under the guidance of Mrs. Graves. They work as a team to choose a focus and plan activities around a cultural focus. 

     

     

    HRC Activities


    Rangoli Art

     

    As a part of the celebrations on campus, students participated in Rangoli art during lunchtime. Punjabi families use Rangoli to show celebrations and during festivals as a way to bring colorful art to their families and communities.

     

    Kindness Week

     

    Miramonte Mustangs are taking on The Great Kindness Challenge Jan. 27-31.  The Great Kindness Challenge is a proactive and positive bullying prevention initiative that improves school climate and increases student engagement.  Miramonte strives to promote kindness, empathy, diversity, and inclusion on a daily basis.  The Great Kindness Challenge will be a week filled with activities and events promoting this emphasis.

     

    HRC Staff and Serve Day

     

    HRC joined Fresno Rescue Mission to support the Fresno community for Mission Fest

     

    HRC Staff and Serve Day

  • Multi-cultural education encompasses how and what students learn. At Miramonte, a focus has been placed on the English Language Arts curriculum as an educational tool that can represent, teach, and respect a wide variety of cultures and backgrounds.  

     

    Core Reading Curriculum


    Benchmark Curriculum

     

    photo from Benchmark Reading curriculum

     

     From the Benchmark Education Company website:

    Benchmark Advance and Benchmark Adelante are comprehensive English and Spanish Reading/Language Arts programs from Benchmark Education Company for Kindergarten through sixth grade. These programs are built to address key shifts in curriculum and instruction to meet the demands of the new standards.

    Rigorous, integrated reading, writing, speaking, and listening instruction meets the needs of districts implementing a reading collaborative, balanced approach, or workshop model, and enables all students to master rigorous learning goals with strong resources for differentiated instruction and responsive teaching based upon ongoing assessments.

    A forward-thinking approach to English Learner instruction provides unique tools designed to scaffold students to on-level materials, which are complex, high-quality texts built for today's learner.

     

    Collections

     

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    From the Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt website:

    Collections inspires teachers’ creative instructional choices by providing a plethora of unique resources—fully supported by point-of-use scaffolding—that make teaching exciting.

    Collections creates passionate student readers with texts that matter to them, and their engagement with the texts inspires them to become critical readers, writers, and thinkers.

     

     

    Social/Emotional Curriculum


    Positivity Project

     

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    2nd Step

     

    Second Step logo

     

    From the Second Step website:

     

    Second Step is a program rooted in social-emotional learning (SEL) that helps transform schools into supportive, successful learning environments uniquely equipped to encourage children to thrive. More than just a classroom curriculum, Second Step’s holistic approach helps create a more empathetic society by providing education professionals, families, and the larger community with tools to enable them to take an active role in the social-emotional growth and safety of today’s children.

     

     

    Multicultural Activities


    This page will be updated as acitivties are completed. The week of October 14th will bring our first set of school-wide activities.

    Our monthly focus will be:

    September: Hispanic Heritage

    October: Disability Awareness

    November: Native American/Indigenous people

    December: Indentity Standards

    January: Diversity Standards

    February: Black History

    March: Women's History

    April: Autism Awareness

    May: Asian American 

  • Miramonte Staff and Teachers are trained in a variety of skills, strategies, and curriculum to provide the best education to our students. Using the Teaching Tolerance Identity and Diversity Ancher Standards, our teachers are being trained to recognize and celebrate students of diverse backgrounds. 


    Identity Anchor Standards

     

    1. Students will develop social identities based on their membership in multiple groups in society.

    2. Students will develop language and historical and cultural knowledge that affirm and accurately describe their membership in multiple identity group

    3. Students will recognize that people's multiple identities interact and create unique and complex individuals.

    4. Students will express pride, confidence, and healthy self-esteem  without denying the value and dignity of other people.

    5. Students will recognize traits of the dominant culture, their home culture, and other cultures and understand how they negotiate their own identity in multiple spaces. 


    Diversity Anchor Standards

     

    1. Students will express comfort with people who are both similar to and different from them and engage respectfuly with all people.

    2. Students will develop language and knowledge to accurately and respectfull to describe how people (including themselves) are both similar to and different from each other and others in their identity group.

    3. Students will respectfully express curiosity  about the history and lived experiences of others and will exchange ideas and beliefs in an open-minded way. 

    4. Students will respond to diversity by building empathy, respect, understanding, and connection.

    5. Students will examine diversity in social, cultural, political, and historical contexts rather than in ways that are superficial or over simplified.  

     


    AVID Culturally Relevant Teaching

     

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    his strand is designed for Site Team members who are ready to work with their sites to conduct self-examination and address issues of race, class, gender, and accountability through a growth mindset. The strand will provide a framework of effective methodologies that validate the cultures of all students in the classroom and on the campus. These research-based strategies will enhance the site’s curriculum and help students make relevant learning connections to increase subject-matter comprehension. After attending this strand, participants will understand how to create multidimensional lessons while incorporating rigor for various learning styles.


    Trauma Informed Schools

     

    From the Trauma Informed Schools conference website: 

     

    In a trauma-informed school, the adults in the school community are prepared to recognize and respond to those who have been impacted by traumatic stress. Those adults include administrators, teachers, staff, parents, and law enforcement. In addition, students are provided with clear expectations and communication strategies to guide them through stressful situations. The goal is to not only provide tools to cope with extreme situations but to create an underlying culture of respect and support. There are many ways to weave trauma-informed approaches into the fabric of schools, including strategic planning by administrators, staff training, and direct intervention with traumatized students.