Dear Sidwell Friends School Students, Parents, Employees and
Trustees:
We are asking members of the Sidwell Friends community to
participate in a confidential online survey that will help assess the
School’s climate and culture as it relates to inclusivity and
multiculturalism. As we continue our work with the strategic planning,
the School’s Diversity Advisory Group (DAG) recommended that we see how
well we are meeting our diversity objectives and how we can become a more
inclusive community for all of our members. We have decided to use AIM, a
tool developed by the National Association of Independent Schools for this type
of assessment.
The Assessment of Inclusivity and
Multiculturalism (AIM) is a comprehensive assessment tool that engages the
school community in evaluating inclusivity and multiculturalism. It
delivers tangible results the school can use to strategically plan for building
and sustaining inclusive independent school communities. The specific goals of AIM are to:
- Determine progress in meeting diversity and
multiculturalism goals;
- Identify current diversity and
multiculturalism initiatives;
- Encourage participation of all affiliation
and affinity groups in assessing the school’s level of inclusivity;
- Facilitate meaningful dialogue;
- Provide benchmarking opportunities; and
- Support a positive community building
process/experience (www.nais.org).
AIM
then delivers summarized survey results to the school, which can be put to use
in strategic planning and in follow-up training and programming. The
strategies that we develop from the assessment will help empower us to build a
community reflective of Quaker values and the School’s mission. We
are asking all faculty, staff, administrators, Trustees, recent alumni, and
students in grades 7-12 to participate in this survey. In order for this
survey to provide comprehensive results, it is crucial that we get as much
participation as possible.
Please
go to http://www.insightlink.net/aim-sidwell/to complete the
survey. It should take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. The
survey is available in English and Spanish. Thank you for taking the time
to complete this important survey.
Sincerely,
Tom
Farquhar
Head
of School
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