Commitment
Lane ESD is committed to providing equity training for all staff to create an inclusive, collaborative, and innovative educational environment that fosters lifelong learning, equity, and well-being for all members of our community. Most staff will participate in the Engaging Equity modules which is a collaboration between WestEd and the Oregon Department of Education. This professional learning series comprises 18 modules that together will provide staff with a comprehensive set of learning experiences that build their critical equity skills and competencies for supporting culturally responsive and sustaining education in a purposefully sequenced way across four clusters. The four clusters are organized as follows:
- Racial Equity Foundations (Personal Mindsets)
- Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Practice (Social–Emotional and Instructional Strategies)
- Applying an Equity Mindset to Learner Variability (Community Skills)
- Building Equitable Educational Systems (Systemic Competencies) Though some of the activities are oriented toward teachers, the course content and reflection opportunities overall have also been created to serve the needs of school administrators, instructional leaders, student support staff, as well as systems-level leaders.
Lane ESD offers culturally specific curriculum to Lane County educators that reflects the identities of our students within our region in areas such as Tribal History/Shared History, Black History 365, Ethnic Studies, and Early Literacy.
English Language Development (ELD) services include technical assistance relating to curriculum, instruction, assessment, and educational learning platforms. Train general education teachers to learn how to integrate the English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards into their regular curriculum.
Student Facing Services
Student Voice: Professional development, coaching, and consultation are provided to implement ongoing student voice and engagement for district/school strategic planning and continuous improvement.
Native Youth Wellness: This program centers care, community, connection, and culture by providing professional development on Tribal History/Shared History and TSEL, community culture nights, student affinity group support, coaching and consultation on tribal education programs, equity, and culturally sustaining pedagogy.
Migrant Education: Lane ESD coordinates a regional Migrant Education Program (MEP) consortium serving Lane and Douglas counties, including 29 school districts. MEP services provide supplemental instruction, community outreach, and parent involvement for eligible MEP students, including summer school, graduation, and preschool services for students ages 3-21.
Lane Career Academy: The Lane Career Academy collaboration provides Lane County students with technical education to access high-wage, high-demand jobs. Current programming includes HOPE Factory (construction/manufacturing); future programming to include Emergency Medical Services (EMS).