International Bullying Prevention Conference
 
D3. Connect to Kids

Speaker
, Assistant Principal


Description
As a Blue-Ribbon School, Ponderosa Elementary, a Title I school with 60 languages and 72% free and reduced lunch, created an Excellence Team which is the driving force in creating a positive school climate and culture. By filtering their work through an equity lens, this team ensures inclusive excellence and equity by empowering their colleagues to reflect on instructional practices, their own culture, relationships, data, and SEL skills needed for students to succeed.