Diversity

"Our Purpose: To Support the Inclusivity and Engagement in Union’s Culture by 100 percent of the Union Community"

Union Public Schools

To contact the DEI Council, email dei@unionps.org.

Objectives

• DEI Council serves as an advising/recommending group to senior leadership
• Supports Union’s core values to foster healthy relationships in a learning environment in which:
  • All community members are highly valued.
  • All community members are respected.
• Promote and advocate for opportunities for underrepresented members to support a diverse community at all levels
• Conducts analysis of the state of belonging of Union community
  • Quantitative
    • Conducts data analysis
  • Qualitative
    • Listens to experiences and expressed needs of Union community
• Create Awareness of inclusive and engagement efforts
  • Celebrate successes and happenings of belonging
  • Address perceptions of community
• Identifies barriers to inclusivity and engagement
  • Makes recommendations of action/initiatives to applicable leaders
• Monitor and report progress of inclusivity and engagement initiative recommendations
• Maintain and advocate for student, parent, and staff voice
• Assist in aligning district initiatives with inclusivity and engagement
• Remain organic and dynamic based on needs of community