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Michigan
Gender Equity Team
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Mission
The Michigan Gender Equity Team is a group of organizations
acting as a catalyst to achieve gender equity, at home,
at school and at work.
Philosophy
Gender equity means an equal chance at learning for females
and males, with open options to learn subjects and prepare
for future education, jobs, and careers without expectations
based on gender. Equal encouragement for both genders
to develop, achieve, and learn is essential to equitable
treatment of female and male students.
In order for the Philosophy Statement to be achieved,
the following educational concepts must be embraced by
educators, parents and community members.
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Gender equity is an attitude and commitment.
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Gender equity-focused resources are abundant and readily
accessible.
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Gender equity is not an add-on, but a basic educational
approach.
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Support services, supplementing gender fair instruction,
are necessary to ensure equal access by all students.
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Gender equity is an achievable goal.
(Adapted from information in the Northwest
Regional Education Laboratory Equity Center web site
in "The Fourth R: Responsibility--Ensuring Educational
Excellence Through Equity and Effective School Practices"
area. Portland, OR: Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
on May 1, 1999. Adapted with permission from the Equity
Center.)
Initiatives
Projects for implementation:
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Review of K-12 programs on gender equity through Michigan
Department of Education.
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Achieve agreement and implementation of a meaningful measuring
of gender equity in the curricular area, using desegregated
MEAP scores and school improvement goals, to remedy problem
areas. This could be facilitated through cooperation with
the Michigan Coalition for Staff Development/School Improvement
group.
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Achieve increased awareness of gender fair education in
Career and Technical Education (CTE) through the four
areas of activity: gender equity, single parenting, life
management and the Office of Civil Rights.
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Achieve more equitable representations of the current
and historical contributions of women. One vehicle for
this would be to rewrite and publish the Women's Book
Project brochures under the name of the Gender Equity
Team. The PTA will be asked to distribute the brochures
as will each of the participating organizations in the
Michigan Gender Equity Team.
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Review the existing goals of the Adult Work Force Development
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