在优德平台|多元化和包容性

我们给我们的学生和教师参与各地差异有意义必须进行对话的工具。

倡议

In the fall of 2013, w88优德 entered into a strategic partnership with Jones & Associates, a consulting firm dedicated to improving communities and their leaders through inclusion, diversity, and awareness. With their guidance, w88优德 has undertaken a comprehensive review of our work around diversity, equity, and inclusion and mapped out a plan for moving forward. Through the framework of Cultural Competency, we are working to give our students and adult constiuents (faculty, staff, board members) the tools necessary to engage in meaningful dialogue around difference.

这些努力是推进多元化和包容性亚光balano，认识到与多年的经验使更多样化的中学，包容，公平和领导者的主任。我们近期在这方面的工作主要集中在雇用，以增加校园色彩的倡议教师的数量，招生宣传色彩，创建一个教员/员工多元化委员会，以及一系列的学生进步的社区。

学生的亲和力，联盟和利益集团

作为人生优德平台的许多领域，学校致力于为学生提供工具和机会，成为有效的领导者。通过这种方式，我们的学生和他们运行组织在我们的多样性，平等，包容和努力的一个重要的角色，我们提供了各种学生参与选项。我们归类围绕三个理念我们的俱乐部和团体 亲和力 （正如他们说的意思，从支持大学生“我”的视角）联盟（为了鼓励跨文化的理解），和利益（有共同利益汇集的学生）。这些都不是一成不变的，而界限，他们帮助组织以支持我们的工作，并鼓励我们的学生。

-diversity理念理事会声明

优德平台的目标是成为世界上最好的高中。要做到这一点，多样性和包容性是我们工作的心脏。我们相信，通过了解自己和他人，我们可以走向更大的利益目标迈进。是卓越和真实性的一个社区，我们的工作围绕民族，种族，性别，社会经济，宗教，家庭结构，性取向和地理起源的差异提高认识。

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亚光 balano

多样性和包容性，教师英语总监

805-640-3201 X215

美国加州大学圣克鲁斯分校 - BA

mbalano@thacher.org
生物
Matthew balano is a graduate of University of California at Santa Cruz (BA, American Literature), with twenty-two years of experience in education across three continents. A San Francisco native, Matt has spent the past 16 years at St. Ignatius College Preparatory, first as member of the 英语 department, and for the past seven years as the school's first Director of Equity & Inclusion. He is the founder and director of the Latinx Youth Summit, a weekend-long event that brings together hundreds of Latinx youth from across the U.S. to explore identity, share culture, and develop leadership skills. He has worked extensively with Magis--a San Francisco-based academic enrichment program for first-generation college-bound students—developing curriculum, providing community outreach, and teaching a variety of courses. Matt is also a board director of World Trust Educational Services and co-chair of the White Privilege Symposium by the Bay Organizing Committee. Until recently, he also served on the San Francisco Human Rights Commission's Equity Advisory Committee and as the National Chair of the Jesuit Schools Network Diversity Directors. Also a former board director for People of Color in Independent Schools (POCIS) of Northern California, 亚光 has organized and presented at numerous national and regional diversity conferences and professional development in-services.

马特是大一新生的信律师事务所马库斯balano而骄傲。双方马特和马库斯很高兴能加入社区，并期待着优德平台学习，合作和发展。尽管他们搬到南加州，将继续成为他们死忠球迷金州勇士队。