DLSE Community Council Applications

Community Council Application

The Kaleidoscope Collective is seeking applications from Massachusetts public school students (grades 7-12), family members, educators, and interested community members to serve on its new Community Council.

Please respond to the following questions to apply to serve on the Community Council.

1. Applicant Information: *This question is required.

First Name:
Last Name:
Email Address:
City/Town of Residence:

2. Which of the following best describes you? *This question is required.

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

3. The Community Council will advise Kaleidoscope on its developing work around Deeper Learning Tasks, tools, policy initiatives, community engagement, and other potential opportunities for feedback. The Community Council will meet from 3:00 - 5:00 pm on the following Wednesdays:

4/7/21
4/21/21
5/5/21
5/19/21

Are you able to commit to attending at least three out of the four meetings for the Community Council? *This question is required.

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

Members of the Community Council will have several responsibilities:

Read sample lesson plans* and materials from the Kaleidoscope team
Contribute to group discussion about challenges, solutions, and new ideas for education
Ask questions, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement on Kaleidoscope's work
Complete written surveys**

The below questions are similar to the kinds of questions you might be asked during a Community Council meeting. Please respond to each one to complete your application!

*Please note that, due to copyright law and team capacity, we may not be able to provide translations for provided reading texts

**Please note that we may be able to provide translations of surveys -- please indicate in the final question what language you would prefer (if other than English)

At Kaleidoscope, we want a diverse council, with people from many different backgrounds and points of view. We are especially interested in including people who have not always been included in the decision-making process for education. What point of view would you bring to the Community Council that would help diversify the group of people giving feedback on our work?

(Suggested length: 250 words)

*This question is required.

Our work at Kaleidoscope is built around the idea of equity, which means “all people should have fair and just access to the resources and opportunities needed to succeed*.” Equity is DIFFERENT from equality, defined as: “all people should have access to the same resources and opportunities needed to succeed.*” Please describe: what do you think EQUITY should look like in education?

(Suggested length: 250 words)

*Definitions from the EquityxDesign Framework

*This question is required.

Please describe one change you would like to see in education. This could be an opportunity you see at your own school or a bigger issue with education in general. Then, please describe how and why your change would make education better.

(Suggested length: 250 words)

*This question is required.

7. Please share any additional relevant comments, questions, or concerns with us!