Equivalency Principles, Guiding Questions, and Equity Framework

What should be our fundamental PRINCIPLE?

When beginning your EQUIVALENCY PROCESS use the following principle to design your practices:

• Principle: Clear communication of the equivalency process for a diverse group of qualified applicants

What GUIDING QUESTIONS should we use?

As you design your EQUIVALENCY PROCESS, ask the following questions:

• Does our application convey the expectations and provide language of our equivalency process so that those who are not already employed by our system/district can understand equivalency?
• Do our faculty understand that equivalency process is legally required?

Which EQUITY FRAMEWORK foundations should focus our work?

Use the following equity foundations to frame your EQUIVALENCY PROCESS:

III	Institutionally focused	Reflective and proactive, seeking institutional solutions
IV	Systemically aware	Critical of institutional structures that perpetuate bias
V	Equity advancing	Willing to assess own practice and accountable to closing equity gaps