Finalist Selection Principles, Guiding Questions, and Equity Framework

What should be our fundamental PRINCIPLE?

When beginning your FINALIST SELECTION PROCESS, use the following principle to design for hiring:

• Principle: Evidence-based decision-making framed in equity, diversity, and inclusion

What GUIDING QUESTIONS should we use?

As you design your SELECTION PROCESS for FINALISTS, ask the following questions:

• What do departmental and institutional hiring data over the last 10 years desegregated by race, ethnicity, and gender show?
• What direction can the Board of Trustees provide the district based on the data and the institution’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion?

Which EQUITY FRAMEWORK foundations should focus our work?

Use the following equity foundations to frame your FINALIST SELECTION PROCESS:

I	Evidence based	Regular review of disaggregated data to inform change
II	Race-conscious	Critical and reflective of color-evasive ideology
V	Equity advancing	Willing to assess own practice and accountable to closing equity gaps