Faculty and Staff

All Nichols faculty and staff will be proficient in culturally responsive professional practices, equity literate, and promote anti-racist policies and behaviors.

Some of the strategies Nichols School is adopting to improve faculty and staff outcomes are:

Convening a committee under the Dean of Academics to begin a comprehensive curriculum review and establish protocols and tools for this process. This committee is comprised of department chairs, division heads, team leaders, and the Director of Inclusivity and Community Building.
Comprehensive faculty development which includes a faculty growth program. This program is led by a group of growth coaches overseen by the Dean of Academics, Director of Inclusivity and Community Building, and division heads.
Developing a system of faculty evaluation separate from growth that clearly defines essential expectations and characteristics of professional excellence.
The administrative cabinet will complete and review an organization-wide equity audit to establish benchmarks and set goals for increasing diversity, improving equitable practices, and fostering inclusion.
Professional development for all athletic coaches to improve equity literacy and raise awareness of how sports can create a sense of belonging and community.

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