Access and Inclusion

Schedule, courses, activities, college / career preparation, etc.
Offerings include:

​AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination)
  • Coach and support schools site teams for effective implementation of AVID systems. Lead and facilitate workshops for AVID school coordinators, teachers, and administrators; training for AVID tutors with support from AVID Center
  • Equity Alliance MN
  • Sourcewell

Classroom Partnerships
  • Elementary classrooms paired across districts for a year-long, standards-based relationship based on cross-cultural understanding
  • school year

Interactive Theater of Isms
  • Relevant Development Through Active Engagement Grounded in Critical Theory, we provide what we call "informances" where participants are actively involved in experiencing the content and outcomes. Our purpose is to increase awareness and guide reflection leading to systemic change with racism, sexism and other forces that work to diminish rather than empower individuals. We embrace that we all possess some form of privilege.
  • 3 hours
  • Minnesota State University Mankato

​Middle School Business Innovation Academy
Native Youth Leadership Council
  • High school Native American youth meet twice a month plus a monthly special event. Provides a collective voice, develops racial and cultural understanding, leadership, educational equity, and community building
  • 3x/mo throughout the school year
  • Equity Alliance MN

​Walk in Another’s Shoes: A Simulation Exercise to Develop Understanding of Poverty and Homelessness
  • Simulating the experience of poverty will develop empathy for students and families who attend our schools every day.
  • 4 hours
  • Equity Alliance MN

Youth Executive Board (YEB)
  • a multi-district group of high school students who build bonds through team-building activities, and work to fulfill their leadership and academic potential
  • Sept - May
  • Equity Alliance MN