The Ethnic and Social Equity Standards Advisory Working Group was created by Act 1 of 2019 to review state education standards and recommend updates and additional standards to the State Board that recognize fully the history, contributions and perspectives of ethnic groups and social groups. The Advisory Working Group is composed community members that represent various social and ethnic groups and state stakeholders. The group holds public meetings on a monthly basis.
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Working Group Members
Amanda Garces, Chair
Vermont Human Rights Commission Designee
Mark Hage, Vice Chair
Natasha Eckart Baning
Paraeducator, Paine Mountain School District
Vermont-National Education Association Designee
Maxwell Barrows
Celilo Bauman-Swain
Heather Bouchey
Deputy Secretary of Education
Agency of Education Designee
Infinite Culcleasure
Xusana Davis
Racial Equity Executive Director
State of Vermont
Asma Elhuni
Jade Hazard
Director of Cuirruculum, Lamoille North SU/SD
Vermont Curriculum Leaders Association Designee
Mara Iverson
Bonnie Johnson-Aten
Vermont Principals Association Designee
Heather Thomas Lynn
Vermont School Board Association Designee
Barbra Marden
Chelsea Myers
Director of Professional Development and Communications, VSA
Vermont Superintendents Association Designee
Bruce Pandya
Cynthia Reyes
Miakoda Schultz
Vera Sheehan
Amber Wylie
Vermont Independent Schools Association Designee