BOCES of New York State has partnered with the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and Tangible Development to provide resources to support diversity, equity, and inclusion in New York state schools.
This repository provides resources developed by schools, school districts and BOCES across New York State that demonstrate promising DEI practices and support the New York State Board of Regents policy on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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CR-S Education Framework Implementation
Resources related to the implementation of New York State’s Culturally Responsive-Sustaining (CR-S) Education Framework within schools and communities.
Elementary Identity Inquiry (Potsdam CSD)
- About the Resource: The Elementary Identity Inquiry is a year-long inquiry for all students at Lawrence Avenue Elementary School. The project includes essential questions for each quarter and required read-aloud books, one per month, per grade level, with accompanying discussion questions. The books are aligned to each essential idea and represent diverse identities and topics.
- Resource: Potsdam CSD Identity Inquiry
- Resource type: Lesson Plan
- Audience(s): Teachers of prekindergarten through fourth grade, and their students
Board of Education DEI Presentation (Rye Neck UFSD)
- Resource: Rye Neck UFSD BOE DEI Presentation
- Audience(s): Board of Education, Greater Community
Train The Trainer Workshop Announcement (Corning City SD)
- Resource: Corning City SD Train The Trainer Workshop Announcement
- Audience(s): Community
Community Conversation Flyer (Rush-Henrietta CSD)
- Resource: Rush-Henrietta CSD Community Conversation Flyer
- Audience(s): Community
Recommendation Slides BOE Equity & Inclusion Presentation (Rush-Henrietta CSD)
- Resource: Rush-Henrietta CSD Equity & Inclusion Needs Assessment Steering Committee Recommendations Presentation
- Audience(s): BOE, Stakeholders
Celebrating Holidays and Heritage Months (Monroe 1 BOCES)
- About the Resource: This resource has inclusive guidance on celebrating holidays and heritage months.
- Resource: Monroe 1 BOCES: Celebrating Holidays and Heritage Months
- Audience(s): BOE, Staff
A Journey through the CR-S Framework (Erie 2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES)
- Resource: Erie 2 BOCES: A Journey through the CR-S Framework
- Audience(s): Staff, Community
DEI CR-S Teacher Self Assessment Web Resources (Elmira CSD)
- About the Resource: The CR-S Self-Assessment was developed by the Elmira City Schools DEI Education Coordinator to provide opportunities for educators (instructional staff) to engage in self-reflection about their practice in the context of culturally responsive indicators.
- Resource: Elmira CSD CR-S Teacher Self-Assessment
- Audience(s): Instructional staff
DEI Committees/Advisory Councils
Resources supporting the creation and operation of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committees and/or advisory councils within New York schools.
District Equity Committee Mission and Purpose Statement (Elmira City School District)
- Resource: Elmira CSD Express Equity Committee
- Audience(s): Administration
Parent/Family Advisory Council Purpose/Mission Statement (Eastern Suffolk BOCES)
- About the Resource: The Eastern Suffolk BOCES Family Advisory Council helps provide feedback with an equity lens on BOCES processes and procedures. The Purpose/Mission Statement outlines stated expectations for participants and links the group to the BOCES’ overall strategic plan.
- Resource: Eastern Suffolk BOCES Parent/Family Advisory Council Purpose/Mission Statement
- Audience(s): Parents and families, community members, BOCES leadership
Equity In Action Committee Rationale (Kingston City SD)
- Resource: Kingston City SD Equity In Action Committee Rationale
- Audience(s): Administration
District DEI Webpages
Links to school district and BOCES DEI websites across the state which contain a range of DEI information and practices.
Please note: As these are live website links, all information contained within has not been vetted by the New York State Education Department, BOCES, or our partners in this repository project.
DEI Web Page (Minisink Valley CSD)
- Web page: Minisink Valley CSD Diversity/Equity/Inclusion webpage
- Audience(s): Greater Community, Stakeholders
DEI Web Page (Syracuse City SD)
- Web page: Syracuse CSD Diversity, Equity, and Belonging webpage
- Audience(s): Greater Community, Stakeholders
DEI Web Page-including Resource Guide (Brockport CSD)
- About the Resource:
- Resource: Brockport CSD Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resource Guide
- Audience(s): Internal
DEI Web Page and Electronic Toolkit (Monroe 1 BOCES)
- Resource: Monroe 1 BOCES Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Web page and Electronic Toolkit
- Audience(s): Administration
Family Engagement Materials
Examples of how schools, districts, and BOCES are engaging families to support diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Recruitment Flyer (Auburn Enlarged CSD)
- Resource: Auburn Enlarged CSD Parent/Guardian Recruitment Flyer
- Audience(s): Parents and families, community members, BOCES leadership
DEI Movie Night Planning Overview (Rye Neck UFSD)
- Resource: Rye Neck UFSD DEI Movie Night Overview
- Audience(s): Internal Staff
Equity Professional Development (PD) series English as a New Learner (ENL) flyer (Rush-Henrietta CSD)
- Resource: Rush-Henrietta CSD Equity PD series ENL flyer
- Audience(s): Community
Community Book Study flyer (Rush-Henrietta CSD)
- Resource: Rush-Henrietta CSD Community Book Study flyer
- Audience(s): Community
Parent/Guardian University flyer (Auburn Enlarged CSD)
- Resource: Auburn Enlarged CSD Parent/Guardian University screening of The Right to Read flyer
- Audience(s): Community
Policies and Plans
School, district, and BOCES policies and plans supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity in Education (Schenectady CSD)
- About the Resource: In November 2021, the Schenectady City School District Board of Education approved this adopted policy which outlines generally accepted beliefs and agreements, as well as district goals related to providing equitable, inclusive, and diverse opportunities for all students.
- Resource: Schenectady CSD DEI in Education
- Audience(s): Internal
Equity, Inclusivity, and Diversity in Education Regulation (Eastern Suffolk BOCES)
- About the Resource: This regulation was adopted by Eastern Suffolk BOCES in May 2021 as part of its policy manual. The regulation “outlines the process for achieving educational equity and the elimination of barriers and bias, particularly institutionalized racism and cultural biases, and disparities that limit a student’s chance to graduate high school prepared for college, for a career, and for life.”
- Resource: Eastern Suffolk BOCES Regulation 5124R.1 Equity, Inclusivity, and Diversity in Education
- Audience(s): Stakeholders
Equity, Inclusivity, and Diversity in Education Policy (Eastern Suffolk BOCES)
- About the Resource: This policy was adopted by Eastern Suffolk BOCES as part of its policy manual. The policy establishes the Board’s responsibility “to develop the individual and organizational knowledge, attitudes, skills, and practices to create culturally responsive learning and working environments for all students and employees.”
- Resource: Eastern Suffolk BOCES Policy 5124 Equity, Inclusivity, and Diversity in Education
- Audience(s): Stakeholders
BOCES Strategic Plan (Eastern Suffolk BOCES)
- Resource type: Eastern Suffolk BOCES Strategic Plan 2025-2032
- Audience(s): Stakeholders
Strategic Plan for Equity (Niskayuna Central School District)
- About the Resource: The purpose of this document is to publicly share Niskayuna’s commitment to addressing inequities within their community and to continually report on these and other data points. This public-facing document is a summary of the Niskayuna Central School District’s Strategic Plan for Equity. This plan was developed in collaboration with a team of 21 stakeholders, which included administrators, teachers, family members, current and former students. It outlines differences in student outcomes in areas such as attendance, suspensions, and participation in AP/college-credit courses.
- Resource: Niskayuna CSD Strategic Plan for Equity
- Audience(s): District staff, faculty, administration, and community members
DEI Strategic Plan (Auburn Enlarged CSD)
- Resource type: Auburn Enlarged CSD Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Strategic Plan 2024-2025
- Audience(s): Stakeholders
DEI Board Policy and Presentation (Eastern Suffolk BOCES)
- Resource: Eastern Suffolk BOCES Policy 5124 Equity, Inclusivity, and Diversity in Education
- Resource: Eastern Suffolk BOCES Policy 5124 Board Report
- Audience(s): Board of Education, Stakeholders
2023 DEI Plan (Erie 2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES)
- About the Resource:
- Resource: Erie 2 Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES 2023 DEI Plan
- Audience(s): Stakeholders
DEI Policy (Delaware Academy CSD at Delhi)
- Resource: Delaware Academy CSD at Delhi DEI Policy
- Audience(s): Stakeholders
DEI Policy (Highland CSD)
- Resource: Highland CSD Board of Education DEI Policy
- Audience(s): Internal
DEI Policy (Southern Westchester BOCES)
- Resource: Southern Westchester BOCES DEI Policy
- Audience(s): Stakeholders
Strategic Plan for Equity Executive Summary (Gates Chili CSD)
- Resource: Gates Chili CSD Strategic Plan for Equity Executive Summary
- Audience(s): Stakeholders
DEI Policy (Corning City SD)
- Resource: Corning City SD DEI Policy
- Audience(s): Community
DEI Policy (Elmira City SD)
- Resource: Elmira City SD DEI Policy
- Audience(s): Stakeholders, BOE
Board Policy: Anti-Racism (Kingston City SD)
- Resource: Kingston City SD Board Policy 77: Anti-Racism
- Audience(s): Board of Education, Administration
ISS Leadership Team Equity Plan (Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES)
- About the Resource: This plan may be helpful for other schools to see how we’ve planned our approach to developing our internal cultural proficiency, with a high focus on data for improvement.
- Resource: Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES/Instructional Support Services Equity Action Plan
- Audience(s): Staff
DEI Policy (Chester UFSD)
- Resource: Chester UFSD DEI Policy
- Audience(s): Internal
Professional Learning Resources
Professional learning materials for educators around issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Style Guide for Inclusive Communications (Capital Region BOCES)
- About the Resource: Handbook
- Resource: Capital Region BOCES Style Guide for Inclusive Communications
- Audience(s): Internal
Equitable Access to Opportunities Across All Grade Levels (Mohawk Regional Info. Center (MORIC)–Madison Oneida BOCES)
- About the Resource: These talking points and guiding questions are based on a November 2019 memo for equitable access to opportunities across grade levels.
- Resource: Equitable Access to Opportunities Across All Grade Levels
- Audience(s): Internal
Summer Leadership PD-DEI and SEL (Rush-Henrietta CSD)
- About the Resource: Leadership Development Presentation
- Resource: A Framework for Reimagining Education: Equity – Instruction – Cultural Responsiveness – Mental Health & Wellness
- Audience(s): Community
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain Session Presentation (Rush-Henrietta CSD)
- Resource: Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain Presentation
- Audience(s): Staff, Community
Resources for Enhancing Cultural Humility (Elmira City SD)
- About the Resource: A collection of resources (articles, webinars, and modules) to enhance educators’ cultural humility skills. Note that the resource is not an all-inclusive list. It serves as a place to begin and/or continue enhancing one’s critical consciousness skills to enact responsive policies, practices, and behaviors within schools.
- Resource link: Elmira City SD Resources for Enhancing Cultural Humility
- Audience(s): Education Professionals, BOE
Transportation Circles Flyer (Rush-Henrietta CSD)
- Resource: Rush-Henrietta CSD Transportation Circles Flier
- Audience(s): Community
Inclusive Guidance on Discriminatory and Harmful Language Protocol (Monroe 1 BOCES)
- About the Resource: Inclusive guidance on discriminatory and harmful language protocol.
- Resource: Monroe 1 BOCES Inclusive Guidance on Discriminatory and Harmful Language Protocol
- Audience(s): BOE, Staff
DEI Data Online Course (Mohawk Regional Information Center)
- About the Resource: The DEI & Data online course addresses how to have data-rich DEI conversations, and provides insight into data sources and tools to consider using when hosting a DEI data meeting. The course is made up of ten asynchronous online lessons developed during the 2021-22 school year.
- Resource: Mohawk Regional Information Center DEI & Data Course
- Audience(s): School district administrators
Student Voice and Engagement Samples
Resources that support student voice and choice, and student engagement, within New York schools.
Equity and Inclusion LGBTQ (Rush-Henrietta CSD)
- Resource: Rush-Henrietta CSD Equity and Inclusion Flyer LGBTQ
- Audience(s): Community
Council of Champions (Elmira City SD)
- About the Resource: Council of Champions is designed to cultivate upstanding behaviors among students. The curriculum is aligned with NYS social emotional learning (SEL) Benchmarks (Equity Revisions) by ensuring that youth, particularly grades 5-8, have opportunities to develop self-awareness, nurture positive sense of identity, enhance their cross-cultural skills to effectively connect across differences, all while learning skills to become agents of positive change within their communities. In addition to the updated NYS SEL Benchmarks, the curriculum also aligns with the NYS Culturally Responsive-Sustaining (CR-S) Education Framework and DEI Policy Guidance.
- Resource: Elmira City SD Council of Champions Flyer
- Resource: Elmira City SD Council of Champions Invites
- Audience(s): Students
About the Repository
What is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resource Repository?
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resource Repository is an online database of free, high-quality, research-based, accessible diversity, equity, and inclusion resources developed by and for K-12 educators in New York State.
The Repository is a curated collection of resources that reflect ongoing diversity, equity, and inclusion work and progress within New York State schools. The resources chosen for this repository have undergone a rigorous review process to ensure they reflect promising practices within the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
How are materials selected for the Repository?
All materials in the Repository are submitted by educators from around the state. Each submission is reviewed by Tangible Development to select the resources that represent the most promising practices across the state. Tangible Development will provide private feedback directly to all organizations that submit resources.
Who is responsible for the Repository?
This initiative is led by the New York State Education Department in partnership with BOCES of New York State and diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting firm Tangible Development.
This work is grounded in the Culturally Responsive-Sustaining (CR-S) Education Framework developed by the New York State Education Department, in collaboration with a panel of experts and input from stakeholders.
Submit Your Resources
Educators across New York State, including public, nonpublic, and charter schools, are invited to submit their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion resources to the Repository to reflect the breadth and depth of work being done across the state and to provide the field with opportunities for collaboration, learning, and growth.
Learn more about how to submit your Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion resources.
About Tangible Development
Tangible Development, a diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting firm headquartered in Latham, NY, brings global insight and over 50 years of combined experience developing tangible outcomes for clients advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work. Using a blend of scholarship as researchers and practical, hands-on experience as educators and administrators, the Tangible Development team brings a research-informed approach to this work.
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