Climate Framework

MPS Together

A framework for positively shifting our MPS climate

Minneapolis Public Schools aims to be a place where our students, families, staff and community feel and experience a sense of belonging, safety, wellness and respect.

MPS Together features four climate values:

Contact

Tamuriel Grace

Executive Director
Equity and School Climate
tamuriel.grace@mpls.k12.mn.us

With questions about our policies or regarding a disciplinary incident relating to your student, email us at

schoolclimate@mpls.k12.mn.us.

Equity, Representation & Anti-Racism

Being valued and respected for who you are and showing others that you value and respect them

Being welcomed, honored, and celebrated in all of our spaces

Acknowledging, challenging, and interrupting biases

Celebrating and accepting the cultural diversity and talents of all of our students, families, and staff

Physical and Emotional Safety & Wellbeing

Supporting physical, social, and emotional, wellbeing

Meeting the needs of each individual, family, and community

Nurturing students’ strengths and interests as they come

Being a place of joy that welcomes and supports growth and learning

Practicing different ways of healing and restoring relationships

Relationships, Trust & Communication

Building positive relationships between students, families, and staff

Creating conditions for students, families, and staff to speak up when they feel wronged and ensuring that they’re heard and are part of a process of reconciliation and repair

Providing multiple avenues for transparent communication

Shared Decision Making & Voice

Creating spaces for students, families, and staff to feel heard and understood without judgement

Involving historically marginalized and underrepresented students, families, and staff in decisions that impact them

Climate Values in Action

Equity, Representation & Anti-Racism

In the Classroom

Ensuring students see themselves in what they’re taught
Knowing students for their strengths
Believing all students can meet high academic rigor with the right level of support
Confronting and interrupting our own biases about others

In our Staffing Decisions

Recruiting and retaining staff who are committed to equity and anti-racism
Valuing and respecting the entire identity and lived experiences of all staff
Relating authentically to students, families, and each other culturally, emotionally, and mentally

In our Family and Community Engagement

Valuing and celebrating the diversity of lived experiences present in our MPS community
Showing and making sure all families feel they belong in MPS

In our Buildings

Acknowledging and honoring that our buildings are on Dakota homelands
Creating spaces that visually represent our students and families
Designing buildings with spaces that accommodate the needs of our diverse community
Ensuring physical security systems and practices interrupt long standing racial inequities

Physical & Emotional Safety & Wellbeing

In the Classroom

Making sure that all students feel safe to express their various identities and academic and social needs
Striving for academic and social inclusion of all students

In our Staffing Decisions

Prioritizing the need for every staff member to be heard and seen in a safe environment, free from retaliation

In our Family and Community Engagement

Creating a safe environment so that all families can participate
Making sure that all families are actively invited to participate in engagement opportunities that are relevant to them
Removing barriers to families’ meaningful engagement

In our Buildings

Making sure members of our community feel safe within all MPS buildings
Making sure all MPS buildings are cleaned and maintained to a high standard
Making sure all MPS buildings can support social and academic learning

Relationships, Trust & Communication

In the Classroom

Building relationships based on respect, trust, and care between students and adults
Seeing that adults are working to make things better for students
Giving students useful feedback on their learning
Co-creating learning with students, families, and the community
Promoting open communication between teachers, students, and families

In our Staffing Decisions

Prioritizing the need for every staff member to see, know, and experience their culture and traditions being honored in their workplace.
Providing every staff member with access to effective leadership, and timely, consistent, and equitable coaching and feedback practices that help them grow professionally.
Establishing and honoring commitments

In our Family and Community Engagement

Taking action that shows the community that leadership is listening and taking responsibility
Partnering with families in ways that respect and honor their culture
Developing authentic relationships between families and school staff that helps to strengthen the school-home connection
Asking families for input about their student’s strengths and needs at all levels (classroom, school, and district)
Sharing consistent, positive, and transparent communication about students with families

In our Buildings

Making sure building structures and systems foster safety and positive relationships

Shared Decision Making & Voice

In the Classroom

Having student voice heard and valued
Allowing students to give input in their own learning
Allowing regular opportunities for student and family feedback about learning and instruction

In our Staffing Decisions

Listening and incorporating ideas, thoughts, and perspectives of staff, and responding to their needs
Empowering staff at all levels by inviting their expertise and skills into shared decision-making processes

In our Family and Community Engagement

Making sure that students, families, and staff can participate and share in decisions that affect the student’s well-being and educational experience
Creating clear, accessible and culturally-reflective processes and structures for decision-making
Providing regular up-to-date information about decisions, so families can hold their schools and district accountable

In our Buildings

Sharing responsibility to take care of the space among all community members
Empowering youth to have ownership over the space designed to serve them
Collaboratively problem solving so that the space feels safe, and reflects community needs and values

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Climate Framework

MPS Together

A framework for positively shifting our MPS climate

Contact

Equity, Representation & Anti-Racism

Physical and Emotional Safety & Wellbeing

Relationships, Trust & Communication

Shared Decision Making & Voice

Climate Values in Action

Equity, Representation & Anti-Racism

In the Classroom

In our Staffing Decisions

In our Family and Community Engagement

In our Buildings

Physical & Emotional Safety & Wellbeing

In the Classroom

In our Staffing Decisions

In our Family and Community Engagement

In our Buildings

Relationships, Trust & Communication

In the Classroom

In our Staffing Decisions

In our Family and Community Engagement

In our Buildings

Shared Decision Making & Voice

In the Classroom

In our Staffing Decisions

In our Family and Community Engagement

In our Buildings