Welcome Remarks - Inclusion is a Practice, and We are All Players

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Janice Crampton, Executive Director and CEO of AISAP welcomes you to the Virtual Institute! We will take a few moments to outline the virtual event details and set you up for success to navigate your professional development path for the next few days before we welcome DeEtta Jones to talk about Inclusion is a Practice, and We are All Players.

Inclusion is a Practice, and We are All Players
Diversity and Inclusion are top values in all educational settings. We want our students and their families to feel and be welcome. We want them to have full access to resources and support that allows them to thrive. But how do we get there?

Despite our deep commitment and high degree of caring for students and families, many people struggle to figure out what role they can play. What can you do, in your daily work, to make a positive impact on student and family experiences? How can you, individually and within your local teams, affect change that will advance your school's diversity and inclusion goals?

This session will provide information on contemporary issues of equity, diversity and inclusion, including roles that can be played by each and every one of us. Examples will be shared, and more importantly, participants will be guided through thinking about some of your own practices with an equity lens. Participants will leave this session with language, specific strategies to explore, and resources that can be brought for local implementation.

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Janice Crampton, Executive Director and CEO of AISAP welcomes you to the Virtual Institute! We will take a few moments to outline the virtual event details and set you up for success to navigate your professional development path for the next few days before we welcome DeEtta Jones to talk about Inclusion is a Practice, and We are All Players.

Inclusion is a Practice, and We are All Players
Diversity and Inclusion are top values in all educational settings. We want our students and their families to feel and be welcome. We want them to have full access to resources and support that allows them to thrive. But how do we get there?

Despite our deep commitment and high degree of caring for students and families, many people struggle to figure out what role they can play. What can you do, in your daily work, to make a positive impact on student and family experiences? How can you, individually and within your local teams, affect change that will advance your school's diversity and inclusion goals?

This session will provide information on contemporary issues of equity, diversity and inclusion, including roles that can be played by each and every one of us. Examples will be shared, and more importantly, participants will be guided through thinking about some of your own practices with an equity lens. Participants will leave this session with language, specific strategies to explore, and resources that can be brought for local implementation.

Contributors

DeEtta Jones

Founder and Principal, DeEtta Jones and Associates

DeEtta is a go-to strategist on equity, diversity, inclusion and workplace transformation. She is the confidante to C-Suite executives and early career professionals alike. She develops practical tools to build managerial effectiveness as well as transformative strategies for making structural and sustainable organizational change. She brings research-based rigor and knowledge of best contemporary best practices to her clients. She presents to tens of thousands people annually, worked with hundreds of organizations across many industries, and around the world.

DeEtta founded DeEtta Jones and Associates (DJA) in 2005. Since that time, DJA has worked with clients across a wide variety of industries and the globe. They have created and offer leadership programs both in-person and online. DJA also offers a suite of consulting services including: management training, D&I strategy, leadership team development, organizational change management, executive coaching and communication strategy.

Before launching DJA, DeEtta was director of organizational learning services for an international not-for-profit, director of diversity initiatives, director of human rights advocacy and education for the City of Fort Collins, CO, and coordinator of multicultural training and education at Colorado State University. She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on leadership, management and equity, diversity and inclusion at two R1 universities.

DeEtta has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Colorado State University, attended the graduate program in information science at The Catholic University of America, and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University.
Janice Crampton

CEO/Executive Director, AISAP

In July 2007, AISAP Board of Directors appointed Janice Crampton to serve as their CEO/Executive Director. She brings more than 35 years of experience in school and university enrollment management experience to the organization. AISAP is a global association whose mission and vision is to support and advance those involved in admission and enrollment management in their responsibilities for advancing institutional mission and financial sustainability.

Under Janice’s leadership, AISAP has issued guidelines and parameters for professionals and their schools through the adherence of Ethical Behavior & Best Practices in Admission and Enrollment Management as well as Standards & Competencies for Admission & Enrollment Management and the development of a Learning and Development Framework for Admission and Enrollment Management Professionals. In addition, she has led AISAP to create and implement the Certification for Admission and Enrollment Management Professionals, CAEP ©, and many other programs and services that continue to educate, elevate, and empower those who are in the profession around the world. In her executive director role, she speaks on topics related to admission and enrollment management and leadership in the profession sharing her insight, passion, knowledge, and understanding of the strategic, as well as operational needs and strategies involved in admission and enrollment management.

Janice has spent her 35-year professional career in Admission both in Higher Education as well as Prekindergarten through Grade 12 Independent Schools. A graduate of Bucknell University, Janice began her career in their Office of Admission traveling throughout the United States as well as Internationally working with International and Transfer students. From there Janice served with the State of New Jersey Department of Higher Education, working for the Assistant Chancellor then moving to serve as the Director of Admission and Financial Aid at a Prekindergarten-Grade 12 School, Gill St. Bernard’s School in New Jersey. Returning to her college Admission and placement roots Janice then served as Director of College Counseling at Francis Parker School in California, followed by Greenwich Academy and The Williams School in Connecticut before her arrival to The Country School located in Madison, Connecticut. At TCS, Janice was Director of External Relations where she was responsible for oversight and management of all institutional advancement efforts - Enrollment, Financial Aid, Parent Relations, Communications, Event Management, working closely with the Board of Trustees in addition to work in Development and Alumni Relations. Janice has served on the Board of Directors of the A Better Chance, Madison, Connecticut, and other local charities and several Independent Schools and presently is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of ISAnet- Independent School Association Network. Janice has presented in support of the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Vanderbilt University in their Independent School Leadership M.Ed. Program. In addition to her undergraduate work, Janice has several certificates in nonprofit Board Governance and most recently received? a certificate in Management Essentials from Harvard Business School as part of their online learning programs and is presently enrolled in a course entitled Religion, Conflict, and Peace with Harvard Divinity School and EdX.

Additional DEI Training Opportunities
https://www.deettajones.com/
Blog: Cultural Awareness: What Allies Do With Privilege
https://www.deettajones.com/blog/what-allies-do
Blog: For Those Who Give a Damn
https://www.deettajones.com/blog?tag=ally
Learn more about being an ally at work
https://www.themuse.com/advice/what-is-an-ally-7-examples
Session Feedback Survey
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EDI Organizational Self-Assessment
EDI Organizational Self-assessment FINAL.pdf
Inclusive Managers Hiring Checklist
Inclusive Managers Hiring Checklist FINAL.pdf