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Kent School District students and staff present Inclusive Spaces photo‑voice project and dashboard
Summary
District staff and students presented the Inclusive Spaces priority initiative, reporting a photo‑voice project, dashboard analysis and site visits that shaped a resource guide; students described spaces they find inclusive and not inclusive.
Rachel Waldrop, a data analyst on the Kent School District research and evaluation team, told the board the Inclusive Spaces priority initiative used a photo‑voice project and an evidence‑based framework to guide work on physical environments that support social‑emotional learning.
“The nature of visual communication really opened up participation across ages and grade levels,” Waldrop said, describing how students and staff used disposable cameras and note cards to identify spaces they found inclusive and spaces they did not.
The district analyzed returned photos in a dashboard that allowed the team to detect patterns and select schools for follow‑up site visits, Quintera Middleton, a school psychologist at River Ridge Elementary, said. Middleton said the dashboard showed adults rarely labeled spaces “not inclusive,” while students did; it also showed elementary respondents tended to…
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