The Kindezi Way
The art by which a community educates, loves, and values every child.
What is "Kindezi"
Describes excellent instruction expectations both culturally and academically
What is the TKES Observation Rubric
Where you can find Kindezi's deep cultural beliefs
What is The Kindezi Mission
The assumptions, stereotypes, and unintentional actions (positive or negative) we make towards others based on identity labels like race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, or ability
What is implicit bias?
the “overrepresentation” and “under-representation” of a particular population or demographic group in special or gifted education programs relative to the presence of this group in the overall student population
What is Disproportionality
Curiosity, playfulness, wisdom, imagination, creativity, wonder, inventiveness, vitality, sensitivity, flexibility, humor, joy
What are the qualities of a genius
Iterative rehearsal of activities done with intentional focus on improved results.
What is practice
These are the three levels of culture
What is Deep, Shallow, and Surface
This hormone is released when people bond socially.
What is oxytocin?
tiered system of supports that integrates assessment and intervention within a school-wide, multi-level prevention system to maximize student achievement and reduce behavioral problems
What is MTSS
Rigorous expectations with caring, individualized support
What is challenge and support
The 3 "C"s of Coaching
What is Care, Communicate, Coach
Name the hormone that is released when you experience stress.
What is Cortisol
The interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.
What is intersectionality?
part of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 protecting people with disabilities to allow full participation in education and work.
What is section 504
The Kindezi School that opened in 2010
What is Kindezi Westlake
Two Components of Professional Development at Kindezi
What are lesson planning clinic and weekly data meetings
What are the two major archetypes
Collectivism and Individualism
This protocol should be used to widen our cultural interpretations.
What is mindful reflection?
Instruction that is more urgent, more intensive, more relentless, more precisely delivered, more highly structured and direct, and more carefully monitored for procedural fidelity and effects.
What is Specially Designed Instruction
The Kindezi Mission
What is... To transform public education in Atlanta by providing more students—including those with the highest needs—access to a genius-awakening education, built on family-sized classrooms, scholarly excellence, socioeconomic integration, and holistic growth.
The 10 TKES Standards
What are:
Professional Knowledge
Instructional Planning
Instructional Strategies
Differentiated Instruction
Assessment Strategies
Assessment Uses
Positive Learning Environment
Academically Challenging Environment
Professionalism
Communication
Our beliefs, norms, definitions of kinship, world view, and notions of fairness are in what level of culture?
Deep Culture
One’s “ability to accurately recognize one’s own emotions, thoughts, and values” along with the ability to understand how they impact their own behavior.
What is self-awareness?
Name 5 Traits, Aptitudes, and Behaviors of Gifted Students
What are:
Interests
Motivation
Communication
Memory
Inquiry
Reasoning
Insight
Problem Solving
Humor
Creativity/Imaginative