Faculty and Staff Progress
| AIMS | PROGRESS | DESCRIPTION/NOTES |
| Recruit more full-time QTBIPOC faculty | Active, Ongoing |
Implementing specific recruitment and retention strategy for employees of color, aiming to have leadership and various departments reflect the demographics the school serves, utilizing a data-informed, continuous improvement, and accountability model.
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| Use external organizations for faculty/staff recruitment | Active, Ongoing |
Partnering with recruiting firms, finding organizations who prioritize diverse and equitable hiring practices.
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| Set standards for job posting, recruitment, interviewing and hiring practices | Started |
Hiring managers trained on best practices, implicit bias, and Thacher's evolving policies.
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| Hire and promote employees with commitment to Thacher's DEI goals | Planning Stage |
DEI team is represented on all hiring teams, with interview questions capturing commitment and background related to equity and inclusion.
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| Diversify senior leadership to reflect faculty/staff | Active, Ongoing |
Present at, and on the planning committee for, independent school diversity recruitment fairs.
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| Improve practices to retain faculty of color | Started |
Providing specific, ongoing, and targeted support for employees who have the most marginalized identities.
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| Regular training for all employees on how to address bias incidents among students and adults | Active, Ongoing |
Bias report forms created and embedded in faculty training.
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| Professional development requirement for senior leadership on DEI to set example to faculty and staff | Planning Stage |
Establishing required benchmarks to ensure all school leaders are continuing their efforts on DEI work.
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| Evaluate diversity in departments, people, and policies | Active, Ongoing |
DEI director sits on academic council, chairs Diversity Council, one-on-one work with Department Chairs, teaching teams to ensure there is up-to-date information on DEI practices across the School. Ongoing survey work with nationally normed survey design teams.
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| DEI-related feedback channels for school leadership | Active, Ongoing |
Utilizing Schoolhouse and Senior Leadership feedback forms, normalizing opportunities for faculty/staff to meet with Head of School, Assistant Head of School, Dean of Faculty, and Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
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| DEI competency standards achieved for all student-facing faculty/staff | Started |
Creating and monitoring required DEI competency benchmarks for all student-facing faculty and staff, facilitating easier access to opportunities to help faculty and staff attain the standard.
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A college preparatory boarding school for grades 9-12
The Thacher School
5025 Thacher Road
Ojai, California, 93023
Tel : 805-646-4377
Fax: 805-646-9490
Email: info@thacher.org
5025 Thacher Road
Ojai, California, 93023
Tel : 805-646-4377
Fax: 805-646-9490
Email: info@thacher.org
Notice of nondiscriminatory policy as to students: The Thacher School admits students of any race, color, national, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other School-administered programs.