Student Progress
| AIMS | PROGRESS | DESCRIPTION/NOTES |
| Inclusive leadership training for prefects and all seniors | Active, Ongoing |
Comprehensive senior orientation which student diversity leadership training and upstander intervention training.
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| Competency training for advisors | Planning Stage |
Annual onboarding and professional development centers fostering and teaching towards connection, including connection across difference, cross cultural communication and cultural competency.
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| Inclusion in the Backcountry Program | Started |
Easing student immersion in the backcountry program with pre-departure an outdoor equity film screening and panel discussion, camping 101 workshops, Indigenous history trainings, social-emotional check-ins and more. All camping leaders given resources and training to to enhance student belonging in the outdoor program and how to facilite conversations on the natural and living history of the wilderness we enter.
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| Belonging in the Horse Program | Started |
Annual trainings on multicultural horsemanship and inviting guest speakers to broaden student understanding of riding culture.
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| Off-campus access to communities/events | Active, Ongoing |
Every student, regardless of identity, has access to religious and cultural events, centers, and institutional support that fosters a sense of belonging, identity development and well being.
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| Clear policy on communication around student identity | Active, Ongoing |
Accessible Gender Support Plan, student-centered non-gendered approach to student/parent handbook and school policies, access to gender affirming care, athletic opportunities and resources.
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| Expanding all gender dorms and other spaces | Active, Ongoing | All-gender bathrooms, Sespe all-gender dorm, all-gender advisories, and expansion of pathways to student leadership. |
| Expanding diversity criteria in admission of students | Planning Stage | Evaluating different methods of how we measure and report on diversity. |
| Broadening geographic recruitment | Planning Stage |
Looking into other geographical areas for recruitment, both domestically and internationally.
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| Consistency within affinity group mentorship and training | Started |
Affinity groups are provided with a resource and policy guide, comprehensive training and retreat, holistic leadership selection process, ample opportunities to organize with other campus organizations, representation on Student Diversity Leadership Council, and opportunities to attend student diversity and leadership conferences outside of Thacher.
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| Expanding support to minoritized students on campus | Started | Actively evaluating and expanding policies and spaces for changing demographics. |
| Clearer communication about representation in the curriculum | Active, Ongoing |
Thacher faculty take seriously the work of creating inclusive, anti-bias anti-racist, culturally-responsive teaching and learning environments. This is modeled throughout our curriculum, trainings, and policies.
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| Expanding access to diverse healthcare and wellness providers | Active, Ongoing |
Students have access to diverse health, counseling, and wellness options, in terms of clinical scope and practitioner identity/specialties.
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| Elicit student feedback post graduation | Planning Stage |
Receive ongoing updates from alumni through conversation, survey, and updates.
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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.