Conduct a Classroom Audit
Before deciding how to redecorate your classroom, it's advised to conduct a classroom audit. In their Critical Practices for Anti-Bias Education document, Learning for Justice describes a classroom audit as,
A (nonjudgemental) classroom audit involves "reading" the messages conveyed by the images on the walls, the books on the shelves and the arrangement of the furniture with an eye toward diversity, equity and student empowerment. The audit also includes considering the types of interactions that teachers have with students and that students have with one another.
You can use the inventory sheet below to help with this audit process.
Learning for Justice's One World Series
The images shown below are the One World posters that highlight queer figures, but you can check out the entire One World Series here.
Other Poster Sources
- Superhero Teacher's LGBTQ Flags and Love is Love posters
- GLSEN's Safe Space Kit (click the links in the side bar on their page)
- Safe School Coalition has a whole page dedicated to LGBTQ+ posters, stickers, and calendars.
- I don't usually love TeachersPayTeachers, but I like these free posters from WholeHearted School Counseling
- Stonewall UK has a page of posters as well.
Other Resources
5 Day Teacher Challenge for Creating Inclusive LGBTQ+ Mathematics Classes
Talking about LGBTQ+ Identity: A Guide for PK-16 Educators
Visions of a Re/humanized Mathematics for LGBTQ+ Students (Synchronous Course Offering)
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