The School District of Lancaster is hiring a director of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, a new position primarily responsible for ensuring the district implements its equity policy with fidelity.
The senior-level administrator in the central office will report directly to the superintendent.
The school board adopted an education equity policy in the spring of 2022, committing the district to “addressing barriers that prevent achievement” and ensuring that student outcomes are “neither predicted nor predetermined by explicit or implicit biases.”
The policy includes a host of guidelines, directing the superintendent or designee to use diverse curricular materials, analyze student data, review policies and practices with an equity lens, improve employee diversity, and report annually to the board on efforts and progress.
“It’s a big, important policy,” said SDoL superintendent Dr. Keith Miles. “We have spent the past two years working with our equity steering committee to implement it, and it has become clear to me and the board that this requires a dedicated individual to ensure that we are implementing with fidelity.”
The director will also provide and direct professional development for staff, produce materials, seek out community partnerships, and advise the superintendent, school principals, and other leaders on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging efforts.
The position requires three to five years of experience in school leadership, with a supervisory certificate and fluency in Spanish preferred.
The position will be cost-neutral for the district, as it is eliminating vacant administrative positions in addition to creating this new one.