Diversity Leadership Essay

I believe that leadership with diversity awareness is a key element to any strong leader. Keeping in mind the sensitivity, and needs of the key members of your community is a must for any community educator, and their awareness of those needs and characteristics should always be considered in program development. I believe this topic should be a yearly focus for training and discussions. A focus to learn and adapt to participant's diversity needs should always remain a focus for a strong, well rounded, full inclusive program.
It's also important in the area of employment to be aware of diversity leadership. Not only to be sensitive to the needs of a diverse staff, but to help embrace those differences and to share them by sharing them with …show more content…
“As visibility and awareness of transgender people increases more parents. Counselors and healthcare providers are learning about the importance of supporting transgender youth. Educators and school administrators are also working to affirm these students, recognizing the every child deserves an opportunity to thrive in school. All Educators- whether or not they have a transgender student in their school can benefit from instituting better interventions when bias and bullying arise, and fostering gender-inclusive learning environments to preclude the need for such interventions all together.” (Orr, Baum, pg 10) My first hand experience with this proved valuable as we reviewed our school-age child care program looking for areas we were gender specific. After the review and changes we had a student who went through a gender identification change start in our program. Both the student and parents were so thankful for the environment created for their child. We also had feedback from school staff informing us that the students in their classrooms were prepared for the inclusive conversations they were planning to have, reporting to us student comments like, “We already do that in EdVenture