Education That is Multicultural and Achievement

Mission Statement
To prepare students to be successful members of a global society by promoting sensitivity in a rigorous academic environment that addresses the diverse needs of all stakeholders.

Goals
A high performing ETMA liaison system will work toward the following results:
By 2010, all schools will report YES on all responses on the MSDE ETMA School Protocols as measured by MSDE Protocol Checklist (once every two years).

Maryland State Bylaw for Education That is Multicultural
All students in Maryland’s public schools, without exception, have the right to education environments that are safe, optimal for academic achievement, and free from any form of harassment.

ETMA is....
A continuous, integrated, multiethnic, multidisciplinary process for educating all students about diversity and commonality. Diversity factors include but are not limited to race, ethnicity, region, religion, gender, language, socioeconomic status, age, and individuals with disabilities.

• Cultural Proficiency
• ETMA Recommended Readings (pdf)
• Cultural Proficiency Recommended Readings (xls)
• ETMA Bylaw
• ETMA Stand Planning Sheet (pdf)
• ETMA Protocols for Individual Schools (pdf)
• ETMA Liaisons (pdf)
• Ruby Payne - A Framework for Understanding Poverty
• Links to MSDE and other Multicultural Education Websites

If we are to reach real peace in the world…we shall have to begin with the children. -Gandhi

Diversity Celebration April 2007
Diversity Celebration April 2007 from Gilpin Manor Elementary School

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.