The Equity Compass

The Equity Compass is a reflection tool produced by the YESTEM project in the context of engaging young people with science, with the aim of supporting socially just practice. The tool helps partners to reflect on how they work with underserved young people and to think about how they might introduce more participatory approaches, improve professional development and better articulate where they want to be going.

The Compass is made up of eight different dimensions describing a different aspect of equity, which are designed to help you think and discuss equity from a different perspective.

SOURCE: https://yestem.org/tools/the-equity-compass/

The Equity Compass resources include:

• The Equity Compass Guidance (PDF, 960.3kB)

• The Equity Compass Worksheet

• The Equity Compass Fortune Teller

• The Equity Compass insights for different audiences

  • The Equity Compass - Teachers edition

  • The Equity Compass - School leaders and governors edition

  • The Equity Compass - STEM Ambassadors edition

• Video resources

• A free, self-paced online course on the Future Learn platform: Equity in Informal STEM Learning: Using the Equity Compass