Progress Updates
We aim to create a community where all staff and faculty feel valued, supported, and connected to our shared mission. This pillar focuses on building psychological safety, encouraging open communication, and making equity a core part of IMSA’s culture. When inclusion is standard, people work better together—and everyone can contribute their best to transforming lives.
First Quarter 2025
The DEIU Leadership Team is planning a Multicultural Campus Coffee, Quarterly Lunch and Learns, and Happy Hours. In addition, they are planning and organizing the February Community Day which will be dedicated to making progress with strategies and actions steps that make up the Equity and Excellence 2.0 Plan.
The Office of DEI and Human Resources collaborated on a “Leading and Managing Inclusively Seminar” on November 19, 2025.
The AI Theme Team publishes a Biweekly AI Toolkit Newsletter which showcases teachers’ approaches to share with other teachers, explores ethical complexities, offers starting-point prompts for teaching, including more culturally responsive teaching, and offers teachers direct access to readings and articles relevant to AI in their work and in the larger social, cultural, political, and educational landscape. Monthly AI Reading Group discussions focus on on book chapters and articles and offers certified teachers professional development credits/CPDUs to participate in engaged conversation about major topics in artificial intelligence in education.
Registration is open for IMSA’s new semester-long, asynchronous AI Credential course available FREE for all Illinois high school students aimed at exploring the fascinating world of artificial intelligence (AI). The course features weekly office hour opportunities facilitated by IMSA CS Faculty and runs Jan. 12, 2026 – May 29, 2026. Students will receive a certificate upon completion of the course.
To ensure equity across our practices, the Academic Team is creating a suite of experiential learning credentials which are inherently equitable for all students at IMSA and beyond.
Thanks to the incredible generosity of our IMSA community, IMSA established the Titans Care Dinner program during the government shutdown October 31 – November 21. Families were invited to enjoy dinner any evening in the IMSA cafeteria or opt for a to-go weekend take meal package. Your donations and support have made it possible for us to extend care to more families through a new Titans Care To-Go Weekend Meal option.
