Become a Member

Our membership represents over 280 individual
schools serving over 120,000 students.

Membership Requirements

Basic Requirements

Diversity Standards

Membership Benefits

Annual Convening

All staff at DCSC member schools register for our Annual Convening — the leading gathering of the diverse-by-design movement — at the member rate. DCSC members are also given early access to registration before the general public.

Communities of Practice

DCSC offers its preeminent professional development for free to staff at DCSC member schools. Members are able to participate in any number of Communities of Practice and may send any staff.

DCSC Jobs Board

DCSC’s jobs board is the only national jobs board exclusively for diverse-by-design schools. DCSC members are given free access to post unlimited job opportunities.

UnifiED Leadership Development Program

Schools and networks apart of the Coalition in good standing can serve as a host site for our UnifiED school launch fellows and can participate in this leadership development which includes excellent school visits (ESVs) throughout the year.

Membership Dues

We make every effort to center equity in our work. So we’ve developed a
model for annual membership dues that accounts for state funding and
school size.

State Per Pupil FundingSchool Enrollment Level
1-250251-500501-750751-10001001-20002001+
<$10,000$1,500$1,750$2,000$2,250$2,500$2,500
$10,000 - $12,000$1,750$2,000$2,250$2,500$3,000$3,500
$12,000 - $15,000$2,000$2,250$2,500$2,750$3,500$7,500
+$15,000$2,250$2,500$2,750$3,500$4,500$8,500

How to Apply

The process for applying for membership is as follows, please note that all deadlines are rolling:

  1. Interest form: complete the interest form
  2. Informational call: DCSC will reach out to schedule an informal, 30-minute informational call
  3. Evidence submission: DCSC will send an evidence submission document to complete within two weeks of the informational call. The document should take 20-30 minutes and includes evidence regarding the school’s 1) vision and commitment to DEI, 2) student, teacher and leadership demographics, and 3) student achievement data
  4. Interview: Once we have reviewed your evidence submission, DCSC will reach out to schedule a 45-minute get-to-know-you interview to include DCSC staff, whomever on your team you would like, and at least one recently joined member.
  5. Board review: The DCSC board reviews staff recommendations for new member schools throughout the year and decisions are made on a rolling basis. Access to DCSC programming is open to schools in the application process.

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