Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 9:00am
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The Institute of Transformative Teaching and Learning (ITTL) returns in the spring with a continued focus on improving student retention and closing equity gaps for all students. Priority will be given to faculty teaching courses with high rates of failing grades of a D, F or students who withdraw before completing the course.
After a January two-day retreat, faculty will meet twice a month to discuss and learn an array of teaching strategies including the Black Minds Matter framework by Luke Wood and Frank Harris III from CSU San Diego. This framework employs equity-minded, culturally responsive and affirming teaching; in addition, pedagogies of trauma informed teaching and critical pedagogy will also be introduced.
Bolstered by a grant from the university’s inaugural Diversity Equity Innovation Grant, these frameworks increase learning for all students and particularly African American students. Additionally, practices will be adapted for teaching online.
Program Objectives
By the end of this program, faculty should be able to:
- List and explain the principles of an inclusive teaching framework.
- Choose and apply a teaching intervention learned in the spring.
- Apply a new reflective practice that challenges your biases & how they impact your teaching and your classroom.
- Embed new awareness about the perspectives of students intentionally into your teaching.
- Describe the value of developing a sense of community and support among an interdisciplinary faculty peer group.
Spring 2021 Dates
Welcome Retreat- January 19 & 20, 2021 (Time: TBD)
Monthly Meetings- Wednesdays 12:00-2:00pm
- Feb 3, 17
- Mar 3, 24
- April 7, 21
- May 12
Note: The annual Faculty Retreat, on January 14 & 15, features a keynote by Dr. Frank Harris III, a key contributor to the Black Minds Matter framework and Co-Director of the Community College Equity Assessment Lab. Also, a workshop titled InterruptingRacism is offered, we encourage faculty to attend these two offerings introducing important teaching strategies.
Funding
$500 for completing all program requirements
Application
Apply now; space is limited.