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Equity 101 1: Fall 2021 (3 week short course)
August 30, 2021
FreeAugust 30 – September 19, 2021
Description
This course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we relate to others. Module 1 explores our individual position within the historical and systemic structures of privilege and oppression, and how those affect our values and worldview (especially as they relate to education and academic achievement). Module 2 considers the social component by turning our reflection outwards onto the identities of our students and institutions. Lastly, Module 3 encourages us to use our newly acquired self-awareness to examine the effect of inequitable policies and practices in our classrooms and campuses, and to build a professional development plan to continue developing our equity lens.
Course Learning Objectives
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- After completing this course, students should be able to:
- Establish a shared framework for understanding systemic privilege and oppression
- Distinguish the difference between equality and equity
- Develop skills to look inward and to reflect on how your own identity and worldview are constructed
- Evaluate how your values and experiences impact how you perceive and interact with other.
- Establish shared terminology
- Identify individual and institutional threats to equity
- Connect to people, perspectives, and lived experiences that are different from your own
- Describe characteristics of an equity minded person
- Identify some of our own assumptions, practices, and policies that are inequitable
- Build an action plan for relentless reflection, lifelong learning, and measurable milestones at the individual, departmental, and institutional levels
- Set a date to review your progress on your action plan
Suggested Audience
Faculty (Full-time and part-time), Instructional Designers and Technologists, Faculty Developers/Trainers, and staff.
Estimated Time Commitment
Most participants are able to complete this course by committing 2-3 hours per week.
Reflect on your Professional Development
As you progress through this course, please consider how you can use the assignments as a way to highlight your work on your Professional Development Plan. Consider sharing your work with your leadership team.
Registration Required
*Limit 30 Participants
Use the RSVP tool below to register. Because we need time to enroll participants into the corresponding D2L Brightspace Course site, we will close registration the Friday before the course begins.
Reminders Coming: We use the email address you provide to send a calendar appointment to remind you of the start date of this short course.
Accommodations: If you require accommodations (live captioning, etc.) to participate in this event, please send an email to the person at the bottom of this page.
Course Location
This course is hosted and facilitated using shared D2L Brightspace instance of Minnesota State called, MnSite. Using the RSVP tool below allows us to send you reminders about this course and share important information following the course including how to access the corresponding D2L Brightspace course site.
Questions?
Contact Educational Innovations.
I tried to sign up for this course less than an hour after my administrator sent it out in the email announcements and it is full. Please offer this course again soon!!
Hi Katie, there were a few last minute drops and is additional space for a limited time. There is also another Equity 101 course being offered this fall: https://asanewsletter.org/event/equity-101-2-fall-2021-3-week-short-course/