Self-Inquiry and Inclusive Teaching FLC (Fall 2026)

September 14 – November 8, 2026

Faculty Learning Community

Description

In this course, faculty will come together in community to explore culturally responsive teaching practices. CRP is grounded in evidence-based strategies that:

• Draw on the knowledge and skill our students bring to the classroom,
• Create supportive relationships that allow students to take learning risks, and
• Prepare students to challenge barriers to their full flourishing.
• In this learning community course we will give and get support for deepening our CRP practices.

Community Expectations

• Engage with supporting materials (articles, videos, websites)
• Attend learning community Zoom sessions
• Contribute to 5 asynchronous discussions
• Submit a final Action Plan

Participant Learning Outcomes

Through engaging in the work of the training, faculty will be able to:

• Define key concepts related to addressing structural racism and white supremacy in higher education policy and practice, including the role of ongoing self-inquiry. 
• Evaluate your own equitable teaching practices with a focus on mindset, culture of care, and learning environment.  
• Apply self-inquiry and research-informed strategies to develop inclusive outcomes, materials, and engaging learning activities. 
• Through self-inquiry, analyze practices that support equitable learning environments, assessments, and grading.  
• Identify ways to measure effectiveness of equitable teaching practices using data and critical self-reflection. 

Preview the Course

You can preview a public version of the Faculty Learning Community curriculum before registering.

Goals

Increase student success and decrease equity gaps by supporting our work to:

• draw on the knowledge and skill our students bring into the classroom,
• create supportive relationships that allow students to take learning risks,
• investigate how our own biases and assumptions show up in our teaching practice, and
• create more equitable classrooms

Location 

In addition to synchronous meetings hosted via Zoom, this learning community is hosted and facilitated using the shared D2L Brightspace instance of Minnesota State called, MnSite.

Machine generated captions are available in real-time for all Zoom events, however human generated CART (live caption) service and ASL interpretation can be requested with advanced notice (2 weeks) to make the event more accessible.

Please, let us know of any disability-related accommodations that will facilitate your full participation.