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Quick Inclusive Teaching Conversations
Summary
Join us for a quick look at common challenges in inclusive teaching. We'll share tips and resources you can use right away and make time for questions and discussion related to your teaching context.
Description
Quick Inclusive Teaching Conversations is a series of synchronous, online 30-60 minute workshops to provide just-in-time, research-based teaching strategies for inclusive classrooms.
What to expect
A warm welcome, whereever you are in your teaching journey, an introduction to the topic at hand and some relevant background information, applicable strategies to bring to your teaching and an opportunity to follow up with discipline and context specific questions.
Workshops in the Series
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Pedagogical Responses to Accommodations
Summary
Explore and discuss three possible forms of student accommodation and leave with just-in-time strategies for more accessible teaching.
Description
In this online, 30-minute teaching conversation, participants will explore pedagogical accommodations for students through examples from three domains: instruction, assessment, and environmental accommodations. Participant instructors will leave with a short resource list for a just-in-time teaching strategies for their course through an accessibility lens. Time for Q &A will be included.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Define the three types of classrooms accommodation
- Discuss two examples
- Share one step they have taken or plan to take in their courses
Typically offered in October.
Anti-racist Pedagogy
Summary
In this workshop we engage with the basic concepts of antiracist pedagogy: its definition, our implicit biases and self-reflective practice.
Description
Antiracist classrooms begin with antiracist pedagogy and planning. In this short workshop, participants will engage with three basic concepts of antiracist pedagogy such as its very definition, implicit biases, and our self-reflective practice as educators.
This short, synchronous online session will invite participants to interact through chat box and unmuting, but will also allow for silent participation. Instructors will leave with research-informed resources and ways to connect for further, contextualized support.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Identify the concept of antiracist pedagogy
- Describe implicit biases and self-reflection in higher education
- Share teaching examples from their own experiences
Inclusive Language For Your Syllabus
Summary
Explore examples & impact of inclusive language in syllabi, leaving with just-in-time resources and strategies for your own course.
Description
In this online, 30-minute teaching conversation, participants will explore syllabus design through examples of inclusive language and its impact on student learning. Participants will leave with a short list of evidence-informed resources for just-in-time teaching strategies and inclusive language for their syllabus.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Describe the impact for students of inclusive syllabus design
- Define inclusive language
- Discuss one or two examples for possible implementation
Typically offered in December.
Writing Inclusive Learning Goals
Summary
Explore learning goals focused on inclusive teaching and leave with just-in-time strategies for your course.
Description
In this online, 30-minute teaching conversation, participants will explore the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ of learning goals focused on inclusive teaching and learning. Instructors will leave with curated resources including evidence-based teaching strategies and just-in-time tips for writing inclusive learning goals for their courses.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Describe and define inclusive learning goals for courses at SFU
- Discuss two possible examples
Navigating Sensitive Topics in the Classroom
Summary
Navigating sensitive discussions requires respectful and constructive engagement. Join us for examples & effective tools to get started.
Description
Our classrooms are sites for dynamic and critical discussions beyond the course content. Navigating sensitive topics by laying a foundation for respectful and constructive engagement is the first step of inclusive teaching. Join us for a discussion with examples of effective pedagogical tools for classroom practices and sensitive topics.
This 60-minute online workshop will provide participants with evidence-based tools and strategies for navigating sensitive topics in all sizes of classroom. Participants will share and interact through chat or video, but will be able to participate silently as well.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Identify the foundational steps of inclusive teaching for discussing sensitive topics in the classroom
- Discuss 3 examples of relevant teaching tools
- Share one example from past teaching, or one teaching idea to adopt moving forward
Inclusive Teaching Strategies for Large Classes
Summary
Large classes have unique challenges for inclusive student engagement. Learn strategies, share ideas, leave with new teaching resources.
Description
Teaching large classes comes with unique challenges for student engagement. In this workshop, participants will learn and share ideas to explore inclusive teaching strategies for large classes. Facilitators will provide participants with curated resources and just-in-time, evidenced-based teaching strategies for immediate implementation in large lecture halls.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session participants will be able to:
- Identify common practices for inclusive teaching for largeclasses
- Share with the group one example that worked well
- Analyze two examples of effective inclusive teaching in large classes for student engagement
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Audience
Faculty, instructors, graduate students, teaching assistants and international teaching assistants
Date and Time
Typically 30-60 minutes in length
Location
Online via Zoom