Pedagogy of Equity

Lansing Community College Center for Teaching Excellence

Meeting Times

This course is online, with ORT (Online Real-Time) sessions weekly (Thursdays, 2:00 to 3:00 pm) in WebEx.  Please consult the weekly schedule for topics and meeting links.

Contact Information

Name: Megan Lin

E-mail Address: linm1@star.lcc.edu

Name: Lisa Nienkark

E-mail Address: nienkarl@star.lcc.edu

Office: TLC 3210 in the Center for Teaching Excellence. We are happy to talk with you via phone, email, live chat, WebEx, and/or in person. Please email or call  to set up an appointment.

Phone: Office 517-483-1408

Communication Policy

The best way to reach us is via email (listed above). We will respond to your emails, phone calls as quickly as we can. Please expect a response within 24 hours M-F, regular business hours.

Accommodations/Disability Statement

Participants who believe that they may need accommodations in this course are encouraged to contact the Center for Student Access, Gannon Building, StarZone (https://internal.lcc.edu/accessibility/) or call 517-483-1924 (TTY 517-483-1207) as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.

In addition, please let your facilitator know so they can help to make proper arrangements.

Course Description

This is a pass/fail course that requires ORT meetings, weekly discussions, and an opportunity for reflection, analysis, and creation of an action plan, based on course concepts, for implementation. The intention of this course is to explore, experience, and reflect upon current teaching and learning practices, providing a foundation for applying diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles in the classroom.

The facilitators use a collaborative approach, and every effort is made to model the various teaching and learning strategies and concepts presented in the course. We will focus on intentional inclusive pedagogical design and building critical community into our classrooms and work spaces. With increased access to higher education, our classrooms and work spaces include multiple dimensions of diversity. Intentionally designing inclusive pedagogy and building critical communities that embrace diversity aims to engage students in learning that is meaningful, relevant, and accessible. In atmospheres such as this, students are more likely to thrive and persist. Participants will examine their own practices and learn how to apply concepts and strategies from the course to their own work and learning environments. This course builds on the LCC Let’s Get Working Campaign, which is a part of the Equity Action Plan. Participants’ action plans will address relevant pillars: Let’s Get Working 5 Areas of Focus. Upon successful completion of this course, a certificate will be sent to each participant.

Teaching Philosophy and Methods

The following anonymous quote best illustrates our teaching philosophy: “If we don’t model what we teach, we are teaching something else.”  In addition, the terms collaboration, discovery, and community come to mind when we consider good teaching.  In other words, we learn best when we are part of a community and when we experience and discover new learning for ourselves.

Prerequisites

You must be a current employee at Lansing Community College.

Outcomes

Please open this link to see POE Framework of Alignment for Learner Outcomes

1. Examine pedagogical philosophies, methodologies, teaching practices, and educational technology within diversity, equity, and inclusion principles to apply in discipline-specific courses.
2. Apply appropriate pedagogical philosophies, methodologies, teaching practices, and
   educational technology within diversity, equity, and inclusion principles in one’s discipline-specific course or program.
3. Design materials, activities, practice, routines, and/or communication structures that foster a learning environment that promotes equity, a sense of belonging, and confronts bias while increasing cultural competence 

Course Goals

1. Support faculty as reflective practitioners.
2. Model inclusive practices through accessible course materials, multiple modes of interaction, and student-centered reflection.

Materials

Readings, videos, and other materials and media are provided in each weekly unit of this course.

Software:*

• Internet access
• Web browser
• Word-processing software
• Adobe Reader, up-to-date virus protection as needed
• Access to WebEx
• Web camera and Microphone- on your computer or phone

Technical skills:

• Basic computer skills
• Basic D2L knowledge, including how to post a thread in a discussion forum and how to submit an assignment
• Ability to access WebEx and join Webex meetings

Evaluation Criteria

This course is graded on the P/Z grading system. P = 70%+  in both the participation and application categories is a passing grade.  Z = No Credit.

NOTE: All ORT chats will be saved for participation grading purposes, and then deleted.

Application: Must complete all three application assignments at 70% or higher (Review Report, Padlets, Action Plan)

Participation:

Participation Criteria Options: Each week at least ONE of these options must be done

• participate in WebEx chat or verbal comments/discussion during ORT
• comments on WordPress (1 per unit)  and Padlet posts (2 per Padlet)

Additionally, in order to earn a “P”, the following Application activities need to be completed on or before the assigned due dates:

• • • Diagnostic Course/Program Analysis Report
    • Padlets (6)
    • Action Plan and Discussion Board submission of Action Plan

Class Participation Expectations

You are expected to view all materials in each weekly folder, complete the discussions, reflections, assignments on or before the due dates and attend the Online Real-Time required sessions.

Your facilitator will provide feedback as necessary. Work that is submitted after the due date will be given feedback/scoring as the facilitator’s schedule permits.

For some assignments and activities, feedback will be provided by your small or large group members.

Late Assignments

You are expected to complete and submit all assignments, and participate in learning activities.  It is your responsibility to contact the facilitator if you must miss a due date or required ORT meeting. Missing a scheduled activity does not relieve the participant of the responsibility for completing all work assigned.

Please note: 

1. There is no penalty for late work
2. Your facilitators approach this late policy with a generosity of spirit. However, regardless of the circumstances, this work must be submitted by the end of the semester in which the course takes place. 

Class Expectations– determined by the class on first meeting date

Things You Should Expect from Facilitators

Things Facilitators Should Expect from You

Netiquette

Netiquette (or network etiquette) is commonly defined as a set of principles developed to express courtesy and help people communicate appropriately while sending e-mail and using the Internet. Facilitator and course participants alike will demonstrate netiquette and civility whenever interacting with each other.

Consider anything said in the public forums (Web-based applications explored in this course, our discussion forums, and when giving feedback to other participants) to be public information. Do not post comments that may be considered controversial, abrasive, in poor taste, or may reveal too much personal information – protect your privacy.

Please familiarize yourself with this Course Code of Conduct and also feel free to use and/or modify it for your own courses.

For more suggestions, see Tips for Communicating Online/ Netiquette.

Attendance/Withdrawal Policy

If you are unable to complete an assignment, discussion, or unable to attend a required ORT session, please let your facilitator know.

If a participant does not participate and is not participating fully to meet the necessary minimum requirements of the course, they will receive notification from the facilitator. A mutual discussion will ensue to determine whether or not the participant will remain in the course. If deemed necessary by the facilitator or the Director of the CTE, the participant may be removed from the course site. No further work will be accepted. A “withdrawal” will be noted in the CTE database and the participant will be required to reapply to take this course at a future offering of the course.

If a participant decides (for whatever reason they deem necessary) that they cannot meet the requirements of the course, the participant will notify the facilitator, and they will be removed from the course site. No further work will be accepted. A “withdrawal” will be noted in the CTE database and the participant will be required to reapply to take this course at a future offering of the course.