Join AIeL today, Feb. 9, as they kick off their February workshops with Daring Dialogues and Courageous Conversations, the first of three workshops sponsored by the LLCC Workforce Equity Initiative and presented by members the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL). Please register in advance for each session in this series.
Each session has been designed to strengthen overall cultural competency, awareness, and use of culturally responsive teaching and learning practices to foster and improve equitable outcomes among students. The series will offer faculty and staff an opportunity learn more about DEI practices in education and to establish effective strategies in support of LLCC students in both workforce and general education courses.
Note: Faculty will receive two points for each workshop in the series toward their Training and Innovation professional development total for successful completion of this workshop.
Daring Dialogues and Courageous Conversations
Today, Feb. 9, 3-4:30 p.m. in MNRD 2202
Register for Feb. 9 workshop
This workshop engages faculty and staff as they examine and increase their individual and collective awareness of anti-bias and anti-racist attitudes and behaviors in efforts to reduce the impact of conscious and unconscious biases and “isms” on students, especially those in WEI-related courses, programs and workplace experiences. More specifically, OCCRL will facilitate conversations and activities that provide an opportunity for faculty and staff to reflect on their own personal identities and positionality and its impact on their teaching practices, interactions with students and students’ engagement in their courses and programs. With specific attention to demographics at LLCC and the communities in District 526, this session will broaden awareness of how various factors like race, ethnicity, culture, socioeconomic, (dis)ability and immigration status impact the experiences and outcomes of our students. Finally, this session will expand understanding of concepts like implicit bias and microaggressions and discuss ways to reduce their harmful effects, foster a more inclusive and welcoming programmatic culture, and ultimately advance equitable outcomes for students in at LLCC. This training will conclude with a reflection/call-to-action activity that provides an opportunity for faculty to identify individual and collective action steps they can take to counteract microaggressions and biases in their courses, programs and departments.
Additional sessions in the series:
Embedding Equity in the Classroom and Everyday Practice
Thursday, Feb. 23, 3-4:30 p.m. in the Trutter Center
Register for the Feb. 23 workshop
Classroom Equity Practices and Reflection Discussion
Thursday, April 6, 3-4:30 p.m. in the Trutter Center
Register for the April 6 workshop