Bring Culturally Responsive Teaching to the Classroom
Explore these links to get started
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"Be a Better Ally" (article from Harvard Business Review, December 2020)
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Talking About Race: I am an Educator (Project from National Museum of African American History & Culture)
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The Other CRT: Culturally Responsive Teaching (Inside HigherEd)
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The Institute for Anti-Racist Education Creating anti-racist classrooms with decolonized curriculums.
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"Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom [link to PDF]" by Bell Hooks
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"Playing Favorites: When Kindness Towards Some Means Callousness Towards Others" (Hidden Brain podcast)
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5 Ways to Start Being a Better Ally for your Black Coworkers (article form CNBC)
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Beyond Celebrating Diversity: 20 Things I Will Do to Be an Equitable Educator (link to PDF from EdChange)
Ways to enhance your teaching
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TBR Teaching Tidbit Diversity Statements include tips for creating your personal statement to share with students and build belonging in your classroom
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Trauma Informed Pedagogy (includes a webinar to watch!)
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Inclusive Pedagogy provides several resources regarding this pedagogical approach
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Equity Toolkit - What Professors Need to Know
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VALUE Rubrics enable educators to assess students' original work!
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TILT (Transparency in Learning and Teaching) aims to improve higher education teaching and learning experiences by promoting students' conscious understanding of how they learn
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NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) Career Readiness Defined – career competencies
Resources by Academic Departments/Disciplines
Faculty across the College have recommended resources to help their colleagues.
A variety of resources recommended by Vol State faculty. Resources are arranged alphabetically.
- Black Minds Matter series Five recorded webinars from the Black Minds Matter series. These webinar, along with others, are provided free by CORA Leaning.
- Building a Culture of Inquiry and Evidence (PPT slides) March 2021 presentation by ATD coaches
- Community Building Activities | Equity Unbound-OneHE Equity Unbound has teamed up with OneHE to develop open educational resources for online community-building. Resources include a variety of activities for different settings and needs, e.g. introductory, warm-up, setting the tone. Each of these resources includes a video or text demonstrating or describing the activity or exercise for community-building.
- Community Colleges for All Community Colleges for All (CC-ALL) is a series of condensed and engaging digital materials that promote and foster success and equitable programs for diverse learners as they move through their guided programs. CC-ALL is designed for ALL individuals who are interested in and concerned about advancing issues related to community colleges. This convenient ALL-access, ALL-the-time material is for educators, advocates, students, and administrators.
- Inclusive Online Teaching Webinar Series Series of three webinars from October 2020 featuring leading experts in diversity, equity and inclusion. Featured faculty share practical inclusive teaching approaches that can be immediately put to use to create a more equitable learning environment for their students. ACUE
- Trauma-Informed Pedagogy: Teaching in Uncertain Times Magna On-Demand Seminar. Recorded. Cost $39 (as of 7/19/21)
Communities of Practice
2022/2023 Selection
2021/2022 Selection
HIPs, Equity, and Inclusion
- Community Cultural Capital InquiriesAdapted from “Summary of Yosso’s Cultural Wealth Model” by Angela Locks
Community Colleges for All
Community Colleges for All (CC-ALL) is a series of condensed and engaging digital materials that promote and foster success and equitable programs for diverse learners as they move through their guided programs. CC-ALL is designed for ALL individuals who are interested in and concerned about advancing issues related to community colleges. This convenient ALL-access, ALL-the-time material is for educators, advocates, students, and administrators.
- Community Colleges for All Series of video vignettes on topics of critical importance that aim to foster student success and equitable outcomes.
Community Building Activities
Equity Unbound has teamed up with OneHE to develop open educational resources for online community-building. Resources include a variety of activities for different settings and needs, e.g. introductory, warm-up, setting the tone.
Each of these resources includes a video or text demonstrating or describing the activity or exercise for community-building. We also include descriptive text, slides you can reuse/adapt where relevant, and links to additional resources. We also show you how much time, what kind of resources you need, and different variations on the activity to help you adapt it for your purposes.
- Community Building Activities | Equity Unbound-OneHE Free online community building activities for educators.