Explore these links to get started
5 Ways to Start Being a Better Ally for your Black Coworkers (article form CNBC)
Beyond Celebrating Diversity: 20 Things I Will Do to Be an Equitable Educator (link to PDF from EdChange)
"Be a Better Ally" (article from Harvard Business Review, December 2020)
Talking About Race: I am an Educator (Project from National Museum of African American History & Culture)
"Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom [link to PDF]" by Bell Hooks
"Playing Favorites: When Kindness Towards Some Means Callousness Towards Others" (Hidden Brain podcast)
Ways to enhance your teaching
TILT (Transparency in Learning and Teaching) aims to improve higher education teaching and learning experiences by promoting students' conscious understanding of how they learn
NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) Career Readiness Defined – career competencies
TBR Teaching Tidbit Diversity Statements is a Google doc with tips for creating your personal statement to share with students and build belonging in your classroom
Faculty across the College have recommended resources to help their colleagues.
History faculty recommend these videos
A variety of resources recommended by Vol State faculty. Resources are arranged alphabetically.
Included in this section are links to recordings and/or materials from programs hosted by the Vol State Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The materials are grouped together by the semester in which the program took place.
NOTE: The Zoom recording links expire so only recent recordings are available and you may encounter broken links.
The Spring 2021 programs were presented virtually using the Zoom platform. Zoom recording links are presented alphabetically by program title.
NOTE: Zoom recording links expire so some programs may not be available.
Links to programs are arranged alphabetically