CTL Newsletter - November 2022

Hosted in the Spring of 2023, the Just & Equitable Teaching (JET) brings together educators from the CU Boulder community to provide professional development in social justice and equity as college instructors. Program participants will enhance their ability to:

• Engage regularly in self-examination and reflection of inclusive teaching
• practices.
• Analyze definitions of social justice and equity in the contexts of teaching and
• learning.
• Develop strategies to address micro-aggressions, stereotypes, and biases in
• learning spaces.
• Communicate effectively about the intersectional nature of power, privilege,
• and oppression.
• Create a JET implementation plan responsive to the cultural and social needs
• of learners.

If you are interested in this program, please apply! Applications are due by Dec. 2, 2022. Notifications and a schedule of the spring schedule will be communicated before the end of the fall semester. If you have any questions, please contact Quatez Scott: quatez.scott@colorado.edu. 

The CTL offers individualized, confidential consultations free of charge to all educators on the CU Boulder campus. CTL staff members can consult on specific aspects of your teaching or simply hold a general conversation. We are likewise happy to provide confidential classroom observations and conduct classroom interviews. When needed, our staff can quickly connect you to appropriate campus support and resources.

Browse this curated list of a few of our favorite titles and teaching resources during the upcoming breaks! Popular topics include designing and delivering courses, assessing student learning and teaching, inclusive teaching, teaching with technology, and more.

The Inclusive Instructors Teach-In Series are educational workshops that introduce teaching & learning concepts, why they matter to today's college students, and how they can be applied to the classroom. Major concepts introduced in this series center on DEI, social justice, power, education for liberation, and so on. The series is designed for teaching faculty across all levels at the institution and all are encouraged to attend.

Next meeting: November 29 from 1 to 2pm. Dr. Anthony Siracusa of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Community Engagement (ODECE) will be presenting "Thinking about Power: Inside the Classroom and Beyond." This workshop focuses on navigating relationships of power and identifying assets we have at our disposal to build power with others to promote inclusive classrooms and equitable departments. This meeting is virtual and a link to the meeting can be found here. For questions, please contact Dr. Quatez Scott: quatez.scott@colorado.edu.

A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who share a common concern or interest and come together to fulfill both individual and group goals. During the academic year, the Inclusive Community of Practice (ICoP) hosted by the Center for Teaching & Learning provides a monthly meeting space to share best practices and create new knowledge on topics related to diversity, inclusion, equity, social justice, and human interaction. 

Next meeting: November 30 from Noon to 1pm. The meeting link can be found here. For questions, please contact Dr. Quatez Scott: quatez.scott@colorado.edu.

ICoP Mission: To connect equity-minded folks on campus for development of inclusive practices and policies in the classroom through sharing and curation of existing and collaboratively innovated knowledge. 

Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow

as if it were a scene made-up by the mind,
that is not mine, but is a made place,

that is mine, it is so near to the heart

The CTL newsletter is published once per month during the academic year and includes timely teaching strategies and resources, CTL updates, and upcoming events of interest to the campus teaching community.