Equitable Teaching Conference

During the week of August 9-13, 2021, join the CTL for a week-long teaching conference for CU Boulder faculty, graduate students and teaching staff who would like to prepare for the fall semester with a focus on equity-minded practices. Each day's programming centers around a theme, and will begin with a casual coffee hour conversation. There will be two daily opportunities to join interactive workshops, and each day closes with a happy hour conversation. 

The Center for Urban Education (CUE), located at the University of Southern California, defines equity mindedness as "the outlook, perspective, or mode of thinking exhibited by practitioners who call attention to patterns of inequity in student outcomes, and are willing to assume personal and institutional responsibility for the elimination of inequity." Conference participants will learn how educators can take responsibility for the climate in their classrooms, employ new teaching practices that are proactively inclusive, and create spaces of belonging in their classrooms for all students.

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All sessions will occur remotely, on Zoom. Participants registering for the conference may join as many sessions as they like. Slides and short recordings for all workshops will be available via a community Canvas course. We will not be recording the coffee or happy hours. Graduate and postdoc attendees can receive credit toward CTL teaching certificates. 

Conference Schedule

Monday 8/9

Identity and Presence

   9:00-9:50am | Coffee Hour

  • "Introduction to Equitable Teaching Practices" with Becca Ciancanelli, Inclusive Pedagogy Lead

   10:00-11:15am | Workshop #1 

  • Exploring Empathic Joy as Belonging with Jordan Quaglia, Associate Professor, Contemplative Psychology and Director, Cognitive and Affective Science Lab at Naropa University, and Kate Ellesworth, Director of Education Initiatives, Center for Resilience & Well-being in Schools, CU Boulder Institute of Behavioral Science

   1:00-2:15pm | Workshop #2 

  • Accessing Vulnerability and Addressing Identity in the Classroom with Jason Lagapa, Professional Development Lead, CU Boulder CTL, and Alexander Williams, PhD Candidate, UCLA 

   4:00-5:00pm | Happy Hour 

Student Engagement

   9:00-9:50am | Coffee Hour

  • Anti-racist Pedagogy and Decolonizing the Classroom with Becca Ciancanelli, CTL Inclusive Pedagogy Lead

   10:00-11:15am | Workshop #1 

  • Accessible Content and Universal Design for Learning with Rachel Busnardo, Digital Accessibility Trainer, Digital Accessibility Office, and Brad Grabham, Learning Experience Designer, Office of Information and Technology

   1:00-2:15pm | Workshop #2 

  • Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum and Utilizing Transparent Assignments with Roberto Arruda, Director of International Student Academic Success, Undergraduate Education, and Shane Oshetski, Humanities and Social Sciences Coordinator, Student Academic Success Center

  4:00-5:00pm | Happy Hour 

Relationships in the Classroom

   9:00-9:50am | Coffee Hour

  • Using Learning Assistants in the Classroom with Valerie Otero, Professor of Science Education, Executive Director of Learning Assistant Program, Co-Director Center for STEM Learning, School of Education

   10:00-11:15am | Workshop #1 

  • Dialogic Practices & Creating Community in the Classroom with Rabea Benhalim, Associate Professor, Colorado Law, and Nadav Orian Peer, Associate Professor, Colorado Law

   1:00-2:15pm | Workshop #2 

  • Failing (in order) to Succeed: Fostering Resilience in STEM Classrooms with Lisa Corwin, Assistant Professor, Principal Investigator for the Research on Ecology and Evolution Education for Action and Change (RE3ACH) Laboratory, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

   4:00-5:00pm | Happy Hour 

Reflecting on Student Learning

  9:00-9:50am | Coffee Hour

  • Mastery-Based Grading as an Equitable Teaching Practice with Josh Grochow, Assistant Professor, Departments of Computer Science and Mathematics, and Rafael Frongillo, Assistant Professor, Departments of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics

  10:00-11:15am | Workshop #1 

  • Metacognition and Reflective Assignments for the Classroom with Linds Roberts, Assistant Professor for CU Boulder Libraries, Subject Liason to the School of Education and Department of Ethnic Studies

  1:00-2:15pm | Workshop #2 

  • Addressing Student Motivation and Mindset with Becca Ciancanelli, CTL Inclusive Pedagogy Lead

  4:00-5:00pm | Happy Hour 

Creating a Syllabus

  9:00-9:50am | Coffee Hour

  • Empowering Microaggression Reporting with Your Syllabus with CheyOnna Sewell, Assistant Director of Social Science Education, Miramontes Arts & Sciences Program and Lecturer, Ethnic Studies 

  10:00-11:15am | Workshop #1 

  • Crafting a Social Justice Syllabus with Amy Moreno, Director of Inclusive Culture, School of Engineering and Applied Science and Becca Ciancanelli, CTL Inclusive Pedagogy Lead

  1:00-2:15pm | Workshop #2 

  • Using a Syllabus Pledge to Create An Exchange of Accountability with Donna Mejia, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies in Dance, Department of Theatre & Dance (Affiliate, ETHN and WGST)