I've started working on planning for my Fall course, and finding the work I did for the JET course so helpful and confidence-building.
- JET Participant
The Just & Equitable Teaching (JET) Program brings together educators from the CU Boulder community to provide professional development in social justice and equity in the classroom. The goal of this program is to equip instructors with evidenced-based resources and practices to co-create inclusive learning environments. Delivered through a social justice framework, participants engage in self-reflection, dialogue, workshops, mentoring, and equitable course design activities. As participants become critically conscious of what contributes to inequitable learning opportunities, they will be encouraged in developing their commitments to anti-discriminatory teaching strategies.
The Spring '24 cohort runs from January 29th thru April 15th. Applications are due November 17.
Applications for Spring '24 are closed
The JET program is designed to be completed over one academic semester (12-weeks). Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to:
- Engage regularly in self-examination and reflection of equitable 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.
- Explore the intersectional relationships between power, privilege, oppression, and
education. - Create a JET implementation plan responsive to the cultural and social needs of
learners and one's field of study.
JET is open to graduate and professional students, postdoctoral fellows, teaching staff, and faculty of all ranks. Participants successfully completing the Just & Equitable Teaching program will receive a digital micro-credential badge issued via CU Boulder's micro-credential program.
Alignment with CU Boulder's IDEA Plan
This micro-credential program provides professors, graduate students, and teaching staff with knowledge and skills to create inclusive and welcoming classroom spaces. By publicly displaying the digital badge awarded upon successful completion of this program, faculty, graduate students, and teaching faculty will signal their commitment to equity and social justice to other students, staff and faculty. This program aligns with one of the climate goals of the campus diversity and inclusion plan (the IDEA Plan), which aims to "ensure a curriculum that fosters intercultural competence and prepares critical thinkers who innovate through embracing multiple perspectives." (p. 6). Departments/primary units will be able to effectively measure equity and inclusion professional development as staff, faculty and graduate students complete this program, which aligns with the IDEA Plan's overarching recommendation that "All units should evaluate and take deliberate efforts to improve support of diversity, inclusion, and equity as pertains to climate, recruitment, and retention. This should include: growing accessible mentoring, leadership, and professional development opportunities." (p.14)