Equity in Teaching

A Two-Day SSU Faculty Professional Development Forum (May 25th-May 26th)

This year, the Academic Affairs Professional Development program is an opportunity for SSU faculty to learn more about equitable teaching and equitable teaching practices. Over two days, faculty heard about equitable teaching practices from our keynote, as well as what colleagues have implemented this year.

Schedule, Slides and Resources

Wednesday, May 25th

10:00am - 10:50am: "Collaborating Toward an Inclusive, Equitable Future" - Keynote with Dr. Isis Artze-Vega (Valencia College)

Keynote slides

11:00am - 11:50am: Supporting Student Success at an Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) - Attendees will learn about the process for becoming an HSI, action steps, and how this recognition benefits the SSU community. With Elisa Castillo (Associate Dean of Students for Wellness), Fernando Colina (Marketing and Decision Science), Miguel Montalva Barba (Sociology), and Keja Valens (English).

HSI Session slides

12:00pm - 12:50pm: Trauma Informed Approaches to Supporting SSU Students - In this session, we'll share approaches for helping distressed students in trauma-informed ways and provide resources to share with students. With Jessica Stevens and Liz Fell (Counseling and Health Services). Resources:

1:00pm - 2:00pm: Digital Strategies for Equitable Student Success -In this session, participants will learn strategies to boost student success using tools available in Canvas. Topics include Regular and Substantive Interaction, effective asynchronous online teaching strategies, and Cogenerative dialogue groups. With Joe Gustafson (Criminal Justice), Miranda Lam (Accounting and Finance), and Chris Yakes (Mathematics)

Thursday, May 26th

10:00am - 10:50am: Sharing Authority in the Classroom: Co-Creating Syllabi, Assignments and Assessments - Justice, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) program participants share how they shared power, built trust and co-designed with students. Participants are asked to bring a syllabus to workshop during the session for some hands-on experience with this process. With Kathleen Adee (Nursing), Elizabeth Coughlan (Political Science), Kathleen Schlenz (Occupational Therapy), and Guorong Zhu (Management).

Learn more about the SSU JEDI Consultant program.

11:00am - 12:30pm: Actionable Strategies for Equitable Assessment - How can we retain rigor while helping all students succeed? Topics include a framework for equity in grading, transparent assessment design, offering choice in assessment, and looking at assessment data with an equity lens. With Melanie Gonzalez (Secondary and Higher Education), Tess Killpack (Biology), Elspeth Slayter (Social Work), and Jill Turcotte (Occupational Therapy).

Session slides:

Transparent Design with Jill Turcotte
Multiple Means Framework for Assessment with Melanie Gonzalez
Grading for Equity with Tess Killpack
Equity-Minded Assessment of Learning Outcomes with Elspeth Slayter

12:50pm - 1:50pm: Teaching in the Global Classroom: Lessons from Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) at SSU - Come explore the impacts and rewards of adding an international collaboration to your class. With Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello (Interdisciplinary Studies), Rebecca Hains (Media and Communication), Vanessa Ruget (Political Science), and Fatima Serra (World Languages and Cultures).

COIL session slides
Learn more about the SSU COIL program

2:00pm - 3:00pm: HyFlex Teaching: Reflections on the Reimagined Classroom - In this session, we'll take a look at the many different ways that the HyFlex modality can complement the traditional face to face classroom experience. With Sarah Gurley-Green (Healthcare Studies) and Jennifer Robinson (Criminal Justice).

HyFlex session slides