Faculty Learning Community for Understanding and Developing an Inclusive Campus Climate Jerry Sarquis, LC member, CELT FTA Ron Scott, LC facilitator, CELT FTA

Charge  How to create an inclusive campus climate inside classroom inside classroom outside classroom outside classroom  What is inclusion? relationship to diversity relationship to diversity ways of enhancing classroom/non-classroom environments by making them more inclusive. ways of enhancing classroom/non-classroom environments by making them more inclusive.  Topics factors that complicate inclusive environments factors that complicate inclusive environments developing an inclusive syllabus, course content, process developing an inclusive syllabus, course content, process understanding of self and student identity (including campus demographics) understanding of self and student identity (including campus demographics) assessment skills assessment skills

Membership 24 Faculty, Graduate Students, Staff  Family Studies and Social Work  Educational Leadership  Communication  Mathematics and Statistics  Chemistry and Biochemistry  English  Psychology  Comparative Religion  Student Affairs  Educational Psychology  Anthropology  Management  Aerospace Studies  Classics  Sociology  Gerontology  Black World Studies  King Library  Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies

Spring, 2006  LC meetings two groups of 12 each two groups of 12 each 6 LC meetings 6 LC meetings  Agenda respond to issues and concerns of members respond to issues and concerns of members build a cohesive sense of community build a cohesive sense of community develop a final project develop a final project  Discussion topics Defining Inclusion Defining Inclusion White Privilege White Privilege Identity Identity Inclusive Syllabi Inclusive Syllabi Best Practices Best Practices …

Goals  Developing knowledge and skills to design a group project to design a group project build individual expertise build individual expertise  Readings and resources available on Blackboard available on Blackboard

FLC Project  Campus Diversity “... we have also come to understand that diversity is central to a high-quality education.” (Dr. David Hodge, Inauguration) “... we have also come to understand that diversity is central to a high-quality education.” (Dr. David Hodge, Inauguration) Associate Vice President for Institutional Diversity Associate Vice President for Institutional Diversity  Workshop for new faculty endorsed by Dr. Hodge endorsed by Dr. Hodge  NCORE Proposal

New Faculty Workshop  Goals value of inclusion/diversity value of inclusion/diversity creating a welcoming environment creating a welcoming environment embracing and learning from differences embracing and learning from differences

How?  inclusive syllabus  campus demographics  learning style information  student perspective  lessons we (FLC) have learned  FLC members with expertise  resources  FLC web page

NCORE National Conference on Race & Ethnicity  Team of 5 to Chicago, May, 2006  NCORE proposal  May, 2007

NCORE 2007 Proposal  “Moving Beyond Talk to Action: The FLC as a Proactive Model for Improving Classroom and Campus Inclusion”  Ways to help students engage a sense of self  Prevent exclusion in course content dialogue due to ethnicity ethnicity gender/sexual orientation gender/sexual orientation physical ability physical ability religion religion class class

Sampling of Related Events  Pros and Cons of Using Technology to Enhance Student Inclusion and Engagement  Creating a Learning Environment That Is Inclusive of Sexuality and Gender (Kira Hall)  Faculty and Student Views on Inclusive Classrooms  Modeling Empathy, Facilitating Deep Learning, and Facing the Conversations That We Dread — Race, Gender, and Class in the College Classroom (J. Munroe)  Annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching

Funding  Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (Milt Cox)  The Center for American and World Cultures (Mary Jane Berman)  Center for Writing Excellence (Paul Anderson)

FLC Members  Richard L. Bretz  Ruth Crego-Ulvin  Celeste Didlick-Davis  Kathleen German  Patricia K. Kerig  Philip McCormick  Kathy McMahon-Klosterman  Ronald Scott  Carolyn Slotten  Mark A. Smith  Lisa Weems  Kiana Williams  Frances Yates  Deborah Akers  Yu-Fang Cho  Rodney D. Coates  Donald A. Daiker  Jason Gutekunst  Joseph W. Leonard  Karen Mitchell  Lauren S. Morimoto  Lisa Poirier  Capt. Brett T. Sammis  Jerry Sarquis  Ronald Scott,  Zara M. Torlone