This Week for Faculty: Inclusive and Anti-Racist Teaching – Workshops and Resources

Creating Inclusive STEM Courses: 5 Inclusive Teaching Principles 

How do I create a STEM learning community in which all my students can feel they belong? What steps can I take to make my Science and Engineering course more inclusive? In this session, STEM faculty will learn about 5 inclusive teaching principles they can apply to their courses.
Register: Tuesday, October 26, 1:30-2:30pm

Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Action: First Steps

Do you want to transform your pedagogy, and impact teaching and learning at Columbia? Join the CTL and your Columbia colleagues for this 90-minute introductory session. Participants will be introduced to anti-racist pedagogy as a framework for teaching and learning, connect this framework to their own teaching contexts, participate in a communal reflective practice around anti-racist pedagogies, and engage in conversations their colleagues.
Register: Wednesday, October 27, 2:00-3:30pm

Resources

Guide for Inclusive Teaching at Columbia
This guide offers five inclusive teaching principles derived from research and evidence-based practices. 

Inclusive Teaching: Supporting All Students in the College Classroom MOOC
Self-paced open online course providing practical, accessible, and usable strategies that instructors can implement in their classrooms to create and maintain a supportive learning environment for all students. 

Designing an Inclusive Syllabus
Explore general strategies for inclusive syllabus design, dive deeper into specific syllabus elements, and reflect on your current syllabus and re-imagine it with a focus on inclusivity.

Accessibility in Teaching and Learning
An overview of accessibility in teaching and learning and general “getting started” strategies for making learning resources, tools, experiences, and opportunities accessible to all learners.

Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Action: First Steps
Classrooms serve as microcosms of the larger society, and the resources offered here, while focused on pedagogical practices, support broader commitments to anti-racist actions in higher education. 

Services

Workshops To Go
Did you know the CTL can facilitate a session for your department, program, or school? Explore our Workshops To Go offerings, including a session on inclusive teaching. Or, request a custom session on any teaching and learning topic for you and your colleagues.

Office Hours 
Join us for office hours via Zoom (or phone) Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm to have your questions answered about teaching with instructional technology.

Consultations
Schedule an in-person or virtual consultation to discuss any teaching and learning need by emailing ctlfaculty@columbia.edu or email the CTL Learning Designer assigned to your school or department.

Teaching Observations 
Are you looking for confidential feedback on your teaching? Learn more and request a teaching observation for your course.