Workshop Program: Increasing Inclusivity in Your Courses

• Workshop 1: What is Inclusivity?
• Goal: Increase the awareness of the important aspects that encompass creating an inclusive and welcoming course for all students.
• Homework with introduction to different concepts (stereotype threat, implicit bias, stereotype confirmation, microaggressions, etc.)
• Brief introduction and review of terms
• Breakout activity with matching examples to concepts/terms
• Share out with thoughts as we review the "correct" answers and clarify definitions
• Share data on equity gaps in science classes of attendees
• Questions and discussion
• Workshop 2: Teaching Strategies
• Goal: Share examples of strategies we have incorporated in our geosciences courses.
• Share examples from each of us
• Diversity & Inclusion Statement
• Scientist profiles
• Culturally responsive teaching
• Breakout rooms so attendees can discuss strategies and determine which ones they might want to use
• Share out thoughts about which strategies we might use
• Questions and discussion
• Workshop 3: Implementing Teaching Strategies
• Goal: Facilitate a discussion/group work that allows attendees to develop their own strategies to implement in their courses.
• Homework (and continuation from previous session) to pick strategy to use for their course
• Have them "preregister" with which strategy they'll use (to pre-organize breakout groups)
• Review types of strategies (in case new participants join who haven't attended previous sessions)
• Breakout groups that are specific to each strategy, so attendees can discuss together and give feedback
• Return and share out, get feedback from broader group and organizers
• Create (distribute?) ways to measure whether the implementation of the strategy worked
• Questions and discussion