Learning Team 2 (LT2): Instructor Development

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How do we increase instructor capacity for inclusive excellence in teaching?

We propose that our institutions currently have training that provides good information about effective and inclusive teaching, but does not support implementation in the classroom or valid assessment of its effectiveness. Many faculty view inclusive teaching as a passing phase or they do not see the point of changing what they do. In addition, some instructors have fear and concern about how data on inclusion will be used against them. Thus, our second project focuses on making inclusive excellence an integral part of instruction on our campuses by directly working with instructors to tackle the specific rationale of inclusive teaching: the why, what, and how of identifying and dismantling exclusionary policies and practices. We aim to employ effective, evidence-based models, tools, and approaches for increasing instructor capabilities to teach inclusively and developing approaches to increase faculty buy-in.