Resource Guides
Summer 2021 Faculty Academy Teaching Toolkits (2021)
WTCS Commitment to Progress Reports (2022)
How is Wisconsin doing in terms of achieving equity in important areas? This link takes you to a WTCS page which houses their status reports on the following areas:
Career Pathways
Credit Transfer
Dual Enrollment
Lower-Wage Program Enrollment
Math Enrollment
Measurable Skills Gains
Student Success Centers
College 2030: Transforming the Student Experience (2022)
This report provides a snapshot of the current students we serve, the present state of higher education and what we're learning, as well as our outlook for the next decade.
This guide provides guidance on how to have classroom discussions with an antiracist focus.
Antiracist Development Inventory
Use this graphic to determine how far you are in the journey towards antiracism.
Culturally Responsive Scorecard from Achieving the Dream
This scorecard/checklist allows you to evaluate your department, course, or discipline in terms of three dimensions: representation, social justice, and publisher provided instructor materials.
Family Friendly Campus Toolkit
The Family Friendly Campus Toolkit: Using Data to Improve Outcomes is an award-winning self-assessment system and guide for improving supports and outcomes for students who are raising children. It is intended for those in higher education—staff, faculty, and students—who want to improve outcomes and conditions for student parents and others. The Toolkit offers a flexible process and set of tools designed to be used in any institution.
As of 2019, around 46% of deaf college students had taken online courses-- almost half of all deaf students. This guide gives disability service offices the tools to increase readiness to serve deaf students in remote learning environments.
The California Community Colleges Advisory Panel held statewide town halls and four informal focus groups to better understand the challenges and barriers faced by Black and African students. Major findings include:
Financial aid is a barrier.
Isolation is a negative factor on campus.
Low awareness of career education prevents students from pursuing new career pathways.
Campus programs are differentiators in ensuring student success.
Optimism runs high, in spite of barriers.
Tailored outreach must be conducted early and often.
The team developed 6 recommendations.
This guide was developed by Aaric Guerrerio for MATC.
Creating Inclusive Spaces: A Resource Guide
Created by the WTCS.
Neurodiversity in the Workplace Guide (2022)
Created by TextHelp, download our popular guide to gain insight from leading businesses who are supporting their neurodivergent employees. Intended primarily for DEI and HR officers, the guide covers six areas
The power of neurodiversity
The strengths of neurodiverse teams
Forms of neurodiversity
Support for neurodivergent employees
Businesses that embrace neurodiversity
Useful resources / Further reading
A predictable trap for leaders and change agents is to over-focus on interrupting interpersonal microaggressions while ignoring the pervasive systemic barriers to racial equity and inclusion embedded in policies, practices, programs, norms, and services. Created by Dr. Kathy Obear, Center for Transformation and Change, this document provides practical resources to analyze and revise existing policies and programs.
Rubric for Culturally Responsive Assignments
Do you want to be an active ally, but are not sure how to get started?
You’re not alone. Even years after the racial reckoning that spread across the globe in 2020, many people are still unsure about how to act as active allies to improve equity and increase opportunities for others on a daily basis – not only for communities of color but also for LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities, women, religious groups, and all other people who may stand to benefit from active allyship. Read this guide to learn the definition of, common roadblocks to, and methods of successful active allyship. Plus access reflection prompts and discover actions to take today.
Caring for Students Playbook: Getting Started with Key Terms, Challenges, and Approaches (2021)
An excellent tool for educators of all experience levels, the document provides an overview of key terms (i.e., diversity, equity, and inclusion), challenges (i.e., academic, financial, and socio-emotional), and approaches (i.e., culturally responsive teaching, trauma-informed teaching, and universal design for learning, or UDL) that are integral to caring for students. This resource is also intended for educators who may be new to some of the concepts on centering student care.
Asset-Based Language Guide for Discussing Young People
The words adults use to talk to and about young people matter. Words can drive conversation, deepen understanding, and create meaningful relationships. At the same time, the language we use can perpetuate negative stereotypes, exclude or alienate people, and muddle messages, no matter who the speaker is or what their intentions. To build inclusive spaces in which young people can thrive and bring their talent to bear at work, in school, and in their communities, we must be mindful and intentional of how we as adults engage with young people on a day-to-day basis, beginning with language. Created by Here to Here.
Pronouns 101
Listen to this three and a half minute video as Susie breaks down a few different sets of pronouns as well as what pronouns are most common in the workplace. Then, she dives into why using the phrase "preferred pronouns" is not inclusive.
Disability Language Guide (2019)
Language is dynamic and nuanced, changing at a rapid pace at along with social norms, perceptions, and opportunities for inclusion. The following, written by Labib Rahman and reviewed and approved by the Stanford Disability Initiative, is a starter guide (non-exhaustive, non-definitive) for considering disability equity (and practicing deference to individual experiences) in the words we use as an institutional community. If you've ever had questions about how you might refer to someone with a disability, this guide is for you.
Talking about HIV: A Language Guide
The words we use matter. When talking about HIV, certain words and language may have a negative meaning for people at high risk for HIV or those who are living with HIV. This guide, prepared by the Centers for Disease Control, gives guidance about how to avoid promoting stigma and misinformation around HIV.
National Institute for Civil Discourse: Key Principles and Best Practices
This document outlines several key principles and best practices for connecting across the divide, including empathy, humility, and listening for understanding.
Pronouncing Hmong Names (2016)
Pronouncing a student or co-worker's name correctly is a basic form of respect. Most people appreciate the effort, even if you don't get it right the first time. This video, produced by UW-Green Bay, explains how to pronounce Hmong names.
4 Ways to Reduce Unconscious Bias, Using the SELF Model
We all have blind spots which can impair our thinking and cause us to perpetuate stereotypes. The SELF model, created by Hudson Talent Management, provides a four step process to reduce unconscious bias. Infographic.