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The Instructional Team at The Seattle School works to make classroom spaces accessible to a wide range of learners and welcoming to diversity of all kinds: racial and ethnic, gender and sexuality, ability, and theological. This includes engaging in ongoing professional development around classroom discussion practices, training in accessibility and universal design, a commitment to integrating a wide range of voices in our syllabi, and the curiosity to examine our curriculum and teaching practices with equity and intercultural credibility in mind.
Intercultural Credibility
We work to support and resource instructors in building courses that are inclusive, address disparities in access and diverse learning styles, and embody a posture of intercultural credibility.
Here are a few resources that can support your journey:
The Seattle School's Intercultural Credibility Advisory Committee
Inside Higher Ed, "Show Them You Care," by Michael Estefan
Universal Design
Universal Design helps us shift our thinking from "accommodation" to "access" in the design of our courses, assignments, and programs.
Here are a few resources to get you started:
The principle of Universal Design in Learning
Contact Daniel Tidwell-Davis, Director of Student Academic Services at The Seattle School
Trauma-Informed Teaching
Trauma-Informed Pedagogy and Embodied Teaching allow us to engage our learners with sensitivity to their past experiences and with understandings of interpersonal neurobiology in mind.
Here are a few resources to get you started:
Dr. Carello's Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning site
Becky Thompson's Teaching with Tenderness: Toward an Embodied Practice
Inclusive & Hospitable Pronoun Use in the Classroom
Pronouns are an important way people communicate aspects of themselves connected to gender identity and expression. Gender identity falls on a broad spectrum and people may identify with genders different from their sex assigned at birth or with none at all. Pronouns don’t tell us everything there is to know about a person’s gender. But being able to indicate the pronouns they use enhances their sense of belonging on campus and benefits them academically by fostering a more inclusive and hospitable environment for everyone.
Tips for Supporting Correct Use of Pronouns:
“Teaching Beyond the Gender Binary in the University Classroom,” from the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University
Additional resources for all topics will be added on an ongoing basis.
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