Outcomes

• Share students' views about equity and online learning

Description

A diverse panel of Peralta Community College District students will address the following questions

• Do you experience any barriers or challenges related to technology in your online classes? How do your online teachers make online learning more accessible? How do your online teachers make online learning more affordable? Please provide examples of the technological challenges you face, such as not having access to technology, not knowing how to use a technology required for learning, or anything else. Also, please explain what did or would help you overcome these challenges.

• What kind of online student services do you use as an online student? How do you access those services after hours? What other services would help you succeed more? How can your campus better support you remotely?

• Were you given multiple pathways to complete learning tasks in your online classes? Were you provided options for homework and in-class assignments? What kind of differentiated assignments or lectures (like videos, audios, written presentation of content, group/individual work, different ways of submissions) would you prefer to see in your class. 

• Do you feel a sense of connection or community in your online classes? What makes you feel that you belong to a community in your class or in your campus? How did it change after Covid?

• Do you think class materials (like images, readings, videos, media) represent you, your identity, and your culture? What would you prefer to see in the videos and images in your class? Does mainstream media represent your identity and culture as successful in the profession you want to pursue?

• How do you think your teachers are making course materials relevant to your personal experiences? Do you find anything meaningful from your background that links to the content of your courses? Or do the courses seem irrelevant most of the time? Also, do you think course content is helpful for your future academic and professional goals?

Outcomes

• Gain an understanding of one's own connection to classroom equity; surface assumptions about how the work you do as an educator affects student perception.

• Gain knowledge about how to be more effective in educating diverse students with a framework for student achievement and belonging.

Description

This workshop will include participatory activities that assist educators with analyzing the impact of the lack of cultural relevance on student achievement in both public and privatized education.  We will explore and analyze various dynamics that impact student achievement from the time they enter school, to include but not limited to content level standards, classroom resources, and teaching styles.  Not only will we analyze how these dynamics come into play, but we will also analyze and evaluate solutions to reduce educational oppression but offering culturally relevant and receptive learning environments that recognize collective and individual socialization as how it manifests in the classroom setting.

Outcomes

• Locate and access resources that will allow them to better support their queer and transgender learners.

• Interpret the impacts of legislation as they relate to your practice.

• Identify concrete action steps to take post-presentation.

Description

Since 2022, legislative attacks on the LGBTQ+ community have more than doubled. You may have heard about the “Don’t Say Gay” laws in Florida and the anti-trans bills in Texas, but the actual extent to which the legislation has been introduced and advanced federally and in no fewer than 47 state legal systems is truly staggering. This national crisis is impacting higher education in unprecedented ways: public institutions are being barred from discussions of sexual and gender diversity, and feelings of safety, validity, and belonging are all cloaked in uncertainty. 

This presentation offers introductory contextual information on where the legislative and social climate currently stands, informs attendees of various strategies to support their queer and transgender learners in the face of this legislation, and opens a dialogue about the future of online educational practices in tumultuous and exclusive sociopolitical contexts.

Outcomes

• Understanding DEI Landscape – Gain insight into the evolving landscape of DEI, exploring its relevance and impact on modern organizations. 

• Identifying Key Starting Points – Learn how to pinpoint areas within your organization that are ripe for initial DEI efforts, setting the stage for systematic change. 

• Creating a Foundation for Change - Discover strategies for laying a solid groundwork that ensures DEI initiatives are integrated into existing systems and structures. 

• Cultivating Leadership Support - Explore methods to garner leadership buy-in and commitment, fostering a culture that values and champions DEI.  

• Actionable Implementation - Receive practical tools to translate intentions into tangible actions, propelling your organization from planning to execution. 

• Continuous Evaluation - Understand the importance of ongoing assessment and refinement, establishing a feedback loop for sustained DEI progress.  

• Overcoming Challenges - Address common roadblocks and challenges that may arise during DEI implementation, and explore strategies to navigate them effectively.

Description

As Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) continue to take center stage in institutions nationwide, the challenge often lies in translating awareness into effective action. Many organizations recognize the importance of embracing DEI principles, yet are uncertain about where to begin. In this engaging workshop, we address this common dilemma by providing participants with a strategic and purposeful roadmap that serves as a launchpad for meaningful DEI transformation. Join us as we explore actionable steps that bridge the gap between acknowledging the need for change and actively initiating the work. This session empowers attendees with practical guidance to move from discussions to deliberate, impactful action within their organizational context.

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Description

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Outcomes

• Discuss the impact of employee loss on those who remain and those who leave.

Description

In our daily society, we hear of examples of physical trauma and violence.  However, imagine loss in the workplace.  In most instances, no one was harmed by physical violence, but loss hurts in some cases as much as physical violence.  Consider the death of a loved one or when a love moves a way.  Inherently, we miss them. In death, this loss is persistent. When the loved moves away, you can call or write letters, or visit from time to time but the vacuum of the loss remains.  In our workplace, we are thrust into arrangements with complete strangers with little considerations of whether we want to work these people or not.  Through the work of the organization, we get to know these people.  Some we grow to like, and, in some cases, we establish strong connections with some of these people.   These employees worked together, whether for a short period of time or years, they form a bond.  They work on projects.  They are in frequent meetings.  They eat lunch regularly. Each year, they get to know each other, and the bond grows stronger.  Sometimes, they get to know each other’s families and the relationships often grows beyond the work boundaries and they become friends. We feel an uncertainty about our job but our relationship.  Remember LIFO or FIFO. Gender and race are often factors in workplace trauma.  

Outcomes 

• Explain how AI can function as an instructional coach

• Describe the issues some gen AI tools have concerning equity, inclusivity, diversity, and bias; - practice prompting gen AI to provide options (with UDL and equity in mind) to improve assignments, assessments, and/or discussions; - evaluate AI output based on best practices in equity and UDL

Description

Who doesn’t talk about artificial intelligence (AI) these days? With the arrival of ChatGPT in November 2022, not a day goes by without new and fabulous ways of how AI can help us in all aspects of our lives. However, what if we take the rose tinted glasses off and look at AI a bit closer. Is everything as shiny as promised? Where do ethical practices come into the conversation? What do we as educators need to keep in mind (or even worry about)?

This session aims to add to the current conversation by looking at practices that foster equity in education and how they might be influenced by AI - both positively and negatively - and what possibilities there are to work with AI meaningfully. It is an opportunity for both facilitators and participants to add to their sense making in this space and where they want to go next.