Inclusive Excellence

To support an inclusive learning environment at GVSU, we invite faculty to engage with the resources described below. Whether you have a few minutes to spare or are looking for a multi-day institute, we offer all faculty the opportunity to continue to grow, learn, explore on their own, or engage with peers.

NCFDD Institutional Membership

NCFDD Fall Discussion Series

Post-Election Campus Conversation

History of Inequality in the U.S. (self-paced course)

Intercultural Development Inventory

FREE Evidence-Based Tools for Teaching and Learning About Race

Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom—An edX Course

20–Minute Mentor Commons Inclusive Excellence Online Workshops

Inclusive Excellence Teaching Institute—coming Spring 2021!

INCLUSIVE FOCUSED UPCOMING EVENTS

INCLUSIVE FOCUSED RESOURCES

ONE INCLUSIVE THING HANDOUTS

The NCFDD virtual mentoring program is an independent online professional development training, and mentoring community dedicated to supporting successful career transitions. Graduate students, faculty at all ranks and career stages, unit heads, administrators, and staff can activate their personal accounts by following the steps outlined below.

Go to www.facultydiversity.org/join
Under "Select Your Institution," choose "Grand Valley State University"
Select "Activate my Membership"
Complete the registration form using your GVSU email address
Check your GVSU email account to find a confirmation/welcome email. Click "Activate Account" in the email.

Your membership allows you to access tools to increase research and writing productivity and improve work-life balance. Some of these tools include:

The weekly Monday Motivator
Monthly Core Curriculum Webinars
Monthly Guest Expert and Multi-Week Course Trainings
Access to the 14-Day Writing Challenge each semester
Access to the Dissertation Success Curriculum for advanced graduate students
And more!

What a virtual tour of all that NCFDD has to offer? Register for a NCFDD Virtual Orientation—held on September 4th from 9–9:30am or 12–12:30pm.

Please contact Dana Munk (munkd@gvsu.edu) if you have questions or concerns.

Download the NCFDD Flyer

Register for the NCFDD Virtual Orientation

NCFDD Fall Discussion Series

LEARN AND ENGAGE WITH COLLEAGUES

This series will bring faculty and staff together for iterative conversation on selected NCFDD webinars. Registrants will have the opportunity to participate in the live webinar or view the recorded version PRIOR to attending the discussion session. These sessions are independent of one another—register for the topics that interest you the most.

You will have to activate your institutional membership in order to access the webinars (live or recorded). Please see the general NCFDD information block for instructions on how to activate your membership.

Registration links are provided in the description box for each topic.

These sessions will be facilitated by the Pew FTLC and Human Resources.

Fall 2020 NCFDD Fall Discussion Series

Developing Anti-Oppressive Communities: Supporting Black Students and Mentees (September 11 at 12pm)

DEVELOPING ANTI-OPPRESSIVE COMMUNITIES: SUPPORTING BLACK STUDENTS AND MENTEES
September 11th at 12pm

This webinar will provide attendees with opportunities to identify and reflect on their privileges and biases and how these impact their ability to effectively serve as teachers and scholars. The presenter will discuss strategies for identifying and combating anti-Black racism in classrooms and research groups, how to most effectively support Black students and colleagues, and how to proactively contribute to diverse and inclusive campus communities, whether those be classrooms, research teams, labs, or committees. The presenter will also address how the unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn and the recent racist killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery impact black research assistants and postdocs and the role of faculty and PIs in supporting Black mentees during the present historical moment.

Participation in this program requires you view the Developing Anti-Oppressive Communities: Supporting Black Students and Mentees NCFDD Webinar PRIOR to attending the discussion session on September 11th. We will NOT be viewing this webinar as a group. Webinars can be viewed LIVE (by registering with NCFDD) or you can view the recorded version (requires you to activate your NCFDD Membership).

REGISTER for Developing Anti-Oppressive Communities: Supporting Black Students and Mentees Discussion Session

Cultivating Your Network of Mentors, Sponsors & Collaborators (Sept. 25th at 12pm)

CULTIVATING YOUR NETWORK OF MENTORS, SPONSORS & COLLABORATORS
September 25th at 12pm

Do you have a reliable and strong network of mentors?
Are you struggling to cultivate mentoring relationships?
Do you know the difference between a mentor and a sponsor?
Are you moving to a new stage of your career and wondering how to find new mentors and sponsors that are appropriate to the next level?

If so, join us for a webinar that will help you:

Map your current mentoring network
Identify your unmet needs
Plan how to expand your existing network to meet your current needs

Participation in this program requires you view the Cultivating Your Network of Mentors, Sponsors & Collaborators NCFDD Webinar PRIOR to attending the discussion session on September 25^th. We will NOT be viewing this webinar as a group. Webinars can be viewed LIVE (by registering with NCFDD) or you can view the recorded version (requires you to activate your NCFDD Membership).

REGISTER for Cultivating Your Network of Mentors, Sponsors & Collaborators Discussion Session

How to Engage in Healthy Conflict (October 30th at 12pm)

HOW TO ENGAGE IN HEALTHY CONFLICT
October 30th at 12pm

Do you often feel drained by departmental drama?
Do feel unclear how to handle conflicts that arise in your department?
Are you unsure when, where, and how to manage conflict with people who will be voting on your tenure?

Academics are notoriously conflict avoidant and the inability to manage conflict can result in negative physical, emotional, and relational consequences for tenure-track faculty. So why not learn early in your career to master the SKILL of healthy conflict so that you can effectively manage conflicts as they arise and avoid carrying around all of the negative energy, anger and resentment in your mind and body. In this webinar, you will learn:

How conflict-management is an essential part of thriving in the Academy.
How to decide when to push-back and when to pull back in the face of conflict.
The difference between healthy and unhealthy conflict.
How to get clear about the role that power plays in resolving departmental conflicts.
Ten tips for engaging in healthy conflict.

Participation in this program requires you view the How to Engage in Healthy Conflict NCFDD Webinar PRIOR to attending the discussion session on October 30^th. We will NOT be viewing this webinar as a group. Webinars can be viewed LIVE (by registering with NCFDD) or you can view the recorded version (requires you to activate your NCFDD Membership).

REGISTER for How to Engage in Healthy Conflict Discussion Session

Wellness and Technology (November 20th at 12pm)

WELLNESS AND TECHNOLOGY
November 20th at 12pm

We’re spending more time on social networks, viewing media, and checking our notifications, “likes”, and text messages… and it’s making us feel unhappy, stressed, and lonely.

So how do we “outsmart our smartphones”? How do we stop using our phones in ways that hurt our happiness, start using our phones in ways that boost our happiness, and build the skills we need to cultivate happiness in the context of an increasingly digital world?

In this webinar you’ll discover seven science-based steps for boosting happiness in the digital age and learn practical strategies for developing healthier their digital habits.

Participation in this program requires you view the Wellness and Technology NCFDD Webinar PRIOR to attending the discussion session on November 20^th. We will NOT be viewing this webinar as a group. Webinars can be viewed LIVE (by registering with NCFDD) or you can view the recorded version (requires you to activate your NCFDD Membership).

REGISTER for Wellness and Technology Discussion Session

How to Challenge Race and Gender Bias in Student Evaluations (December 11th at 12pm)

HOW TO CHALLENGE RACE AND GENDER BIAS IN STUDENT EVALUATIONS
December 11th at 12pm

Studies consistently show that student evaluations are biased against women faculty and faculty of color. Yet, higher education institutions continue to lean heavily on students’ evaluations of teaching for hiring and promotion decisions. This webinar is designed for faculty and administrators to better understand how student biases become transformed into institutional inequalities based on race and gender. The webinar provides administrators and faculty in leadership positions with a range of potential solutions for eliminating or minimizing the negative impacts of biased student evaluations. Recognizing that institutional change takes time, however, the webinar also provides strategies for empowering women faculty and faculty of color on how to advocate for themselves, particularly in situations where they are not being fully supported.

Participation in this program requires you view the How to Challenge Race and Gender Bias in Student Evaluations NCFDD Webinar PRIOR to attending the discussion session on December 11^th. We will NOT be viewing this webinar as a group. Webinars can be viewed LIVE (by registering with NCFDD) or you can view the recorded version (requires you to activate your NCFDD Membership).

REGISTER for How to Challenge Race and Gender Bias in Student Evaluations Discussion Session

Post-Election Campus Conversation

Friday, November 6th
12–1pm

In anticipation of a highly charged 2020 presidential election, FTLC and the Civil Discourse Program are hosting a post-election Campus Conversations designed to offer faculty a space to (1) process reactions to the election results and (2) identify productive paths forward with students and each other as we all settle in to the realities of the next four years. Our capacity to navigate complicated and emotionally-charged conversations with students is impacted by the intensity of our own, personal reactions. Join us for this campus conversation aimed to support campus healing, so that the current political divide doesn't become a campus divide as well.

Facilitator: Dr. Lisa Perhamus, Director of the Civil Discourse Program

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REGISTER for Post-Election Campus Conversation

Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom EdX Course

Next Session:
OCTOBER 1-31, 2020

OCTOBER 1—31, 2020

U.S.–based and higher education-centered, this is a five-week, asynchronous, instructor-paced course that offers an inclusive teaching framework with multiple entry points for reflection and exploration of the research on learning and diversity. Anchored in the lived experiences of students and faculty, you will explore strategies for inclusive course design and student-centered pedagogical practices.

Next offering begins on October 1st, 2020!

Learn more and register at the EdX Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom webpage

History of Structural Inequality in the U.S. (Self-paced Course)

The Robert and Mary Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center invites all faculty to consider enrollment in a self-paced online learning opportunity meant to expand knowledge regarding structural inequality in the United States. This innovative short course comprises faculty-led video presentations, resources and strategies and personal reflection.

Those who enroll and participate in the series will:

increase their understanding of the history of structural inequality in the U.S.
gain tools for teaching about inequalities related to topics in the course
identify interdisciplinary connections to their course content and disciplinary expertise
gain skills in inclusive teaching practices
have the opportunity to earn a digital badge

Topics covered in this series include:

History of Inequality for African Americans in the U.S.
History of Inequality for Asian Americans in the U.S.
History of Genocide and Structural Inequality for Native Americans in the U.S.
History of Inequality for Latino Americans in the U.S.
History of Inequality for LGTB Identities in the U.S.
History of Inequality Related to Immigration to the U.S.
History of Religious Oppression in the U.S.
History of Inequality for Women in the U.S.
Identity Based Privilege in the U.S.
Income Inequality in the U.S.

This series is housed on an Blackboard site. To enroll in the course and access the online materials, please email the Pew FTLC (pewftlc@gvsu.edu).

History of Inequality Series Digital Badge

SELF-PACED COURSE

Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI)

START WITH AN INVENTORY OF WHERE YOU ARE NOW

The intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) assesses intercultural competence—the capability to shift cultural perspective and appropriately adapt behavior to cultural differences and commonalities. Intercultural competence reflects the degree to which cultural differences and commonalities in values, expectations, beliefs, and practices are effectively bridged, an inclusive environment is achieved, and specific differences that exist in an organization or institution are addressed from a "mutual adaptation" perspective. Success in achieving goals is better served when individuals can more deeply understand culturally-learned differences, recognize commonalities between self and others, and act on this increased insight in culturally appropriate ways that facilitate goal accomplishment among diverse individuals and groups.

The Intercultural Development Inventory is a 50-item questionnaire available online that can be completed in 15–20 minutes. The IDI Individual and Group Profile Report presents information about how individuals and organizations make sense of and respond to cultural differences and commonalities. The IDI can be integrated into curriculum design, assessment, professional development, and research. Cost to complete the survey is $18 per faculty member and $12 per student.

Please contact Dana Munk (munkd@gvsu.edu) for an IDI consult. Learn more by visiting the Intercultural Development Inventory webpage.

20 Minute Mentor Commons Inclusive Excellence Online Workshops

The 20–minute mentor commons are video-based programs designed to answer specific questions related to teaching and learning. They deliver actionable insights in highly focused 20–minute presentations designed to fit busy schedules. Below is a list of inclusive-excellence-focused topics that caught our eye.

Please contact the Pew FTLC (pewftlc@gvsu.edu) to learn how to access this amazing resource.

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2020-2021 Twenty Minute Mentor Commons Inclusive Excellence Online Workshops

What Culturally Responsive Teaching Techniques Can I Use to Improve Learning?

WHAT CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING TECHNIQUES CAN I USE TO IMPROVE LEARNING?

This 20-minute program is designed to teach participants how multiculturalism impacts the classroom in a variety of ways with a variety of learning outcomes. Instructors learn to account for the multitude of cultures in the classroom by teaching in a culturally responsive way that ensures that all students have the same opportunity to learn.