Equity 101 (NED Short Course)

Monday, February 12, 2024
12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
MnSite D2L Brightspace

Hosted by Network for Educational Development (NED)

February 12 – March 3, 2024
Short Course

This three-week short course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we relate to others. Module 1 explores our individual position within the historical and systemic structures of privilege and oppression, and how those affect our values and worldview (especially as they relate to education and academic achievement). Module 2 considers the social component by turning our reflection outwards onto the identities of our students and institutions. Lastly, Module 3 encourages us to use our newly acquired self-awareness to examine the effect of inequitable policies and practices in our classrooms and campuses, and to build a professional development plan to continue developing our equity lens.

Course Learning Objectives

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Establish shared terminology surrounding equity and inclusion.
• Describe characteristics of an equity minded person.
• Establish a shared framework for understanding systemic privilege and oppression.
• Develop skills to reflect on your own identity, worldview, and practices, in order to uncover assumptions and practices that are inequitable.
• Identify individual and institutional threats to equity.
• Build an action plan for relentless reflection, lifelong learning, and measurable milestones at the individual, departmental, and institutional levels.