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Key Content
FLC Overview
Be sure to start by reading the FLC Framework. The “Three Rs”—Relationships, Relevance, and Rigor—will be central to our thinking as we work together to develop equitable teaching practices and resources.
Requirements for Participants
This Faculty Learning Community helps you produce just one thing: an Action Plan.
The Action Plan is a detailed plan for implementing an equitable teaching practice into one or more of your courses. It walks you through every step:
- Identifying a need your students have
- Choosing an evidence-based practice that is well-suited to address the need
- Creating a timeline for implementation
- Determining what challenges or needs you may have, and what resources can help you address them
- Crafting an evaluation plan to measure efficacy
Participants in our FLC will be at different points in their equity awareness and practice. Further, we all have unique campus/community environments, students, and challenges. Just as insisting your students all take exactly the same learning path in your classes is likely to hamper learning for many, we know that insisting all of you complete the same path to an Action Plan would be counterproductive. We are interested in helping you develop your competence, not in tracking your compliance, so we will not be taking attendance, tracking your discussion posts, or otherwise forcing you to learn in a prescribed way. We will require the submission of a completed Action Plan by the end of our community’s time together, but your engagement with the remainder of our learning activities and resources is up to you. That said, you are much more likely to get the most from our FLC if you engage! Here are the ways you can do so.
Readings, Links, & Videos
Each two-week module will contain “key content” and a “deeper dive.” You can anticipate that the key content will be part of the discussion in your live sessions, so try to read or view that material prior to attending the live session for the module. If you find yourself intrigued, skeptical, or otherwise seeking related information, take a look at the deeper dive for that module. NOTE: the Deeper Dive in Module 3 is an important place to find resources for specific types of equitable teaching practices you may choose to pursue for your Action Plan.
Live Sessions
In addition to a one-hour kick-off meeting, you will be meeting with your community every other week for 90 minutes at a set day and time, for a total of five sessions (see the Course Overview for a schedule and Zoom link). While we do understand that life and professional obligations are inevitable, you will get the most out of this community by being present for these sessions. If you must miss a session, check out the Community Conversations document linked in the Start Here opens in new window module for an outline of the session and related conversation.
Discussions
“Post once, reply twice…” NOPE. These discussions are designed to help you stay con