This course is designed to increase participants' understanding of implicit bias, racial privilege, institutional racism, and the role that equity plays in society and in the classroom.
This course will introduce you to available education data resources. Participants will learn how to review, disaggregate, and present data using an equity lens. Equity minded data analysis will ensure appropriate, targeted, academic services for student success. Participants will also learn how to engage stakeholders while examining their individual implicit and explicit bias, institutional beliefs, and behaviors which may contribute to inequitable outcomes. Completing this course qualifies Reedley College employees to become a Reedley College Data Coach.
This course will introduce participants to a variety of available educational data resources. Participants will learn how to evaluate, disaggregate, and present data effectively using an equity lens. Participants will also learn how to engage stakeholders and facilitate discussions about equity data and student success.
What do grades really measure? Is there a more accurate indicator of our students’ skills and abilities? The traditional grading system used in the U.S. is often more a measure of privilege or personality than of learning. It also creates a competitive, chilly course climate that can undermine efforts to build community with students and positions teachers as gatekeepers, as opposed to partners. In this course we will investigate alternative strategies for indicating student learning that is more equitable, more accurate, and more effectively promote student agency and motivation. We will also discuss some simple changes instructors can make to their syllabus policies and course design that can increase grading equity and student engagement with the learning process.
Discover the intricacies of supporting English as a Second Language (ESL) students no matter the context. This class will cover the different classifications of ESL students, the link between culture and language, and the best practices for teaching and supporting these students.
Discover the intricacies of supporting Disabled Students and Students with Accommodations no matter the context. This class will cover bias, ADA laws, Universal Design, and more.
This course is designed to teach ways to include best practices for meeting the reading and writing needs of a diverse student population. Students will discover ways to teach reading and writing within the context of their own courses.
This course will introduce you to effective practices in online instruction by building on a solid understanding of California Community College distance education policies and procedures.
This course serves as an introduction to Open Education and Open Educational Resources (OER), providing teachers with new options for selecting textbooks and other course resources to make the best decisions for their students.
Our Creating Accessible Online Course provides an overview of accessibility within online courses, focusing on the skills needed to make instructional course content both technically accessible and usable to a broad range of students. The course covers how to use online tools, including those in Canvas, to create accessible resources, retrofit existing resources, and curate new resources. The focal point of the course is learning how to use editors (both in your CMS and in common software, such as Microsoft Word) to enhance accessibility.
This course is designed to help instructors learn the basics of how to use Canvas effectively in brick and mortar classrooms AND online learning environments. Successful completion of this class does not qualify instructors to teach online. Please see CELA 307 for online teaching certification.
The first ten minutes a student is in a course can make or break their experience. Designing a course with the needs of diverse students in mind allows you to hit just the right note for that crucial first "introduction" and build intuitive elements that support each student's success. Participants discover the power of three important "tens" in an online student's interaction in the course--the first 10 minutes, the first 10 hours, and the first 10 days. The course covers strategies to authentically welcome students, design impactful home pages, plan intentional communication, and create a community in your online class.
