Inclusive Instructors Academy
OPEN TO ALL LAFAYETTE FACULTY
Fall 2021 Call for Applications Now Open
Deadline to apply: May 21, 2021
Read about the Fall 2020 cohort.
Inclusivity is a core component of a Lafayette education. This academy will immerse participants in semester-long experience focused on inclusive teaching to advance instructional excellence at the College. Faculty members will attend 1.5 hour monthly meetings, read materials on inclusive teaching, discuss research-supported strategies for inclusion, develop their own goals for inclusion for the semester, implement strategies, and discuss and obtain feedback on their efforts with colleagues and a student partner. All tenure-line, visiting, and adjunct faculty of any experience level with regards to inclusive teaching are invited to apply.
All participants who complete the requirements of the academy will receive a certificate of completion.
Reasons to apply
- Create your own action plan for inclusive teaching
- Read and discuss timely articles on inclusive teaching
- Incorporate evidence-based inclusive strategies into your teaching practice
- Convene with participating faculty in 1.5-hour monthly meetings during the fall semester
- Collaborate with a student partner on strategies for inclusion
- Reflect on your own growth as an inclusive instructor
- Attend at least one Inclusive Teaching & Excellence series event during the semester