The Center for Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (CEIB) and the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) are collaborating on a new series designed to create a place for faculty conversations about emergent topics that affect us as educators. Using the concept of holding space we will strive to create a place that allows people with a range of expertise and relationships to a given topic to have conversations on subjects we are uncertain about, but nonetheless affect us and our work as educators. The space invites uncomfortable conversations with the goal of building skills and language to navigate challenges and change in educational spaces. Ideally, this is a space to ask honest questions, grapple with uncertainty, and learn from one another about how different topics show up in the classroom, rehearsal spaces, labs, etc. It is not a space intended for argumentation or reaching collective consensus. Rather, it’s a facilitated dialogue and exploration around our experiences as educators. Consider joining your colleagues in this conversation.
The second Emergent Collaborative Inquiry will focus on how the upcoming US presidential election, and related media coverage, are showing up in our educational spaces. Two sessions on this topic are available: this Wednesday, Feb. 14, 12-1 in the CFE (Gannett 316), and next Thursday, Feb. 22, 9-10, in the CEIB (Job 214). To keep the conversation manageable, space is limited to 8 participants each session.
Do you have a topic that you would like to suggest for the next Emergent Collaborative Inquiry session? If so, please let us know at eib@ithaca.edu.