As election day nears, are you wondering how to navigate national politics arising in your classroom? What is your plan for how to handle class on Nov. 5 and the days after the election? Join with colleagues to discuss these and related teaching dilemmas. Find support by asking important questions, together. Facilitated by Belisa González, this Collaborative Inquiry session will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 12-1PM in the Center for Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (Job Suite 219). To keep the conversation manageable, space is limited to 10 participants each session. Register here: https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/event/10668126
Background on the series:
The Center for Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (CEIB) and the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) are collaborating on a series designed to create a place for faculty conversations about emergent topics that affect us as educators. Begun in 2023, the Emergent Collaborative Inquiry series relies on the concept of holding space to 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.
This Emergent Collaborative Inquiry will focus on how to navigate difficult conversations/moments in class, especially related to the US presidential election.
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.
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Mack Rovenolt at eib@ithaca.edu or 607-274-7011. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.