Strategy 2.1.1 (Teaching Practices)
Offer faculty, staff, and graduate students professional development opportunities and other resources focused on inclusive and equitable teaching practices
Owners/Accountable Party
- Provost
- Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Actions
Near-term Actions
- Continue efforts through OOLD to provide DEI-informed professional development to faculty and staff in response to identified needs
- Expand faculty use of Open Educational Resources to reduce the cost of books
- Collaborate with the Director of Equity, Empowerment, and Prevention to provide training and education
Future Actions
- Expand inclusive workplace resources for UM managers
- Develop online learning modules for faculty and staff to provide education regarding tribal sovereignty and its implications for designing respectful partnerships
Completed and Ongoing Actions
- Established the Office of Organizational Learning and Development
- Established an Inclusive Teaching Practices repository of resources
- Annually offering through the Office of Organizational Learning and Development education sessions focused on inclusive pedagogy (e.g., Learning on Indigenous Land: Practicing and Inclusive Pedagogy; Inclusive STEM Teaching; Systemic Change in Graduate Education; Designing for Equity; Indigenous Mentoring Program)
- Offered OER training opportunities
- Offered Faculty Inquiry Project on Universal Design for Learning
- Offered Faculty Inquiry Project on Equity-Minded Teaching and Learning
- Funded UM team to participate in the AAC&U Institute on Open Educational Resources
- Developed recommended syllabi language
- Developed guidance for Unit Standards