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What Your Colleagues Are Doing

The Community and Belonging Faculty Innovation Group worked with First-Year Experience and Pathways program administrators to identify faculty who agreed to share their best ideas for building community, belonging, and sustained engagement in the classroom.

Video

Time

Tags

One Great Question
with Eli Jamison

2.21

Discussion driven engagement; Safe space for ideas

Breaking the Ice
with Meg Emori

2.01

Large classes; Scaling up relationships; Imposter syndrome

Grading for Belonging
with Lauren DiSalvo

2.43

Alternative grading; Grades & well-being; Pathways to success

Creating a Space for Learning
with Takiyah Amin

2.16

Situational impacts that affect learning; Emotional cues

When Students Feel Seen
with Katherine Hall

3.19

Importance of names; Encouraging student interaction

Constructive Dialogue
with Susan Stinson

4.27

Discussion strategies; Constructive dialogue model

Pedagogical Partnerships
with Heidi Williams

3.34

Student feedback on teaching; Note taking; Engagement

Small Gestures Matter
with David Hicks

6.40

Connecting with students; Role of the syllabus; Strategies for checking in.

Break the Status Quo
with Austin Council

2.19

Acknowledging our shared humanity; Engagement