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When Students Have Ninety-Nine Problems and Your Syllabus Is One: Five Equity-Minded Practices That Remove Barriers for Success
April 24, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Many community college students face a number of barriers that threaten their ability to meet academic goals, including work, competing obligations with family and friends, and bills that make paying for college difficult. Yet, with hope, they enroll at community colleges with a desire to change the trajectory of their lives, only to be met with policies that exacerbate the pressures they already face. Many times, the syllabus paints the class as one more problem they must overcome, lengthening the path to their success rather than providing a roadmap for its attainment. This webinar helps instructors recognize some of the barriers created by the tone and policies in the syllabus and provides strategies for using the syllabus as a tool to create a clearer path to students’ success.
By the end of this workshop, participants know or will be able to:
- Identify distinctive needs community college students have.
- Identify ways in which the syllabus can anticipate and address the needs of community college students.
- Begin transforming deficit-minded practices and policies to equity-minded practices and policies.
To register for this webinar, create your NISOD account. Once your NISOD and OTC accounts are linked, you’ll be able to register for available webinars free of charge!
