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Civil, Safe, and Inclusive Classrooms

Civil, Safe, and Inclusive Classroom Resources

A variety of resources are available to UNO faculty and staff to support the creation of civil, safe, and inclusive classrooms.

Speakers Bureau

The Center for Faculty Excellence is developing of list of organizations and individuals who would be willing to serve as guest speakers and resources for individuals with questions about diversity, inclusion, and civility among other related topics.  If you would be interested in serving as a resource, please contact CFE at unofacdev@unomaha.edu.

Strategies

The following resources offer ideas and strategies for addressing differing aspects of creating civil, safe, and inclusive classrooms.

Bias

Teaching Tollerance: Reflective Teaching
http://www.tolerance.org/professional-development/reflective
Explore issues of race and privilege, anti-bias and multicultural education

Inclusivity

Teaching Tolerance: Classroom Strategies
http://www.tolerance.org/professional-development/strategies
Tools and approaches for creating more inclusive classroom environments

LARA Method (Cornell University)
https://blogs.cornell.edu/facultydevelopment/files/2016/05/LARA_UPDATED-24wzz94.pdf
Listen, affirm, respond, add (LARA) -- strategy for communicating across differences and engaging in conflict empathetically

Navigating Difficult Moments in the Classroom (Harvard)
https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/navigating-difficult-moments
Practical strategies for responding to those spontaneous moments when emotions run high

Civility

Some Dialogue Basics (Michigan State)
https://inclusion.msu.edu/_assets/documents/bic/BIC-Tips2-Dialogue-proof002-FINAL-Accessible.pdf
Resource on establishing dialogue as a form of communication in the classroom.

Joseph Clark: Encouraging Classroom Civility
http://tinyurl.com/fsucivility
General strategies for classroom management

Dialogue

Challenging Discussions
http://cet.usc.edu/challenging-discussions/
The University of Southern California (USC) Center for Excellence in Teaching offers this 8-module resource on "handling discussions that involve emotionally charged, controversial, or sometimes deeply personal topics."

Leading a Discussion
http://augmenting.me/cte/resources/nfrg/11_03_leading_discussion.htm
Practical tips for leading an effective classroom discussion
Checklist also available from http://augmenting.me/cte/resources/nfrg/11_11_leading_discussion.htm

Facilitating Political Discussion
https://tischcollege.tufts.edu/sites/default/files/Facilitating%20Political%20Dialogues%20Workshop.pdf
Guide for training facilitators to manage politically-charged discussions.