Dear Colleagues,
Greetings from the OpenLab at City Tech! Please see below for details on our upcoming Open Pedagogy event on Thursday, February 27. Please share this event with your networks. Refreshments will be served and part-time faculty are eligible for a stipend. You can RSVP by clicking this link and commenting on this post.
As always, feel free to contact us at OpenLab@citytech.cuny.edu with any questions/concerns. We hope to see you next Thursday evening!
Best,
The OpenLab Community Team
OpenLab@citytech.cuny.edu
General Event Info
Access in Service
Thursday, February 27, 2020, 4:30-6:00pm (Faculty Commons, N227)
*Refreshments will be served. (Thanks to the Faculty Commons for its generous support of this event!)
*Part-time faculty are eligible to receive a stipend for participation.
*Please RSVP by commenting on this post. Please share this invitation with your colleagues!
Access in higher education means more than implementing accommodations and access-centered pedagogy. Outside of the classroom, students face barriers to access in areas like advising, tutoring, and writing centers. These include a lack of culturally-responsive writing support, legal and advising support tailored to students\’ needs, and transparency around registration and financial aid. Faculty and staff who serve on committees, mentor students, and participate in various types of teaching and learning centers must think through how to serve both multiply-marginalized students and our institutions with access and justice in mind. In this event we will consider the following questions:
- How can university faculty practice inclusivity in mentoring and advising disabled and non-disabled students with shifting and complex needs?
- How do shifting cultural attitudes and norms impact how we think about access in higher education? What kind of shifting norms come up around using technology to facilitate access?
- What barriers to access do you encounter when you advise students and mentor students, formally or informally? What strategies have you used to reduce these barriers, and how do you learn from others about access-centered service opportunities?
- How can we, as individuals and institutions, reframe access to consider the full range of what a person (student, staff/faculty member) encounters at the college?
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*New York City College of Technology, CUNY is located at 300 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Enter the college on Jay Street (main entrance) and head up the stairs to your right (do not go down the few steps once you check in with security). When you reach the second floor, make a right again and head down the corridor. The Faculty Commons (N227) is on the right at the end.
