CEILS Equity & Justice Trainings
Supporting individuals, teams and departments to become anti-racist educators and apply the design justice framework to their course design.
Supporting individuals, teams and departments to become anti-racist educators and apply the design justice framework to their course design.
Thank you for visiting this site to learn more about the opportunities provided by UCLA’s Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences. CEILS has developed targeted workshops to support our instructional communities at UCLA to embrace and strengthen anti-racist teaching practices in the classroom.
Funding and support for the development of these materials have been provided by the Dean of Life Sciences, Dr. Tracy Johnson, and Dean of Physical Sciences, Dr. Miguel Garcia-Garibay, and leadership from the David Geffen School of Medicine, in addition to funding by an NSF INCLUDES Aspire Allliance award (#1834526).
Below you can review our current workshop offerings and information on how to connect with us to plan the approach that works best for you and your colleagues.
The CEILS Becoming an Anti-racist Educator Conversation Series reflects and creates space for discussion of one’s own racial identity development and how racial identity and other social identities impact our learning environments. With colleagues, participants in these discussions will spend intentional time on student-centered, inclusive and equitable, and anti-racist action strategies that can be implemented in the classroom and laboratory learning environments to work against the impacts of racism.
Feedback from a recent participant:
“Before this series, I would have been hesitant to interrupt a microaggression – due to not knowing if it was a big deal and feeling uncomfortable. Now I realize it’s important to say something, even if I’m not sure exactly what to say.” and “I plan to mitigate the impacts of racism in higher ed by including historically underrepresented and minority student voices in the planning process for curriculum”.
*Our upcoming workshops are open to instructors, faculty, and teaching postdocs who teach courses in the Life and Physical Sciences. There will be future offerings for graduate students, dates TBD.*