Faculty Toolkit

Resources for Building Inclusive and Respectful Classrooms

This set of resources offers practical tools for creating inclusive and respectful classroom environments. It emphasizes fostering collaboration, empathy, and mutual respect among students. By promoting positive interactions, these materials help cultivate a supportive space for effective learning and growth.

NIH Approach to Inclusive Excellence

The NIH's UNITE initiative aims to dismantle structural racism and increase underrepresented groups' participation in biomedical research through targeted funding, partnerships, and a focus on diversity, accountability, and transparency to enhance scientific innovation and inclusive excellence.

Acknowledging Charged Issues

The goal is to develop a pedagogical framework for addressing charged issues in the classroom, managing emotions, considering multiple perspectives when responding to challenges, and practicing tools to effectively navigate these sensitive topics with students

Creating Classroom Community Guidelines: Step-by-Step Guide

Establishing community guidelines in the classroom promotes an inclusive, respectful, and collaborative learning environment. This resources provides as step by step guide on how to establish these guidelines for your class.

Facilitating Hot Moments in Classroom Discussion

In challenging conversations, your role as a facilitator involves two key tasks: (1) keeping the discussion focused, forward-moving, and productive, and (2) stepping in when necessary to correct misinformation, clarify points, or summarize.

Preparing Students for Challenging Conversations

The syllabus serves as a crucial first touchpoint for students, using intentional language to outline course topics, set expectations, and prepare them for engaging in challenging conversations, whether planned or arising unexpectedly.

CEILS Teaching Guide

A guides offer a deep dive into the evidence-based best practices for course design and teaching with resources and guidance developed and/or curated by our team at the Center for Education and Innovations in the Sciences

Toolkit for Leadership, Diversity, and Community Building

This toolkit provides essential resources for leadership, diversity, and community building, offering guides on topics like diversity statements, AI in management, burnout prevention, and inclusion for LGBTQ+, Indigenous, and international communities. It also includes tools for dismantling racism and assessing organizational climate

Diversity & Inclusion

  • How to Write an Effective Diversity Statement

  • LGBTQ+ Toolkit

  • Native American and Indigenous Communities Toolkit

  • International Community Toolkit

Leadership & Management

  • What It Takes to Be a Great Leader

  • How to Use AI as a Manager

  • A Guide to Effective Lab Management

Well-Being & Community Engagement

  • Burnout Self-Test

  • Climate Assessment Toolkit

  • Dismantling Racism Toolkit

Tutorials

What it takes to be a great leader | Roselinde Torres | TED

Implicit Bias | Preface: Biases and Heuristics

How to integrate new people in the lab.