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Participants will learn strategies to address ableist microaggressions and create a positive learning environment for students and workplace environment for all. Participants will learn the history and the context of these microaggressions within our culture, and how they are most frequently used in an educational setting and in common vernacular. This can help eliminate barriers to equity that prevent student learning and the full participation of individuals and groups. Using an intentional focus coupled with respectful actions, participants will learn how to create more inclusive learning and work environments characterized by a sense of belonging and safety.
Courses
Microaggressions: Disability and Ableism (Equity) (3hr)
Clock Hour
Course Description
Participants will review a documentary film about people with disabilities in the Pacific Northwest regarding microaggressions. Participants will learn how to avoid and intervene to prevent microaggressions and create a positive learning environment for students and workplace environment for all. Participants will learn the history and the context of these microaggressions within our culture, and how they are most used in an educational setting and in common vernacular. Participants will learn that microaggressions embody the very definition of diversity in that it is the presence of similarities and differences within a given setting, collective, or group based on multiple factors including race and ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, age, educational status, religion, geography, primary language, culture, and other characteristics and experiences. These can lead to eliminating barriers in equity that prevent the full participation of individuals and groups, thus adding inclusion with intentionality and actions with respect, belonging and safety.Course Objectives
1: Participants will learn the definition of microaggressions and how they are used in the educational environment and in casual conversations. Participants will also learn the effects of microaggressions on students and colleagues (Standard 1. Understanding Self & Others and 2. Student, Family, & Community Engagement).
2: Participants will learn varying abilities, and how they manifest in classrooms, buildings, and districts (Standard 1. Understanding Self & Others 2. Student, Family, & Community Engagement 3. Learning Partnerships 4. Leading for Educational Equity).
3: Participants will learn how to eliminate microaggressions from their vocabulary and make a more inclusive learning environment (Standard 3. Learning Partnerships and 4. Leading for Educational Equity).
4: Participants will learn how to intervene and disrupt microaggressions when they see them occur in the learning and workplace environment (Standard 4. Leading for Educational Equity).
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