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Excellence in Equity Innovation Award - Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Dr. Candace Raskin and I were asked to craft an application for this award. The narrative of the application outlined the racial equity work being done in the Department of Educational Leadership. While it necessitated a very quick turn around time, we were able to tell the story of the mission and vision of the department complete with written testimonials from graduate students. Frankly, the story was easy to write because the work has been and continues to be so compelling. |
Chair, Curriculum and Instruction Advisory Board
As the chair, my charge is to: Guide the college with instructional and curricular changes that reflect research-based decision making, support state licensing requirements, reflect 21st century learning principles/skills, and address student learning outcomes, assessment for learning and effective teaching. This is aligned with Goal 2 of the College of Education: Increase the ability to practice racial equity among faculty, staff, students, and partners by examining existing systems and structures. The nexus of these two pieces is a place where instructors can intentionally insert issues of race into their curriculum and classroom instruction. In response, the members of the CIAB and I created a repository of racial equity classroom resources, groundings, and strategies and made it available to all COE instructors via OneNote. |
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Lead Coordinator, 7th Annual Leading Courageously for Racial Equity
As this was my third time coordinating this event, some things were easier because I along with others had put some systems and protocols in place. This year, however, held some unforseen challenges that required me to learn new aspects of the production of this conference including tracing registration finances and web development. All in all, I appreciated the knowledge and skills gained and will employ them as I prepare for next year's conference. I have included as artifacts the coordinated workstream chart outlining timelines and tasks, the produced video clip with conference highlights, and the registration website graphics. |
School of Applied Science (Polytech) workgroup
Because of my experience of starting an urban high school STEM academy, Brian Martenson approached me to serve on a workgroup to explore the possibility of creating the School of Applied Science (Polytech): Administered by the Dean of CSET. Among other things, the work group's charge was to: · Discuss what needs to be developed for the school to succeed (curriculum, programming, student services, faculty support, new resources, etc.) · What external stakeholders, potential partners, potential donors should be engaged in the process and continuing over time? · How might this school contribute to our Equity 2030 and other Diversity/Equity/Inclusion efforts? What supports would be necessary for that? As a result of my work with this group, I gained an understanding and appreciation for collaboration across several departments and colleges - each with a diverse set of ideas and perspectives of what is valued in terms of applied science. We will resume this workgroup in fall 2020 to bring some of our recommendations to fruition. |
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University of Minnesota College of Education & Human Development Dean's Advisory Board Member As a member since the fall of 2010, I have had the privilege of serving and contributing to a college that emphasizes equity, inclusion, and service to the state. I have had the pleasure of contributing my time, talents, and experience to further advance the vision and mission of the college. This included writing letters to legislators to ask for increased funding, working on equity taskforces, and doing voiceover and on-camera work to promote awarness of programs on behalf of the college. I've learned so much about what it takes to consider the various aspects of successfully leading a college. Dean Jean Quam retired in July of 2020. At that time, I, too, concluded my service as a board member. |