Now Accepting Applications!
Apply by September 12th for the Fall 2024 cohort
CU Dialogues offersa micro-credential workshop series forCU «Ƶ graduate students.Micro-credentials are issued and acknowledged by CU «Ƶ’s Registrar’s Office to recognize sustained inquiry and skill-building around a focused topic. The Fall 2024 DEI-Informed Dialogic Pedagogy workshop serieswill be offered to up to 20 graduate student instructors and will meet over the course of 10 weeks. Through in-person sustained dialogue practice, asynchronous activities, and readings, participants will learn about DEI-grounded dialogue, with attention to designing and facilitating dialogic practices that center intersectional equity in classroom practices.
The creation and offering of this micro-credentialis part of a long-term goal of advancing a campus culture attentive to dialogue and listening across many intersectional identities. We see thisworkshop series for graduate instructors as one pathway for developing a network of opportunities for undergraduate students to experience DEI-grounded dialogue in CU classes. In the future, we hope to establish a comparable workshop series for faculty.
The DEI-Informed Dialogic Pedagogy Micro-credential equips graduate students to:
- Integrate DEI-grounded dialogic practices that center intersectional equity into their teaching,
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Develop critical self-awareness around positionality and power in instructional spaces,
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Createa cross-disciplinary community for graduate students, particularly for those who are from historically marginalized backgrounds.
Workshop Series Details:
- The program will run for 10 weeks, starting the second week of the fall semester (week of Sept 26th). Thursdays 3:30-5:00pm alternating in person and remote.
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Participants should commit to one 90 minute-longmeeting each week. This will be a combination of in person and remote gatherings. In addition, participantsshould plan on ~30 minutes of prep work before each session.
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Participants will have the rest of the fall semester to completetheir learning portfolio and demonstration of competenciesin order to earn the microcredential digital badge.