Documentation:CTLT Institute/Facilitator Community/2019 Winter

Overview

Please note that this workshop is developed with the Winter Institute Facilitators in mind; however, it is open to those who may have an interest in further developing their facilitation skills in general.

Do We Walk Our Talk? Creating Inclusive Workshop for a Diverse Learning and Teaching Community

While the goal of the Winter Institute is to create sustainable, inclusive, and thriving learning communities and many of us are bringing a wide range of amazing strategies to help each other optimize our learning environments, have we examined our own facilitation practices to ensure that we walk what we talk?

In order to reflect on current facilitation practices, participants are encouraged to bring an old or current workshop plan that they are prepared to scribble over with new ideas!

By the end of this facilitation development workshop, participants (and facilitators at various context) will begin to:

• Explore the diverse needs of our participants: faculty, staff, and maybe students
• Develop steps to find out needs of our participants
• Modify our workshop designs to create a more inclusive environment
• Bring an old or current workshop plan you have and be prepared to scribble over it with new ideas!

Logistics

Date: Thursday, October 31

Time: 2:30 – 4 PM

Room: Seminar Room 2.22

Set-up: Pods

Materials

In order to reflect on current facilitation practices, participants are encouraged to bring an old or current workshop plan that they are prepared to scribble over with new ideas!

Lesson Plan

Do We Walk Our Talk? Creating Inclusive Workshop for a Diverse Learning and Teaching Community

Materials		Time
	While they arrive, ask: Something (on paper, on screen) to engage them while they settle
	Welcome & Introduction Land acknowledgement Icebreaker Name, Role, Department Your learning goals for this session	5 min (5:00)
	Learning Objectives By the end of this session, participants will be able to: Explore the diverse needs of our participants: faculty, staff, and maybe students Develop steps to find out needs of our participants Modify our workshop designs to create a more inclusive environment Note: participants have been encouraged to bring an old or current workshop plan that they are prepared to scribble over  with new ideas!	1 min (6:00)
	What is Inclusion in the Learning Environment?	15 min (21:00)
	What is Inclusive Facilitation? Reflection (5 min) On your own: Recall an experience you have experienced on your own or that you have witnessed in a workshop that did not address your needs, or that of your fellow participants How did it (the experience or the witnessing) impact your own learning in the setting? (20 min) As a group: Share the experience Pay attention to why may the facilitators do to avoid such 'exclusion' Review Guideline on Accessibility and Inclusivity developed by CTLT EDSC (see link in Resources below) Large Group Debrief (35 min) In small groups with colleagues with similar interests, review lesson plans and identify places where inclusive practices may be included.	60 min (81:00)
	Summary What can you use in your next facilitation? Feedback Forms Complete the following sentences: I like/do no like __________ because __________. I would also like to say ______________________.	5 min (86:00)

Resources

Guidelines developed by CTLT EDSC:

https://wiki.ubc.ca/Documentation:CTLT/Accessibility_and_Inclusivity_Guidelines_for_Facilitators

Relevant websites:

http://www.facilitating.xyz/facilitators-can-infuse-diversity-inclusion-everything/