Belonging at Jefferson

You can access these PD opportunities through Blackboard. When you first open Blackboard, it will be on the Institution Page. At the bottom of this page, you'll see the PD Repositories. 

You'll see the different PD choices. Select the PD Repository that you would like to use and then find the specific sessions that you want to use. 

To access the Go2Knowledge resources, just click on the link within Blackboard. You will automatically be logged in and can view any of these great materials on belonging: 

• Incorporating Mindset, Belonging, & Resilience in Your First-Year Experience Course (60 minutes)
• Incorporating Mindset, Belonging, & Resilience in Your First-Year Program (60 minutes)
• Incorporating Mindset, Belonging, & Resilience into Advising, Peer Mentoring and Orientation (60 minutes) 
• Addressing Implicit Bias & Microaggressions to Create an Inclusive Classroom & Campus Community (60 minutes)
• Creating & Sustaining an Inclusive Campus Culture: Addressing Microaggressions, Implicit Bias, & Other Exclusionary Events (60 minutes)
• Creating Inclusive Classroom Environments: Addressing Implicit Bias, Microaggressions & Exclusion (60 minutes)
• Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices: How to Create an Inclusive Climate (60 minutes)
• Engaging Male College Students: Advancing Learning, Social Development, & Success (60 minutes)
• Equity & Inclusion in the Online Environment (60 minutes)
• How to Better Serve Underrepresented Populations: A Strengths-Based Approach (60 minutes)
• How to Develop, Nurture & Enhance Cultural Competence on Campuses (60 minutes)
• How to Make Online Courses More Accessible & Inclusive: Compliance, Diversity & Ethics (75 minutes)
• Islamophobia: How We Can Support Muslim Students, Faculty & Staff and Ensure Their Safety (90 minutes)
• Practical Ways to Support LGBTQ+ Students in the Classroom (60 minutes)
• Strategies to Foster LGBTQ+ Inclusion in the College Classroom (75 minutes)
• Supporting Non-Binary Students: Creating Institutional Inclusion Strategies (60 minutes)
• Supporting Non-Binary Students: Strategies for Understanding, Resource Development, & Inclusion (75 minutes)
• They Are Coming, Are We Ready? How to Institutionalize Pronouns in Higher Education (30 minutes)
• Supporting Students with ADHD: Practical Strategies to Enhance Success (90 minutes)
• Supporting Students with Autism: Teaching Strategies, Accommodations Requests, & Parental Involvement (90 minutes)
• Supporting the Asian Student Community: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Recruiting & Retaining Faculty & Staff of Color: Challenges, Opportunities & Strategies (90 minutes)
• Retaining Faculty & Staff of Color: Changing the Culture through Needs Analysis, Planning & Implementation (90 minutes)

To access the Magna 20-Minute Mentor resources, just click on the Magna Repositories link in Blackboard. You will then be prompted to chose between Magna 20-Minute Mentor and Magna Commons. Select Magna 20-Minute Mentor. You will automatically be logged in and can view any of these great materials on belonging: 

• How Do I Infuse Equity into Any Online Class? (27 minutes)
• How Can I Make the Activities in My Course More Inclusive? (20 minutes)
• What Is Intercultural Competence and How Can It Improve My Teaching? (17 minutes)
• How Can I Build Community in My Online Classes? (21 minutes)
• What Culturally Responsive Teaching Techniques Can I Use to Improve Learning? (16 minutes)

To access the Magna 20-Minute Mentor resources, just click on the Magna Repositories link in Blackboard. You will then be prompted to chose between Magna 20-Minute Mentor and Magna Commons. Select Magna Commons. You will automatically be logged in and can view any of these great materials on belonging: 

• Creating a Sense of Belonging for BIPoC in a College Course (53 minutes)
• Design and Teach an Equitable and Inclusive Course (64 minutes)
• Bringing Diversity and Inclusion into Your Quantitative Course (60 minutes)
• Beyond Pedagogy: Infusing Equity into Your Syllabus, Assignments, and Course Content (56 minutes)
• Increasing Inclusion and Interaction: Disabilities in the College Classroom (49 minutes)
• Facilitating Success: A Guide to Creating a Trauma-Sensitive Classroom (51 minutes)
• Leveraging the Neuroscience of Trauma for Informed Teaching, Part 1 (57 minutes) and Part 2 (63 minutes)
• Trauma-Informed Pedagogy: Teaching in Uncertain Times (60 minutes)
• Three Secrets to Building Diverse and Inclusive Online Learning Environments (46 minutes)
• Collaborative Approaches that Support Neurodiverse Students (73 minutes)
• Simple Strategies to Create an Inclusive Classroom for Gender Variant Students (40 minutes)
• Build International Student Success with Intercultural Awareness (51 minutes)
• Teaching Non-Traditional Students: An Asset-Based Approach (52 minutes)
• From Rucksack to Backpack: Ensuring Student Veteran Success (59 minutes)
• Four Strategies to Engage the Multicultural Classroom (90 minutes)
• Identifying and Eliminating Common Administrative Barriers for Transgender Students (75 minutes)
• Advanced Online Seminar: Transgender Students and Creating a Safe, Inclusive, and Legally Compliant Environment (40 minutes)
• 10 Skills to Increase Your Community’s Diversity Competence (74 minutes)
• Recruiting a Racially Diverse, Culturally Competent Faculty (90 minutes)