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Faculty FAQs

Practicing Empathy

We understand that you might be feeling [anxious, overwhelmed, testy, nervous, frustrated] with communication around our emergency situation. All decisions and communication are designed with a safe, healthy and supportive transition for you and your students in mind. Please remember empathy is important; everyone (students, faculty, staff, administration) is being asked to adapt to an emergency situation.

Everyone is going to be experiencing the “new normal” together. In the same way your courses were designed for in-person instruction, students may not be set up to engage in online learning for various reasons. Flexibility and grace is key. But we know that Solano Community College faculty, staff and students are resilient and will make it through. Let’s help each other where we can a provide grace when we don’t know how to help.

Remember: you can never over communicate in these periods. While the district will send out messaging, this doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t send out messages to your students about plans as well as their experiences during this emergency. Calm, support, and reassurance to students is key...don’t panic.

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Responding Racial Bias and Microaggressions in Online Environments

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The transition to online instruction and student services in response to COVID-19 presents a substantial challenge for most post-secondary institutions. Among the most pervasive challenges are issues with racial bias and racial microaggressions that serve to impede the student experience. In an environment typified by time constraints, stress, and the unknown – racial strife is at an all-time high. This webinar focuses on strategies that educators can use to address issues of bias and microaggressions in order to meet the needs of historically underrepresented and under-served students in the online environment. The conversation was facilitated by Drs. Frank Harris III and J. Luke Wood.

Employing Equity-Minded and Culturally-Affirming Teaching and Learning Practices in Virtual Learning Communities

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The webinar features Dr. Frank Harris III and J. Luke Wood, PhD - the unanticipated transition from face-to-face to online courses in response to COVID-19 presents a substantial challenge for many community college faculty, particularly thouse who have worked to create a teaching and learning environment that priorities equity and equity-mindedness. In this webinar, Drs. Wood and Harros will present some salient trends and issues that complicate the experiences of diverse community college learners in online courses and propose equity-minded teaching and learning strategies for faculty teaching online courses.

Keeping Students Engaged in a Transition to Online Learning

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As educators across the country and at all levels rush to shift their teaching to a virtual environment, their first focus is content and delivery—rightly so. Once that course starts, it becomes increasingly important for faculty to create a community in the online course by focusing on social, cognitive, and teaching presence from the proven framework of the Community of Inquiry. Of equal importance is arming faculty with how to identify online at-risk student behaviors that, if mitigated, can lead to better course outcomes and satisfaction for faculty and students, alike. This session will help you identify ways to proactively keep your students engaged in an online environment (course) and also what data to be looking out for to help mitigate attrition.

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