The Inclusive Instructor Tracy Dusseau, M.S. Ed.

Guest Host: Chelsey William, Faculty - LBCC Communications Department. Chelsey and I discuss the role that EQ plays in student success and retention. We explore the many ways in which faculty can implement key features of EQ to promote student growth and resiliency. Episode Notes.

Guest: Michaela Willi Hooper, Faculty member with LBCC's Library. Michaela began at LBCC in 2017 and is the college’s OER and copyrighted material expert . She also co-chairs the Textbook Affordability Steering Committee and leads the effort to provide students with low or no cost course materials. Michaela joins me to discuss Open Educational Resources (OER). Open Educational Resources (OER) are “any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or...

Guest: Kellie Sturgeon, Accessible Technology Specialist with the Center for Accessibility Resources (CFAR) at LBCC. Kellie earned a nursing degree in 1979 and worked as an Emergency Room nurse for 25 years before returning to school and earned a Master’s Degree in Family Counseling. Kellie's role at the college is working with students and faculty in reducing and removing barriers to student success through the implementation of accommodations and other strategies that "level the playi...

Guest: Javier Cervantes, Director of the Department of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) at LBCC. The title of this episode is from Dr. Josephine Mendez Negrete’s Pedagogical Conocimientos: Self and Other in Interaction”. In this work, she examines ways to unpack inequities (race, ethnicity, gender, class, etc.) and "build a sense of belonging or inclusion when we realize that we all carry knowledge, have the capacity to know, and have variant ways to express it, we asserted...

Sonya James, Guest: Sonya James - PT Faculty and Academic Planning Specialist with LBCC University Partnership Program joins me to discuss a student population who aren't talked about much - those who are experiencing incarceration. Sonya and I explore the barriers, challenges and successess of students who are taking college classes while housed in an adult or youth detention facility. We examine the ways in which inclusive instructional design, equitable content delivery and assessmen...

LBCC Faculty Member, Rob Priewe - Journalism Department, joins me to discuss flexibility with assignment and project deadlines. Rob and I talk about the diverse needs and experiences of students in the college learning environment. Flexible due dates can remove barriers and increase the opportunity for students to succeed. Rob shares the evolution of his teaching practice as he prepares students for post-college careers. He provides examples of when and how flexibility with deadlines benefits...