Equity Connect

A collection of digital resources, curated by the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Office of Student Equity, to support faculty, staff, administrators and students as they work to dismantle inequities in educational systems, policies and practices that create barriers, uphold anti-racist informed educational practices, and learn about the systemic impact on the success of students and employees of color. Our goal is that this website will be a clearinghouse providing a variety of equity-focused digital resources, including existing on-campus resources as well as external support. In addition, Equity Connect includes resources related to local, state and national conversations regarding diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and anti-racism and the impact these principles make on student success and student equity.

Get Connected

(can be adapted to remote instruction & student support)

Syllabi Construction

  • | Article | Academic Senate for California Community Colleges | November 2020
  • COVID Inspired Syllabus: | Article | The Daily Tarheel | March 23, 2020
  • Design your course syllabus--in 14 point font to be ADA compliant--with equity in mind.
  • Include an Inclusivity or Diversity Statement on your syllabus. Come up with your own, or feel free to use the Office of Student Equity Vision statement:

The °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Office of Student Equity is committed to inclusivity, equity and diversity among our college community members, including students, staff, faculty and administrators. We believe that all students, of varying backgrounds, races, abilities, nationalities, genders, sexual orientations, beliefs, religions, and socio-economic status, have the right to access higher education and receive the resources and support they need to achieve their educational and professional goals. We welcome, encourage, and engage in diverse perspectives in respectful dialogue, and our commitment is to be critically race-conscious, anti-racist, and culturally responsive in all that we do. Education is for all who enter the doors of this college. We welcome you.

  • | °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Office of Student Equity | Spring 2020
  • | A Guide| Center for Urban Education, USC | 2020​​​​​​
  • | Tulane Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching

  • | by Lene Whitley-Putz and Fabiola Torres

Getting to Know & Learning From Your Students

  • | Google doc | Strengthening Student Success Conference Presentation | Fall 2021
  • | Classroom Activity | George Ella Lyon | Writer and Teacher
  • | Classroom Activity | Critical Multicultural Pavilion: Awareness Activities | Ed Trust | 2020
  • Sample | Worksheet for students to fill out at the beginning of the semester | Office of Student Equity | May 2020

  • Sample | An opportunity for students to give faculty feedback for further improvement | Office of Student Equity | May 2020

Facilitating Dialogue

  • | Article | National Public Radio | June 9, 2020

Course Content & Methodology

  • | Online Class | CCC | February 27,2024
  • | Article PDF | Academic Senate for California Community Colleges | June 2022
  • | Google doc | September 3, 2021
  • | Blog | Center for Urban Education, University of Southern California
  • | Article | International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education | 2017
  • | Article | Academic Senate for California Community Colleges | July 2020
  • | Article | Chalk.org | November 17, 2021
  • | Article | University of New Mexico | July 25, 2020
  • Include your pronoun in your email signature, on your syllabus and other self-identifying documents; learn about the importance of pronouns and names. | A Guide | Office of Student Equity | Fall 2019
  • | Teaching Materials | Office of Student Equity | Fall 2019
  • | Article and Curriculum Resources| Teaching Tolerance | May 15, 2020
  • Get Ready for the Election || Articles and Lesson Plans | Teaching Tolerance | Spring 2020
  • | Article | Academic Impressions | May 1, 2020
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  • | Article | Teaching Tolerance | March 23, 2020

Grading & Assessment

  • | Website & Resources | Higher Ed Praxis | July 14, 2020
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  • | Google sheet | Date unknown
  • ​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹ | PDF | National Institution for Learning Outcomes Assessment | January 2020

  • | PDF | National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment | January 2017

Online-Specific Teaching & Learning

  • | Article | Faculty Focus | August 5, 2020
  • ​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹ | Article | Edutopia | August 21, 2020
  • | Article | US News & World Report | May 4, 2020
  • | Google Doc | Zeenar Salim, The Aga Khan University | 2020
  • ​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹| | CVC-OEI @ONE | May 28, 2020
  • | Resource List | °×С½ãÂÛ̳ | Spring 2020
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  • | Online training course | @ONE Online Network of Educators
  • ​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹ | Podcast w/transcription, readings and reasources | Teaching Tolerance | Spring 2020

  • | Recorded webinar | CORA | March 26, 2020

°×С½ãÂÛ̳ All-College Resources

  • | power point | Flex presentation | August 14, 2020
  • | PDF | Admissions and Records | °×С½ãÂÛ̳ | August 2020

  • Admissions and Records Virtual Counters | Website | °×С½ãÂÛ̳ | Spring 2020

Equity-Minded Hiring Practices

  • | Canvas Course Shell | Academic Senate for Community Colleges
  • | Recorded Webinar| Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative (IEPI) | May 2020|

Facilitating Dialogue

  • | Article | National Public Radio | June 9, 2020
  • | Strategies for Facilitating Difficult Discussions | | August 2018

Articles, Webinars & Resources

General College-Wide
  • | Article | March 25, 2024 
  • | (used for K-12 but has data information and equity group information) | December 15, 2023
  • | PDF | November 2023 
  • | Article| May 11, 2023
  • | Article | Chalkbeat | March 27, 2020
Allyship/Accompliceship
  • | Video 2  hours | April 2024
  • | Ten Percent Happier| June 12, 2020 |

  • | Website/Open Source Guide | 2016 

Accessibility
  • | Article | KQED | March 28, 2020
Culturally Responsive Practices
  • |Article | April 3, 2024 
  •  | Resource | April 23, 2024 
  • | Article | January 9, 2023
  • | Video | Flex Day Zoom Recording °×С½ãÂÛ̳ | August 2023
  • | Webinar | November 2023
  • | Webinar | March 2022
  • | Webinar | May 2022
  • | Article | Harvard Business Review | September 6, 2019
  • | Resource hub | Media Sutra and the NY Metro Center
  • | PDF | D.R. Garrison at University of Calgary
DEIA
  • | Resource | April 19, 2024 
  • | Report |May 5, 2023 
  • | Webinar 1 hour | May 2022
  • | Video 24 minutes | 
  • | Website | May 2021
  • | Google doc | Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources | 2022
  • |PDF|
  • | PDF | West-Ed Trust | 2021
  • | Website & Resources | California Virtual Campus - Online Education Initiative (CVC-OEI) | 2020

          Affinity Spaces

  • – April 18, 2023 
  • | Equity Report | February 2023
  • | Article | January 9, 2023 
  • | Article | February 2015
  • | Film | login to MyRam for access
  • | PDF | Payne Hiraldo
  • | Youtube | 10 week training | Luke Wood | September 22, 2019
  • | Article | Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development | January 2004
  • | Youtube | Oct 22, 2020
  • | Google doc | San Francisco Unified School District | Spring 2021
  • | Article | Teaching Tolerance | August 7, 2019
Dual Enrollment
  • | Resource | April 3, 2023 
  • | Article | 
  • | Resource | – February 28, 2023 
  • | Resource | February 17, 2023 
  • | Resource | February 2, 2023
  • |Resources |August 23, 2022
  • | Article | July 8, 2022 
Foster Youth
  • – January 9, 2024 
  • – July 11, 2023 
Local, Regional, & National Organizations
  • | Resource hub | Career Ladders Project (CLP)
  • | Resource | April 22, 2024 
  • | Resource hub | The Education Trust
  • | Recorded webinars | CA Perkins Joint Special Populations Advisory Committee (JSPAC)
  • | Resource hub | Up to date journalism on how COVID19 is impacting the criminal justice system
  • | Resource hub | National Equity Project
  • | Recorded webinars | Teaching Tolerance
Workforce Development
  • | Article | Heartland Alliance | Spring 2020
  • | National Association of Colleges and Employers | June 10, 2020
  • | Report | March 2024 
  • | Online Class 1 hour | September 2023
  • °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Virtual Counseling | Website | °×С½ãÂÛ̳
  • | A 1 ½ hour in-service training is available to Counseling Divisions via ConferZoom, which provides information about the partner schools, components of the program and counselors guidelines. Please contact Helen Young – Project Director – hyoung@elcamino.edu to set-up a date and time. | | June 2020
  • | PDF | RP Group | May 2020
  • | Article | Inside Higher Ed | March 23, 2020

  • | Community of practice for counseling professionals, CaCN

  • | PDF | RP Group | May 2020
  • | Article | Inside Higher Ed | March 23, 2020
  •  | Article and Resources | April 2024
  • | Resource Hub
  • | Multimedia Resource | ACES Aware | September 2021
  • | Articles and Webinar | Teaching Tolerance | May 26, 2020
  • | Article| Teaching Tolerance | March 17, 2020
  • | Resource hub | UC Berkeley
  • | Events and Resources about Mental Health and Support for people with Disabilities | June 2020

California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office

  • | Agenda with links | June 2024
  • | Webinar | April 20, 2024
  • | Webinar | IEPI | February 7, 2024
  • | Webinar | IEPI | January 11, 2024 
  • | Webinar 1 hour | IEPI (Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Institute) | January 11, 2024
  • |  Webinar | IEPI | October 4, 2023
  • | Webinar | IEPI | September 5, 2023
  • | Webinar | IEPI | June 7, 2023
  • | IEPI | May 3, 2023
  • | PDF| April 23, 2023
  • | Article PDF | March 21, 2022
  • | Board Doc | March 21, 2022
  • | Webinar recording | Chancellor's Office | June 3, 2020

  • | Chancellor Ely Oakley | June 5, 2020

State Academic Senate for California Community Colleges 

  • | Article and Resources | April 2024
  • (Rostrum, May 2022, 12 articles: follow-up to Summer 2020 Rostrum (see below)
  • (Summer 2020) 18 Articles
  • | Paper | 2021
  • | PDF | Adopted Fall 2019
  • | PDF | A Progress Report | February 2020
  • | Virtual Conference | July 7-10, 2020

Classified Professionals

Below are the webinar recordings of the 2024 Leadership Institute for Tomorrow (LIFT) series. Please click on the links below to be redirected to the webinar recordings and share these resources with classified professionals, classified administrators, etc. on your respective campuses.

  •  | Webinar recording | IEPI | February 9, 2024
  •  | Webinar recording | IEPI | March 1, 2024
  •  | Webinar recording | IEPI | April 19, 2024
  •  | Webinar recording | IEPI | May 17, 2024