The Equity and Excellence Certificate Program is a professional development and anti-racism training opportunity for CSU faculty and staff as well as those within our surrounding school communities.
Course 1: Setting the Foundation for Advancing Racial Equity in Education
4-5 hours; prerequisite-asynchronous. (Can be completed in 3-4 weeks @ 1-2 hours/week – or in 1 week @ 1-2 hours/day)
- Participants will be able to articulate why anti-racist and social justice work is important to their work in education.
- Participants will be able to identify examples of the history of systemic racism and other systems of oppression in the U.S. and how these are related to deeply rooted policies and practices of U.S. education.
Course 2: Critical Self-Reflection
10-11 hours; semi-synchronous. (Completed in 6-7 weeks @1-2 hours/week)
- Participants will be able to reshape/refine mindsets about race/ethnicity, equity, and inclusion.
- Participants will be better able to attend to identities and intersectionalities, their own and those of others, and how these impact interactions within their sphere of influence.
- Participants will articulate how to take action to minimize biases and marginalization within their sphere of influence.
Course 3: Applying DEI Educator Practices
19-20 hours; semi-synchronous. (Completed in 8-9 weeks @ 2-3 hours/week)
- Participants will develop strategies for disrupting systemic oppression in their sphere of influence
- Participants will refine their articulation of why engaging in anti-racism and equity work is important to their work in teacher preparation and education