Course Objectives

Witnessing Whiteness: Workshop Series Implementation Practicum Course # Ongoing Enrollment

Professor: Dr. Shelly Tochluk COE Vision The College of Education is a premier learning Office: Mount Saint Mary’s University – Los Angeles community of teachers, leaders, and counselors who contribute positively to a global society. Education Department Phone: Dr. Shelly Tochluk – 213-477-2623 COE Mission The College of Education prepares skilled professionals who inspire excellence and create E-mail: [email protected] transformative change in the schools and communities in which they serve. Office Hours: via internet group discussion or by appt. To this end we: ♦ Enhance scholarship, achievement, and service Required Textbooks: through collaborative partnerships, ♦ Promote and model innovative, ethical, and Tochluk, S. (2010). Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk research-based practices, and About Race and How to Do It. Roman & Littlefield-Education: ♦ Embrace inclusion and social justice. Landham, MD. COE Goals Tochluk, S. (2010). Witnessing Whiteness: A Workshop Series. ♦ Ensure high quality preparation of education and counseling professionals Available online at www.witnessingwhiteness.com on the Workshop Series page. ♦ Engage in research-based inquiry and practice Course Format: This course is an independent, application ♦ Embrace diversity through action based practicum that requires course participants to 1) locate ♦ Proactively collaborate with the community one or more facilitation partners with whom to thoroughly review and consider the book, Witnessing Whiteness (2nd Ed.), ♦ Provide continual professional growth and its companion workshop series curriculum, 2) create a plan opportunities to implement the series, 3) implement the 11-part series with a group of community partners in the course participant’s home ♦ Infuse and enhance the use of technology community, and 4) evaluate and reflect on the process. Course COE Motto participants will create an individualized timeline and plan for Creativity completion with community partners and seek approval for the Opportunity plan from the course instructor. The course instructor will serve Excellence as a support throughout participants’ planning and implementation process and will receive pre-scheduled updates Office Hours throughout the process. 8:00am-5:00pm M-F

Contact Course Overview: This course offers participants the Phone: 719-255-4996 opportunity to use knowledge and skills related to anti-racism, Fax: 719-255-4110 racial identity, and white privilege to 1) support the growth and 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway development of individual community members, 2) develop Colorado Springs, CO 80918 shared understandings among community members, and 3) increase the capacity for groups to work collectively to interrupt http://www.uccs.edu/~coe/index.html white privilege and racism in their immediate environments. Essential topics covered include: the need to attend to race issues, culture and appropriation, authentic interactions, the history of whiteness, racial identity formation, privilege, transformative relationships, racial scripts, personal and group action planning, and cultural change. Course Objectives:

 Objective 1: Participants will increase understanding of how white privilege and racism manifest in their home communities in covert ways  Objective 2: Participants will increase understanding of how to play a role in the growth and development of individuals’ anti-racism practice  Objective 3: Participants will deepen their recognition regarding the need for individuals to take up leadership for consciousness raising and organizing to disrupt privilege and racism.

Course Expectations:

Technology Competencies. It is expected that course participants begin the program with basic computing skills that include using Microsoft Word to write papers, accessing online workshop resources, and corresponding by email.

Communication will be by email and posting on the internet. All direct communication regarding the course can be directed to Dr. Shelly Tochluk at [email protected].

Attendance, Preparation, and Participation: Participants are expected to follow scheduled due dates and be thoroughly prepared and timely for appointments. Concepts, definitions, examples, and procedures presented in the required text should be understood well enough to be discussed.

Thoughtful creation of timelines and plans are vital for acquiring the knowledge necessary to meet the course objectives. Additionally, participants' participation contributes to an interchange of ideas and experiences that benefit everyone. The instructor reserves the right to reduce a student's grade for failure to follow scheduled deadlines or inconsistent communication.

Ethical Conduct: The responsibility for ethical conduct, academic honesty and integrity rests with each individual member of the UCCS community. The Student Codes and Academic Policies (which may be found at http://www.uccs.edu/~dos/studentconduct/index.html) should be followed. In general, academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on assignments, plagiarism (which means misrepresenting as your own any work done by another), misuse of academic materials, or interfering with another student’s work. Violations of the honor code may result in a failing grade in the course and reporting to the program director.

Diversity Statement: The faculty of the College of Education is committed to preparing participants to recognize, appreciate, and support diversity in all forms – including ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, economic, physical, and intellectual – while striving to provide fair and equitable treatment and consideration for all. Any participant who believes that he/she has not been treated fairly or equitably for any reason should bring it to the attention of the instructor.

Special Assistance: Reasonable accommodations will be made for participants who have a documented disability, which interferes with completion of this course. It is your responsibility to request any accommodations before assignments are due. Please contact Disability Services (255-3354 at UCCS) or the instructor if you have questions.

Absence policy: Any potential participant may be disallowed from registering for the course if the participant cannot commit to satisfying all course requirements according to deadlines. 2 Appeals: In any academic issue, including attendance decisions, participants may exercise their right to appeal. Should the faculty member and student be unable to agree on appropriate accommodation under this policy, either party shall have the right to request mediation as outlined in the grievance policies of the College of Education and the UCCS Student Standards.

Assignments (graded activities):

Assignment #1 – Personal Preparation/Needs Assessment 20% of grade Course participants will partner with one or more individuals to create a facilitation team, thoroughly review the text and workshop series materials with the team partner(s), and complete a personal/team needs assessment in order to prepare the facilitation team to implement the series. Due Date: To be determined

Assignment #2 – Community Engagement Plan 20% of grade Course participants will collaborate with the facilitation team members to outreach to individuals or groups in order to recruit between 5 and 25 workshop participants. Course participants will create a schedule for the series implementation in consultation with facilitation team, series participants, and community groups (as needed). Due Date: To be determined

Assignment #3 – Series Implementation Log 20% of grade Course participants will complete and turn in a Series Implementation Log that tracks the experiences of the facilitation team throughout the series. Due Date: To be determined

Assignment #4 – Assessment Report 20% of grade Course participants will utilize an assessment tool in order to evaluate program effectiveness. Data collected and analyzed will be from pre and post series surveys. Course participants will write an evaluative reflection of the outcomes of the series. (Template of survey for data collection will be available as an online resource. This assignment must be started very early in the process and includes multiple steps for completion, including a pre-survey.) Due Date: To be determined

Assignment #5 – Reflection 20% of grade Course participants will write a personal reflection discussing lessons learned throughout the process of preparing for, implementing, and evaluating the series. Particular emphasis will be placed on learning related to course objectives. Due Date: To be determined

Assessment: Each Assignment will be graded using a rubric that will be distributed along with the assignment guidelines. Participants are encouraged to look closely at the rubric to ensure that their assignments meet expectations for quality work.

3 Witnessing Whiteness: Workshop Series Implementation Practicum Course Calendar

Assignment due dates are determined through written communication between course instructor and course participant. All assignments must be turned in in the order appearing below.

Activities Key Questions Assignment Due

 Review text and  Do I have the understandings needed to 1. Needs curriculum support people in this process? Assessment  Create facilitation  What do I need to do to prepare myself to team facilitate this series?  Conduct needs  Do I have a facilitation team in place that assessment is ready to implement this series?  Planning for  Who will participate in this series? 2. Community implementation  Am I working with individuals or a Engagement Plan defined group?  When will we begin?  How often will we meet and for how long?  When will the facilitation team meet to debrief and prepare each workshop?  Series participant  See assessment template for ideas pre assessment  Conduct 11-part  What went well in the session? 3. Series series  What would I do differently if I could run Implementation  Reflect and complete the session again? Log session reflection  What changes would I make to the after each workshop curriculum?  Series participant  Did this series achieve the intended goals? 4. Assessment post assessment  See assessment template for ideas Report  Analysis of data with facilitation team  Write up results  Final write up  What have I learned regarding how white 5. Final Reflection regarding the process privilege and racism manifest in my and achievement of community? course objectives  What knowledge, skills, and understanding do I have that can help me play a role in the growth and development of individuals’ anti-racism practice?  To what degree is it important for individuals to help people raise their awareness of white privilege and racism and organize to disrupt their manifestation?