Teaching Center:

UCI Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI)

Professional Development Resources

• Inclusive Teaching Institute  

  • The Inclusive Teaching Institute (ITI) is a faculty-led professional development program designed to support faculty in cultivating a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility (DEI-A) culture in the classroom that supports the needs of all students, regardless of their backgrounds. 

• AccessibiliTrees Badging Program
  • UCI's commitment to creating content that is accessible, usable, and inclusive for all requires the effort of every Anteater - whether student, faculty or staff. To help UCI grow a flourishing community, we've taken a cue from nature and created a fun 3-phase badging program we're calling "AccessibiliTrees!" Just as plants need certain conditions (sun, soil, water, nutrients, etc.) to grow and thrive, accessibility requires creating intention, nurturing the understanding of accessibility principles and refining skills and techniques using available tools.

  • The AccessibiliTrees program will help you grow your knowledge and practice of accessibility principles from a Zot Sprout, to an Anteater Sapling, to a full-grown AccessibiliTree. In each level, you can choose-your-own-adventure from various quick and easy activities. When you complete a level, you'll receive a badge you can share in your email signature and social media profiles.

     

• DTEI Graduate Scholars
  • Summer program leveraging graduate student and faculty collaborations to improve courses by leveraging inclusive practices in any course modality (online, hybrid, in-person). Graduate students receive pedagogical training and mentorship while faculty receive direct assistance from graduate students for course and curricular enhancement.
     
• Pedagogical Wellness Initiative:
  • Recently hired a Pedagogical Wellness Specialist to support the health and wellbeing of our diverse students and instructors by promoting the use of evidence-based strategies into teaching and learning environments. Our specialist promotes these through workshops, consultations, research, and service on committees/workgroups.

Accessible Technology Resources 

• Digital Learning Institute

• Siteimprove Learning Circle 

• Accessibility Research Collective 

• Campus template for faculty 

• Teaching Accessibility Guide

• Self-paced Teaching Accessibility Course

Technology/teams to support disability services:

Student disability center & other student-facing organizations supporting disability services:

• Disability Services Center 

  • Our mission is to empower students to maximize their abilities to thrive in today’s global community. At the UCI, providing a culture of inclusion and equal opportunity for students with disabilities is a campus wide responsibility and commitment. UCI demonstrates its core values of individual growth, development, civility, and diversity by recognizing students with disabilities as an important part of its student body.

• ZotAbility Ally

  • 90 min. workshop to become a ZotAbility Ally. This workshop is designed to challenge personal biases, provide awareness, promote diversity, and includes a panel to hear first-hand experiences from UCI students.

  
   

Campus initiatives related to disability:

• Association for Disabled Faculty and Staff (ADFS)

  • Mission: We are a collective of UCI faculty and staff with disabilities and their allies who seek to build community and advocate for equity, access, and inclusion at UCI and in other academic work environments.

• Neurodiversity Support Group
  • Our goals are to increase awareness about neurodiversity at UCI and beyond; support the academic success of neurodiverse students; improve wellness among neurodiverse students.

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