25.10.20
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EQUITY + INCLUSION

Equity + Inclusion - Demonstrate the awareness, attitude, knowledge, and skills required to equitably engage and include people from different cultures and backgrounds. Engage in anti-oppressive practices that actively challenge the systems, structures, and policies of racism and inequity. (NACE Competencies for a Career-Ready Workforce)

Skills / Knowledge

  • Show Curiosity
  • Incorporate Diverse Perspectives
  • Recognize and Challenge Bias
  • Exhibit Flexibility

Earning Criteria

Required

skill

To earn the equity + inclusion micro-credential, students must demonstrate proficiency in the following areas (Education Design Lab Durable Skills Sub-Competencies):

Show Curiosity - Individuals demonstrate cognitive and affective openness to and interest in change and difference.

  • Demonstrates a desire to learn

  • Generates ideas that represent unconventional ways of thinking about a problem

  • Demonstrates openness to new experiences, approaches, and/or relationships

  • Probes deeply, asking relevant questions and exploring responses

Incorporate Diverse Perspectives - Enlarge the conversation; challenge their own thinking; and maximize group effectiveness.

  • Recognizes diverse perspectives as an asset

  • Identifies multiple diverse perspectives

  • Avoids stereotyped assumptions

  • Identifies concrete steps for creating a productive working environment

  • Identifies concrete steps for encouraging candid and open discussion

  • Demonstrates importance of business priorities

Recognize + Challenge Bias - Reject “othering”; work effectively in multicultural settings; and avoid ethnocentrism.

  • Observes without judging

  • Identifies potential issues from other’s perspective

  • Identifies three specific ideas using the “platinum rule”

  • Avoids Ethnocentrism

  • Shows perspective

  • Identifies the experience of “othering”

  • Demonstrates thoughtfulness and insight

  • Observes without judging

Exhibit Flexibility - Adapt and adjust to new and changing situations.

  • Chooses and explains a reasonable option

  • Chooses and explains an option that leaves opportunities open

  • Chooses and explains option based on reality of situation

  • Chooses and explains option that incorporates new information

  • Chooses and explains option based on personal preference and evolving understanding of situation

knowledge

Pre/Post Test for the sub-competencies: 

  1. Can you consider different viewpoints and challenge your own assumptions?

  2. Can you work effectively in diverse groups?

  3. Can you avoid making generalizations or stereotypes?

  4. Can you identify and address biases in yourself and others?

  5. Can you work effectively in multicultural settings?

  6. Can you avoid making ethnocentric assumptions?

  7. Can you adapt to new and changing situations?

  8. Are you open to change and innovation?

  9. Can you adjust your approach as needed?