This past Friday Elise N. and I hosted the last inservice of the 2011-2012 academic year, “A Conversation about Discrimination in Tutorials.” Our overall goal was to encourage conversation about our experiences with encountering discriminatory language and attitudes in tutorials, and we were very pleased with the amount of extensive conversation that arose. That said, both Elise and I knew that we would not be able to cover all the territory surrounding  discriminatory language/attitudes in tutorials within the hour and a half time limit, and we hope that this inservice sparks further conversation. A series of quotes, questions, readings, and “Looking back; Looking Forward” next steps are available for you to look over in the prezi Elise and I created. The next steps, which were collectively compiled by the inservice participants, were:
- keep doin’ what you’re doin’!
- consider our policies
- flexibility
- talk & respect (like we do)
- consider applying same strategies to these instances of discriminatory language
- continue our conversation
I’ve also included parts of our prezi in the slideshow above. Check it out! Tell us what you think! Keep the conversation going!