Equity
Professional Development: Infusion of Equity-Mindedness into Online Pedagogy

Equity Plan Re-Imagined: Develop rich and ongoing professional development opportunities that focus on deepening equity-mindedness for all employees, including deeper training to infuse equity-mindedness into online pedagogy


Lead: Michelle Hernandez & Sal Breiter

Plan Timeline

Winter 2024

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources, The Student Learning Outcome Committee, The Academic Senate and The Office of Professional Development will begin a collaborative process of identifying meaningful content for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy and will begin to design and plan both required and optional trainings and workshops for the 2024-2024 academic year.
Status: Completed

Spring 2024

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources, The Student Learning Outcome Committee, The Academic Senate and The Office of Professional Development will continue a collaborative process of identifying meaningful content for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy and will begin to design and plan both required and optional trainings and workshops for the 2024-2024 academic year. The Academic Senate and the Faculty Union, in collaboration with the Office of Online Education, will work to build the expectations and requirements for RSI training for faculty teaching online and will train facilitators to lead the process. The Office of Online Education and and The Office of Professional Development will work to build curriculum and training for new full-time faculty as part of their first year P.L.A.N.T. experience.
Status: Completed

Fall 2024

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Institutional Research, will introduce/pilot workshops and workshop series that develop employee capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The 2024-2025 academic year will serve as a incubator for continuing to innovate and cultivate capacity for dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities to make online environments more dynamic and equitable.
  • Eight directed strategies will provide the foundation to De Anza's plan to infuse equity-mindedness into online education:
  • 1. RSI (Regular Substantive Interaction) is an essential component of an equitable approach to online learning. Its philosophies and methodology reinforce equitable teaching practices through thoughtful design and engaging teaching, consistent and meaningful communication, monitoring of student success coupled with planned interventions and affirmations, and rich interaction and community building within online classrooms. De Anza has affirmed its commitment to providing deep and thoughtful training by the Office of Online Education to all De Anza faculty who teach hybrid or asynchronous courses. In Fall 2024, the Office of Online Education implemented Part 1 of the RSI training process, with both in-person and asynchronous formats.
  • 2. Welcome and Orientation programs for new full-time employees and part-time faculty will include both an introduction to De Anza's commitment to Equity from the Equity Office AND an introduction to RSI/Accessibility/Resources of Support for Teaching Online from the Office of Online Education.
  • 3. The first year experience for new full-time faculty (P.L.A.N.T.) will include a Fall 24 "Strategies of Engagement" workshop, particularly focused on online teaching, taught by the Office of Online Education and the Office of Professional Development.
  • 4. The Office of Equity, The Office of Institutional Research, The Office of Professional Development will couple with the S.I.P Grant to develop and implement a full-year series of workshops called the Partners in Learning Equity Series that couples sharing of disaggregated data and teaching/learning strategies with student voices and qualitative data collection (to be shared at a departmental level in 2025/26). In Fall 2024, workshop sessions focused on Latinx and Native students will be held.
  • 5. The Office of Equity and the Office of Professional Development will implement a year long process for bringing information and ideas back from NCORE and sharing them through thoughtful and intentional workshop sessions. In Fall 2024, the process for sharing out NCORE 24 will be designed and introduced, a repository for materials from NCORE 24 will be established, and the funding for NCORE 25 will be established.
  • 6. In Fall 2024, the Equity Office will complete the hiring process of hiring a Faculty Coordinator for Equity with the intention of fostering the dynamic growth of equity minded programs and efforts at De Anza College.
  • 7. The above efforts will be complemented by the collaborative development by the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Equity of additional professional development workshops, series, and communities of practice focused on equitable practices.
  • 8. The Office of Professional Development and The Office of Communication are developing and building a custom website registration and tracking system, with a dynamic employee dashboard, to simplify access to and tracking of professional development activities with an intended outcome of removing barriers to widespread participation. The beta version of the website will launch late Fall 2024.
Status: In Progress

Winter 2025

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Institutional Research, will introduce/pilot workshops and workshop series that develop employee capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The 2024-2025 academic year will serve as a incubator for continuing to innovate and cultivate capacity for dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities to make online environments more dynamic and equitable.
  • Eight directed strategies will provide the foundation to De Anza's plan to infuse equity-mindedness into online education:
  • 1. RSI (Regular Substantive Interaction) is an essential component of an equitable approach to online learning. Its philosophies and methodology reinforce equitable teaching practices through thoughtful design and engaging teaching, consistent and meaningful communication, monitoring of student success coupled with planned interventions and affirmations, and rich interaction and community building within online classrooms. De Anza has affirmed its commitment to providing deep and thoughtful training by the Office of Online Education to all De Anza faculty who teach hybrid or asynchronous courses. In Winter 2025, the Office of Online Education will implement Part 2 of the RSI training process, with choice between an evaluative process or a cohort based learning community.
  • 2. Welcome and Orientation programs for new full-time employees and part-time faculty will include both an introduction to De Anza's commitment to Equity from the Equity Office AND an introduction to RSI/Accessibility/Resources of Support for Teaching Online from the Office of Online Education.
  • 3. The first year experience for new full-time faculty (P.L.A.N.T.) in Winter 2025 will include workshops focused on the intersections between Accessibility and Disability (Online Education/DSS/Office of Professional Development), strategies for creating a sense of welcome and fostering participation (Office of Equity/Office of Professional Development), and fostering the success of the whole student (De Anza Connect/Office of Professional Development/Various Student Services).
  • 4. The Office of Equity, The Office of Institutional Research, The Office of Professional Development will couple with the S.I.P Grant to develop and implement a full-year series of workshops called the Partners in Learning Equity Series that couples sharing of disaggregated data and teaching/learning strategies with student voices and qualitative data collection (to be shared at a departmental level in 2025/26). In Winter 2025, workshop sessions focused on Black and Pacific Islander students will be held.
  • 5. The Office of Equity and the Office of Professional Development will implement a year long process for bringing information and ideas back from NCORE and sharing them through thoughtful and intentional workshop sessions. In Winter 2025, the process for sharing out NCORE 24 will implemented, a repository for materials from NCORE 24 will be utilized, and the funding for NCORE 25 will be launched.
  • 6. In Winter 25, the new Faculty Coordinator for Equity will begin collaborating with The Office of Online Education and The Office of Professional Development with the intention of fostering the dynamic growth of equity minded programs and efforts at De Anza College.
  • 7. The above efforts will be complemented by the collaborative development by the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Equity of additional professional development workshops, series, and communities of practice focused on equitable practices.
  • 8. The Office of Professional Development and The Office of Communication will move from the beta version towards full implementation of a custom website registration and tracking system, with a dynamic employee dashboard, to simplify access to and tracking of professional development activities with an intended outcome of removing barriers to widespread participation.
Status:

Spring 2025

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Institutional Research, will introduce/pilot workshops and workshop series that develop employee capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The 2024-2025 academic year will serve as a incubator for continuing to innovate and cultivate capacity for dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities to make online environments more dynamic and equitable.
  • Eight directed strategies will provide the foundation to De Anza's plan to infuse equity-mindedness into online education:
  • 1. RSI (Regular Substantive Interaction) is an essential component of an equitable approach to online learning. Its philosophies and methodology reinforce equitable teaching practices through thoughtful design and engaging teaching, consistent and meaningful communication, monitoring of student success coupled with planned interventions and affirmations, and rich interaction and community building within online classrooms. De Anza has affirmed its commitment to providing deep and thoughtful training by the Office of Online Education to all De Anza faculty who teach hybrid or asynchronous courses. In Spring 2025, the Office of Online Education will reflect on Parts 1 and 2 and implement long-term strategies for continued RSI training implementation.
  • 2. Welcome and Orientation programs for new full-time employees and part-time faculty will include both an introduction to De Anza's commitment to Equity from the Equity Office AND an introduction to RSI/Accessibility/Resources of Support for Teaching Online from the Office of Online Education.
  • 3. The first year experience for new full-time faculty (P.L.A.N.T.) in Spring 2025 will include workshops focused on student systems of support (Office of College Life/De Anza Connect/Office of Professional Development), developing student learning outcomes of purpose and meaning (SLO Committee/Office of Professional Development), and building intentional design skills to help students feel welcomed, directed and nurtured (Office of Professional Development) .
  • 4. The Office of Equity, The Office of Institutional Research, The Office of Professional Development will couple with the S.I.P Grant to develop and implement a full-year series of workshops called the Partners in Learning Equity Series that couples sharing of disaggregated data and teaching/learning strategies with student voices and qualitative data collection (to be shared at a departmental level in 2025/26). In Spring 2025, workshop sessions focused on Foster Youth and LGBTQ+ students will be held.
  • 5. The Office of Equity and the Office of Professional Development will implement a year long process for bringing information and ideas back from NCORE and sharing them through thoughtful and intentional workshop sessions. In Spring 2025, De Anza Employees will attend NCORE, a repository for materials from NCORE 25 will be established and utililzed, and the process for sharing out NCORE 25 will planned.
  • 6. In Spring 25, the new Faculty Coordinator for Equity will continue to collaborate with The Office of Online Education and The Office of Professional Development with the intention of fostering the dynamic growth of equity minded programs and efforts at De Anza College.
  • 7. The above efforts will be complemented by the collaborative development by the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Equity of additional professional development workshops, series, and communities of practice focused on equitable practices.
  • 8. The Office of Professional Development and The Office of Communication will continue towards full implementation of a custom website registration and tracking system, with a dynamic employee dashboard, to simplify access to and tracking of professional development activities with an intended outcome of removing barriers to widespread participation.
Status:

Fall 2025

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Institutional Research, will continue to develop and improve workshops and workshop series that develop employee capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The 2025-2026 academic year will be a year of reflection and improvement of dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities to make online environments more dynamic and equitable.
  • Eight directed strategies will provide the foundation to De Anza's plan to infuse equity-mindedness into online education:
  • 1. RSI (Regular Substantive Interaction) is an essential component of an equitable approach to online learning. Its philosophies and methodology reinforce equitable teaching practices through thoughtful design and engaging teaching, consistent and meaningful communication, monitoring of student success coupled with planned interventions and affirmations, and rich interaction and community building within online classrooms. De Anza has affirmed its commitment to providing deep and thoughtful training by the Office of Online Education to all De Anza faculty who teach hybrid or asynchronous courses. In the 2025-2026 academic year, the Office of Online Education will evaluate and revise RSI training, continue providing RSI training for new faculty and ensure that RSI concepts are integrated into all processes, including curriculum development, evaluations, and professional development.
  • 2. Welcome and Orientation programs for new full-time employees and part-time faculty will include both an introduction to De Anza's commitment to Equity from the Equity Office AND an introduction to RSI/Accessibility/Resources of Support for Teaching Online from the Office of Online Education.
  • 3. The 2025-2026 first year experience for new full-time faculty (P.L.A.N.T.) will include a full year of opportunities for new tenure-track faculty to build knowledge and experiential skills to infuse equity-based strategies in online, hybrid and in-person learning environments. This full year program will be based on a reflection and evaluation of the 2024-2025, with carry over of successful strategies and opportunities and revised and/or new professional development content.
  • 4. The Office of Equity, The Office of Institutional Research, The Office of Professional Development will couple with the S.I.P Grant to develop and implement a second-year of the Partners in Learning Equity Series that brings quantitative and qualitative data gathered in the first-year workshop series to villages/departments with the intention of fostering high-impact strategies for student success on a widespread level across the De Anza campus.
  • 5. The Office of Equity and the Office of Professional Development will continue and implement a year long process for bringing information and ideas back from NCORE and sharing them through thoughtful and intentional workshop sessions.
  • 6. The Faculty Coordinator for Equity will continue to collaborate with The Office of Online Education and The Office of Professional Development with the intention of fostering the dynamic growth of equity minded programs and efforts at De Anza College.
  • 7. The above efforts will be complemented by the collaborative development by the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Equity of additional professional development workshops, series, and communities of practice focused on equitable practices.
  • 8. The Office of Professional Development and The Office of Communication will continue to implement and refine the newly established custom website registration and tracking system, with a dynamic employee dashboard, to simplify access to and tracking of professional development activities with an intended outcome of removing barriers to widespread participation.
Status:

Winter 2026

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Institutional Research, will continue to develop and improve workshops and workshop series that develop employee capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The 2025-2026 academic year will be a year of reflection and improvement of dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities to make online environments more dynamic and equitable.
  • Eight directed strategies will provide the foundation to De Anza's plan to infuse equity-mindedness into online education:
  • 1. RSI (Regular Substantive Interaction) is an essential component of an equitable approach to online learning. Its philosophies and methodology reinforce equitable teaching practices through thoughtful design and engaging teaching, consistent and meaningful communication, monitoring of student success coupled with planned interventions and affirmations, and rich interaction and community building within online classrooms. De Anza has affirmed its commitment to providing deep and thoughtful training by the Office of Online Education to all De Anza faculty who teach hybrid or asynchronous courses. In the 2025-2026 academic year, the Office of Online Education will evaluate and revise RSI training, continue providing RSI training for new faculty and ensure that RSI concepts are integrated into all processes, including curriculum development, evaluations, and professional development.
  • 2. Welcome and Orientation programs for new full-time employees and part-time faculty will include both an introduction to De Anza's commitment to Equity from the Equity Office AND an introduction to RSI/Accessibility/Resources of Support for Teaching Online from the Office of Online Education.
  • 3. The 2025-2026 first year experience for new full-time faculty (P.L.A.N.T.) will include a full year of opportunities for new tenure-track faculty to build knowledge and experiential skills to infuse equity-based strategies in online, hybrid and in-person learning environments. This full year program will be based on a reflection and evaluation of the 2024-2025, with carry over of successful strategies and opportunities and revised and/or new professional development content.
  • 4. The Office of Equity, The Office of Institutional Research, The Office of Professional Development will couple with the S.I.P Grant to develop and implement a second-year of the Partners in Learning Equity Series that brings quantitative and qualitative data gathered in the first-year workshop series to villages/departments with the intention of fostering high-impact strategies for student success on a widespread level across the De Anza campus.
  • 5. The Office of Equity and the Office of Professional Development will continue and implement a year long process for bringing information and ideas back from NCORE and sharing them through thoughtful and intentional workshop sessions.
  • 6. The Faculty Coordinator for Equity will continue to collaborate with The Office of Online Education and The Office of Professional Development with the intention of fostering the dynamic growth of equity minded programs and efforts at De Anza College.
  • 7. The above efforts will be complemented by the collaborative development by the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Equity of additional professional development workshops, series, and communities of practice focused on equitable practices.
  • 8. The Office of Professional Development and The Office of Communication will continue to implement and refine the newly established custom website registration and tracking system, with a dynamic employee dashboard, to simplify access to and tracking of professional development activities with an intended outcome of removing barriers to widespread participation.
Status:

Spring 2026

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Institutional Research, will continue to develop and improve workshops and workshop series that develop employee capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The 2025-2026 academic year will be a year of reflection and improvement of dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities to make online environments more dynamic and equitable.
  • Eight directed strategies will provide the foundation to De Anza's plan to infuse equity-mindedness into online education:
  • 1. RSI (Regular Substantive Interaction) is an essential component of an equitable approach to online learning. Its philosophies and methodology reinforce equitable teaching practices through thoughtful design and engaging teaching, consistent and meaningful communication, monitoring of student success coupled with planned interventions and affirmations, and rich interaction and community building within online classrooms. De Anza has affirmed its commitment to providing deep and thoughtful training by the Office of Online Education to all De Anza faculty who teach hybrid or asynchronous courses. In the 2025-2026 academic year, the Office of Online Education will evaluate and revise RSI training, continue providing RSI training for new faculty and ensure that RSI concepts are integrated into all processes, including curriculum development, evaluations, and professional development.
  • 2. Welcome and Orientation programs for new full-time employees and part-time faculty will include both an introduction to De Anza's commitment to Equity from the Equity Office AND an introduction to RSI/Accessibility/Resources of Support for Teaching Online from the Office of Online Education.
  • 3. The 2025-2026 first year experience for new full-time faculty (P.L.A.N.T.) will include a full year of opportunities for new tenure-track faculty to build knowledge and experiential skills to infuse equity-based strategies in online, hybrid and in-person learning environments. This full year program will be based on a reflection and evaluation of the 2024-2025, with carry over of successful strategies and opportunities and revised and/or new professional development content.
  • 4. The Office of Equity, The Office of Institutional Research, The Office of Professional Development will couple with the S.I.P Grant to develop and implement a second-year of the Partners in Learning Equity Series that brings quantitative and qualitative data gathered in the first-year workshop series to villages/departments with the intention of fostering high-impact strategies for student success on a widespread level across the De Anza campus.
  • 5. The Office of Equity and the Office of Professional Development will continue and implement a year long process for bringing information and ideas back from NCORE and sharing them through thoughtful and intentional workshop sessions.
  • 6. The Faculty Coordinator for Equity will continue to collaborate with The Office of Online Education and The Office of Professional Development with the intention of fostering the dynamic growth of equity minded programs and efforts at De Anza College.
  • 7. The above efforts will be complemented by the collaborative development by the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Equity of additional professional development workshops, series, and communities of practice focused on equitable practices.
  • 8. The Office of Professional Development and The Office of Communication will continue to implement and refine the newly established custom website registration and tracking system, with a dynamic employee dashboard, to simplify access to and tracking of professional development activities with an intended outcome of removing barriers to widespread participation.


Status:

Fall 2026

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Institutional Research, will continue to develop and improve workshops and workshop series that develop employee capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The 2026-2027 academic year will be a year of reflection and improvement of dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities to make online environments more dynamic and equitable.
  • Eight directed strategies will provide the foundation to De Anza's plan to infuse equity-mindedness into online education:
  • 1. RSI (Regular Substantive Interaction) is an essential component of an equitable approach to online learning. Its philosophies and methodology reinforce equitable teaching practices through thoughtful design and engaging teaching, consistent and meaningful communication, monitoring of student success coupled with planned interventions and affirmations, and rich interaction and community building within online classrooms. De Anza has affirmed its commitment to providing deep and thoughtful training by the Office of Online Education to all De Anza faculty who teach hybrid or asynchronous courses. In the 2026-2027 academic year, the Office of Online Education will evaluate and revise RSI training, continue providing RSI training for new faculty and ensure that RSI concepts are integrated into all processes, including curriculum development, evaluations, and professional development.
  • 2. Welcome and Orientation programs for new full-time employees and part-time faculty will include both an introduction to De Anza's commitment to Equity from the Equity Office AND an introduction to RSI/Accessibility/Resources of Support for Teaching Online from the Office of Online Education.
  • 3. The 2026-2027 first year experience for new full-time faculty (P.L.A.N.T.) will include a full year of opportunities for new tenure-track faculty to build knowledge and experiential skills to infuse equity-based strategies in online, hybrid and in-person learning environments. This full year program will be based on a reflection and evaluation of the 2025-2026, with carry over of successful strategies and opportunities and revised and/or new professional development content.
  • 4. The Office of Equity, The Office of Institutional Research, The Office of Professional Development, coupled with the S.I.P Grant, will evaluate and reconsider the goals and outcomes of the Partners in Learning Equity Series, which focused on the intersections between disaggregated data, student voices, and high impact strategies for student success. Either a second two-year series will be implemented or a new series will be designed and implemented.
  • 5. The Office of Equity and the Office of Professional Development will continue and implement a year long process for bringing information and ideas back from NCORE and sharing them through thoughtful and intentional workshop sessions.
  • 6. The Faculty Coordinator for Equity will continue to collaborate with The Office of Online Education and The Office of Professional Development with the intention of fostering the dynamic growth of equity minded programs and efforts at De Anza College.
  • 7. The above efforts will be complemented by the collaborative development by the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Equity of additional professional development workshops, series, and communities of practice focused on equitable practices.
  • 8. The Office of Professional Development and The Office of Communication will continue to implement and refine the newly established custom website registration and tracking system, with a dynamic employee dashboard, to simplify access to and tracking of professional development activities with an intended outcome of removing barriers to widespread participation.
Status:

Winter 2027

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Institutional Research, will continue to develop and improve workshops and workshop series that develop employee capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The 2026-2027 academic year will be a year of reflection and improvement of dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities to make online environments more dynamic and equitable.
  • Eight directed strategies will provide the foundation to De Anza's plan to infuse equity-mindedness into online education:
  • 1. RSI (Regular Substantive Interaction) is an essential component of an equitable approach to online learning. Its philosophies and methodology reinforce equitable teaching practices through thoughtful design and engaging teaching, consistent and meaningful communication, monitoring of student success coupled with planned interventions and affirmations, and rich interaction and community building within online classrooms. De Anza has affirmed its commitment to providing deep and thoughtful training by the Office of Online Education to all De Anza faculty who teach hybrid or asynchronous courses. In the 2026-2027 academic year, the Office of Online Education will evaluate and revise RSI training, continue providing RSI training for new faculty and ensure that RSI concepts are integrated into all processes, including curriculum development, evaluations, and professional development.
  • 2. Welcome and Orientation programs for new full-time employees and part-time faculty will include both an introduction to De Anza's commitment to Equity from the Equity Office AND an introduction to RSI/Accessibility/Resources of Support for Teaching Online from the Office of Online Education.
  • 3. The 2026-2027 first year experience for new full-time faculty (P.L.A.N.T.) will include a full year of opportunities for new tenure-track faculty to build knowledge and experiential skills to infuse equity-based strategies in online, hybrid and in-person learning environments. This full year program will be based on a reflection and evaluation of the 2025-2026, with carry over of successful strategies and opportunities and revised and/or new professional development content.
  • 4. The Office of Equity, The Office of Institutional Research, The Office of Professional Development, coupled with the S.I.P Grant, will evaluate and reconsider the goals and outcomes of the Partners in Learning Equity Series, which focused on the intersections between disaggregated data, student voices, and high impact strategies for student success. Either a second two-year series will be implemented or a new series will be designed and implemented.
  • 5. The Office of Equity and the Office of Professional Development will continue and implement a year long process for bringing information and ideas back from NCORE and sharing them through thoughtful and intentional workshop sessions.
  • 6. The Faculty Coordinator for Equity will continue to collaborate with The Office of Online Education and The Office of Professional Development with the intention of fostering the dynamic growth of equity minded programs and efforts at De Anza College.
  • 7. The above efforts will be complemented by the collaborative development by the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Equity of additional professional development workshops, series, and communities of practice focused on equitable practices.
  • 8. The Office of Professional Development and The Office of Communication will continue to implement and refine the newly established custom website registration and tracking system, with a dynamic employee dashboard, to simplify access to and tracking of professional development activities with an intended outcome of removing barriers to widespread participation.
Status:

Spring 2027

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Institutional Research, will continue to develop and improve workshops and workshop series that develop employee capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The 2026-2027 academic year will be a year of reflection and improvement of dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities to make online environments more dynamic and equitable.
  • Eight directed strategies will provide the foundation to De Anza's plan to infuse equity-mindedness into online education:
  • 1. RSI (Regular Substantive Interaction) is an essential component of an equitable approach to online learning. Its philosophies and methodology reinforce equitable teaching practices through thoughtful design and engaging teaching, consistent and meaningful communication, monitoring of student success coupled with planned interventions and affirmations, and rich interaction and community building within online classrooms. De Anza has affirmed its commitment to providing deep and thoughtful training by the Office of Online Education to all De Anza faculty who teach hybrid or asynchronous courses. In the 2026-2027 academic year, the Office of Online Education will evaluate and revise RSI training, continue providing RSI training for new faculty and ensure that RSI concepts are integrated into all processes, including curriculum development, evaluations, and professional development.
  • 2. Welcome and Orientation programs for new full-time employees and part-time faculty will include both an introduction to De Anza's commitment to Equity from the Equity Office AND an introduction to RSI/Accessibility/Resources of Support for Teaching Online from the Office of Online Education.
  • 3. The 2026-2027 first year experience for new full-time faculty (P.L.A.N.T.) will include a full year of opportunities for new tenure-track faculty to build knowledge and experiential skills to infuse equity-based strategies in online, hybrid and in-person learning environments. This full year program will be based on a reflection and evaluation of the 2025-2026, with carry over of successful strategies and opportunities and revised and/or new professional development content.
  • 4. The Office of Equity, The Office of Institutional Research, The Office of Professional Development, coupled with the S.I.P Grant, will evaluate and reconsider the goals and outcomes of the Partners in Learning Equity Series, which focused on the intersections between disaggregated data, student voices, and high impact strategies for student success. Either a second two-year series will be implemented or a new series will be designed and implemented.
  • 5. The Office of Equity and the Office of Professional Development will continue and implement a year long process for bringing information and ideas back from NCORE and sharing them through thoughtful and intentional workshop sessions.
  • 6. The Faculty Coordinator for Equity will continue to collaborate with The Office of Online Education and The Office of Professional Development with the intention of fostering the dynamic growth of equity minded programs and efforts at De Anza College.
  • 7. The above efforts will be complemented by the collaborative development by the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Equity of additional professional development workshops, series, and communities of practice focused on equitable practices.
  • 8. The Office of Professional Development and The Office of Communication will continue to implement and refine the newly established custom website registration and tracking system, with a dynamic employee dashboard, to simplify access to and tracking of professional development activities with an intended outcome of removing barriers to widespread participation.


Status:

Fall 2027

  • The Office of Online Education and Learning Resources and The Office of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Office of Institutional Research, will continue to develop and improve workshops and workshop series that develop employee capacity for infusing equity-mindedness into online pedagogy. These workshops will be designed for and marketed to various constituency groups, including targeted content as part of the first year tenure-track faculty on-boarding process. The 2027-2028 academic year will be a year of reflection and improvement of dynamic, meaningful and transformative opportunities to make online environments more dynamic and equitable.
  • Eight directed strategies will provide the foundation to De Anza's plan to infuse equity-mindedness into online education:
  • 1. RSI (Regular Substantive Interaction) is an essential component of an equitable approach to online learning. Its philosophies and methodology reinforce equitable teaching practices through thoughtful design and engaging teaching, consistent and meaningful communication, monitoring of student success coupled with planned interventions and affirmations, and rich interaction and community building within online classrooms. De Anza has affirmed its commitment to providing deep and thoughtful training by the Office of Online Education to all De Anza faculty who teach hybrid or asynchronous courses. In the 2027-2028 academic year, the Office of Online Education will evaluate and revise RSI training, continue providing RSI training for new faculty and ensure that RSI concepts are integrated into all processes, including curriculum development, evaluations, and professional development.
  • 2. Welcome and Orientation programs for new full-time employees and part-time faculty will include both an introduction to De Anza's commitment to Equity from the Equity Office AND an introduction to RSI/Accessibility/Resources of Support for Teaching Online from the Office of Online Education.
  • 3. The 2027-2028 first year experience for new full-time faculty (P.L.A.N.T.) will include a full year of opportunities for new tenure-track faculty to build knowledge and experiential skills to infuse equity-based strategies in online, hybrid and in-person learning environments. This full year program will be based on a reflection and evaluation of the 2026-2027, with carry over of successful strategies and opportunities and revised and/or new professional development content.
  • 4. The Office of Equity, The Office of Institutional Research, The Office of Professional Development, coupled with the S.I.P Grant, will evaluate and reconsider the goals and outcomes of the Partners in Learning Equity Series, which focused on the intersections between disaggregated data, student voices, and high impact strategies for student success. Either a second two-year series will be implemented or a new series will be designed and implemented.
  • 5. The Office of Equity and the Office of Professional Development will continue and implement a year long process for bringing information and ideas back from NCORE and sharing them through thoughtful and intentional workshop sessions.
  • 6. The Faculty Coordinator for Equity will continue to collaborate with The Office of Online Education and The Office of Professional Development with the intention of fostering the dynamic growth of equity minded programs and efforts at De Anza College.
  • 7. The above efforts will be complemented by the collaborative development by the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Equity of additional professional development workshops, series, and communities of practice focused on equitable practices.
  • 8. The Office of Professional Development and The Office of Communication will continue to implement and refine the newly established custom website registration and tracking system, with a dynamic employee dashboard, to simplify access to and tracking of professional development activities with an intended outcome of removing barriers to widespread participation.
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