Building belongingness in your class

Belongingness has been identified as a key ingredient for promoting a student’s academic, personal, and social connections to a campus. In this Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment workshop, David Nguyen, dean of University College, will familiarize participants with different ways belongingness has been described and the effects of this concept within academic research.

Participants will reflect on different practices and policies that may diminish sense of belonging.

The workshop will also offer different low-stakes strategies and examples for faculty and staff to attend to belongingness within academic spaces whether in-person, hybrid, or online. 

This session will take place from 11 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Oct. 6, virtually via Teams.

Following this session, participants will

• Articulate about different conceptualizations/definitions for sense of belonging within academic research.
• Consider why academic research about classroom experiences classifies belongingness as a key ingredient for student learning and performance.
• Analyze practices and procedures from their courses that detract from or build belongingness within curricular spaces.
• Identify quick, no stakes strategies for taking the belongingness “temperature” of their class. 

To learn about this session and others offered by the CTLA and its partners this fall, visit the CTLA Programs and Upcoming Events website.