DHSI Workshops Applications

The Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Pedagogies program will be held Fridays, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM in a hybrid modality and will meet the following days: 10/03 (in-person), 10/10 (in-person), 10/17 (synchronous on Zoom), 10/24 (synchronous on Zoom), 11/07 (in-person).

This fall program builds on each consecutive session and requires a commitment to attend all sessions, complete feedback forms, and apply an aspect of the training in your curricular design or implementation. Participants will receive a stipend of $800.00 upon completion of the program.

This workshop series will examine how they can connect to themselves and, by extension, to students at an HSI. We will explore how to teach and learn with our students through self-reflection, dignity, and integrity through student-centered praxis rooted in collaborations and community-building.

Key themes covered in the workshops are:

1. Introduction to culturally relevant/ sustaining pedagogy
2. Storying ourselves and connecting with our students through counterstorying and strategic vulnerability
3. Leveraging Concealed Stigmatizing Identities (CSI) through asset-based approaches
4. Decolonial Pedagogy and Self-Care
5. Capstone: Reflections and sharing our syllabi or assignment redesigns/ approaches

Application Deadline: Monday by 11:59 PM PST, September 22, 2025

This workshop series is a year-long commitment for Fall 2025 and Spring 2026.

Stipend: $800 per semester

The Pedagogy of Place workshop series will be a year-long program. These workshops will be a hybrid modality, with all workshops taking place 12PM - 2PM. Fall Dates: 09/19 (in-person), 09/26 (synchronous on Zoom), 10/03 (synchronous on Zoom), 10/10 (synchronous on Zoom), 10/18* (in-person), and 10/24 (in-person). Spring Dates: 02/06, 02/13, 02/20, 02/27, 03/06, and 03/13.

1. Understanding “Place” from an Indigenous Perspective
2. Indigenous Knowledge Systems
3. Place-Based Learning in Practice
4. Decolonizing Education
5. Personal Reflection and Land Connection

The program is designed not only to expand your knowledge, but to actively transform the way you teach. Each session connects directly to classroom practice by giving you opportunities to re-envision your assignments and adopt new strategies that promote student engagement and success. Faculty will leave with practical tools, lesson redesigns, and reflective frameworks that can be immediately applied in their courses.

Application Deadline: Monday by 11:59 PM PST, September 15, 2025