MIP Accelerated Pedagogy & Practice project (APP)

Dear Colleagues,

This Fall, the Multicultural Infusion Project (MIP) invites you to participate in the MIP Accelerated Pedagogy & Practice project (APP), a professional development opportunity. The MIP APP will combine the best of our previous efforts to provide a theoretical foundation in culturally responsive education, and tools to support your exploration of an area of your practice which could be developed into a project.

Who:   All faculty are invited to the 1 & 1/2 day intensive in Phase I. Phase II is open to all faculty who have not previously participated in the MIP Minigrant program. 
What:  A one and a half day intensive workshop with the possibility of a hands-on project 
When:  Friday, September 16, 1:00 -5:00 and Saturday, September 17, 9:30-4pm 
Where: MUB 261, Ocean Campus

Why:  Participation in a supportive community; opportunity to earn .5 CDEV units which can be applied for column movement in the pay scale and Independent Flex credit. 

Space is limited, so please contact Mary Bravewoman (mbravewo@ccsf.edu) as soon as possible if you are interested in attending or getting more information!

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What you can expect:

September 16th and 17th will kick off Phase I of the MIP APP project with a day and a half intensive introduction to Multicultural Pedagogy & Cultural Wealth Theory, and an exploration of areas of your practice that you would like to develop.   The intensive will give you the opportunity to connect with colleagues, exchange ideas, & explore the possibilities of developing a project.  All participants will leave with practical ideas to use in their classrooms, offices, or service areas. 

Participants who choose to continue to Phase II of the MIP APP by developing and completing a project will be supported by a mentor/ project team throughout the fall semester.  Projects will be finalized by February for implementation in the Spring 2012 or Fall 2013 semesters.

Below you'll find several descriptions of projects that were completed under the MIP Minigrants program.  We are certain there are more innovative ideas yet to be explored and we look forward to supporting you in designing and implementing an individualized project to build on student strengths & foster student success.  

Space is limited, so please contact me to indicate your interest and to ask any questions.  

Thanks, 
Mary Bravewoman,
on behalf of the MIP APP team

Examples of Previous Minigrant Projects

• Mathematics: Create a Math 840 elementary algebra course with a gender and Women’s Studies focus that examines how attitudes and expectations of mathematical ability are linked to gender and its intersection with culture, class, race, age, and disability.
• Interdisciplinary: In collaboration with the English 93 instructor in the CLASE program and the LSN Counselor, develop an appropriate expansion of the Latina Literature Project as part of the curriculum for English 93.
• Counseling: Invite a speaker from a diverse background and expertise to come to CCSF to present multicultural programming and student retention, models, training, dialogue, and techniques to provide insight and awareness into various aspects of diversity as it relates to counseling students.
• Asian American Studies: Create a series of visual lesson plans (Power Point and multimedia presentations) to enhance Asian American Studies courses.  These lesson plans will integrate more visuals from primary historical sources, photographs/images, and excerpts from poetry and literature to personalize and humanize these topics for the students.
• English: Design and teach a unit in English L class (Basic Reading Skills) that meets the seven goals for multicultural education outlined by Geneva Gay in “A Synthesis of Scholarship in Multicultural Education,” in addition to learning objectives stated in the course outline (such as summarizing, categorizing info, and making inferences).
• Psychology: Research and understand mathematical models for discrimination and/or bias.  Explore the use of chi-square and regression models for understanding bias.  Look up seminal articles on discrimination (e.g., Brown vs. Board of Education) to find out how discrimination has been demonstrated empirically.