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The Blueprint

Practices that Structure Equity

& Community in the Classroom

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Jesus Limon Guzman

English Faculty, Sacramento City College

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Sense of Community:

First Week Activities

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  • Focused on future student plans
  • Easier to see overlap of future plans than it is to connect based on past lived experiences

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Variety of Texts:

Authors and Modality

  • What modalities create most accessible materials?
  • Are there materials that exist across modalities?
  • Is there content in another modality that support written materials?

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Intentional Structure:

Public Work Submissions

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  • Creates direct access to context appropriate peer-models
  • Creates direct access to expectations

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Structured Response:

Portfolio Course

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  • Rewards process while still creating a expectations for high quality products
  • Incetivices re-engagement; half of the course grade is awarded with this assignment

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Questions to Consider:

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What parts of my class can be revised to help students re-engage?

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How can my course lean on the expertise of some to empower the collective?