Humanizing Pre Course Contact with a Liquid Syllabus

Speaker: Michelle Pacansky-Brock

The weeks and days leading up to the start of a new term are filled with anxiety and self-doubt for many students. This term, your students will have even more questions about what to expect and how to get started. An equity-minded strategy to improve these barriers is to transform your syllabus into a Liquid Syllabus to send cues of safety and trust to your students. A Liquid Syllabus is a mobile-friendly, public website with a friendly welcome video that is written with inclusive, validating language. This session will prepare you to create your own Liquid Syllabus with Google Sites! You will also consider the influence of imposter syndrome and stereotype threat on your students, as well as the anatomy of trust.