Supporting First-Generation Students Utilizing an Asset-Based Approach In Student Interactions (Webinar)

December 10th, 2024 | 12:00 p.m. EST - 1:15 p.m. EST | $395

Shift everyday communication with students to a language that acknowledges, values and empowers each student’s unique contribution to the campus.

 

Why This Topic Matters

Students of color and first-generation students regularly encounter microaggressions on campus, including in conversations with and communications from campus staff and faculty. Implicit bias unintentionally impacts the way higher education professionals speak and interact with students on a daily basis; yet, many college staff and faculty lack the tools and strategies to improve these at-times detrimental interactions. Developing an asset-based framework shifts everyday communication with students to a language that acknowledges, values and empowers each student’s unique contribution to the campus.

Who Should Attend?

This program is ideal for all higher education professionals who are looking for research-based strategies to improve staff and faculty interactions with first-generation students and students of color.

  • Student Support Staff and Leadership

  • Academic Advisors and Leadership

  • TRIO and Student Support Services Staff and Leadership

  • Faculty

  • Academic Administration

Overview

This webinar explores how higher education practitioners can design asset-based approaches to working with first-generation students and students of color using culturally relevant research and models. Throughout the session, attendees will have opportunities to critically reflect upon their current practices and consider ways to shift language, approaches, and interactions to center the student experience and student strengths.

This training will provide an overview of asset-based frameworks grounded in research and theory and tools and strategies to shift to asset-based approaches. Attendees will also be challenged to consider ways to promote systemic and cultural change at their institutions. This highly interactive webinar will help attendees:

  • Consider culturally relevant research and model such as Yosso’s Community Cultural Wealth Model, Schlossberg’s Theory of Mattering and Marginality, Culturally Engaging Campus Environments and the Student-Ready Campus

  • Reflect on current practices and how to shift from deficit-based to asset-based language and interactions

  • Explore case studies to practice applying the framework to real-world examples

  • Leave with tools to critically evaluate campus practices, program and services through the asset-based framework

Pricing and Webinar Connection Information

Live Webinar Site Connection and On-Demand Recording    $395

Includes:

  • 5 connections for staff members from your institution with each registration

  • Connection information sent one week prior to the event and again the day before the event. Any questions can be emailed to the program contact at the bottom of this web page.

  • An electronic link containing a recording of the webinar and resources emailed to you within 7 business days following the live webinar date (active for 30 days). The link can be shared with your entire staff to view the recording.

  • Follow-up resources and assignments to help you implement your learning.

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Instructors

Fabiola Mora, Senior Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consultant, University of Colorado-Boulder

Fabiola Mora (she/her) is a scholar-practitioner whose experience in diversity, equity and inclusion spans academic and student affairs, focusing on transforming campus environments through critical, intersectional approaches. Fabiola supports units across campus with the creation of organizational change and assessment plans to advance campus wide diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. She holds a bachelor’s degree in secondary education, a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs leadership and is a third-year doctoral student in the higher education leadership program at Colorado State University.


Jill Putman, Director of Academic College Partnerships in the Career Center at Colorado State University

Jill Putman (she/her) is the Director of Academic College Partnerships in the Career Center at Colorado State University (CSU). In her role, she manages a team of career professionals that advance career education strategies and initiatives in seven academic colleges at CSU. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Political Science from Miami University and a Master of Education degree in College Student Affairs Administration from the University of Georgia. Jill is a first-generation college graduate and passionate about educational access, equity, and promoting asset-based approaches to student success.

Questions about the program?

Please email info@eduology.org.