The Lab on Diversity and Belonging
September 29 - October 17, 2025
About the Lab
Move beyond surface-level inclusion initiatives, participants will develop frameworks for creating learning environments where all students can authentically engage, connect, and thrive. Through dialogue-based sessions, critical reflection activities, and collaborative problem-solving, you will develop practical strategies that honor the full humanity of diverse learners.
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This lab is perfect for:
  • K12 Teachers
    Develop practical strategies to create classroom communities where all students feel valued, while navigating the unique challenges of fostering belonging a within standardized educational structures.
  • Instructional Designers
    Learn to design inclusive learning experiences that center marginalized perspectives, accommodate diverse learning needs, and foster meaningful connection.
  • Higher Ed Faculty
    Explore how pedagogical traditions can be reimagined to honor diverse ways of knowing, creating learning environments where all students can authentically engage with course content and with each other.
  • Curriculum Specialists
    Developing curricular approaches that integrate diverse voices, perspectives, and cultural contexts throughout educational materials and assessments.
Some Essential Questions
  • How can we honor marginalized voices and foster meaningful dialogue across difference?
  • How do our identities and positions within systems of power shape our understanding of belonging in educational spaces?
  • What barriers to authentic belonging exist within our classrooms, and how might we transform them?
  • In what ways can we reimagine curriculum, pedagogy, and learning design to reflect diverse ways of knowing and learning?
Learning Outcomes
  • Design inclusive pedagogical approaches that center marginalized voices and knowledge systems
    01
  • Cultivate classroom communities where difference is valued as a source of collective strength
    02
  • Design learning experiences that leverage AI while preserving student agency and meaningful human interaction
    03
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Schedule for the Lab
September 29 - October 17, 2025
Week 1: Foundations
  • Critically examine how power, privilege, and systemic inequities shape educational experiences
  • Activity: Identity mapping and reflection
Week 2: Centering Difference
  • Design pedagogical approaches that center difference
  • Activity: Curriculum audit and imagining new approaches
Week 3: Building Community
  • Develop practical tools for fostering dialogue across difference
  • Activity: Community agreements and dialogue approaches design
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