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Fostering Equitable & Affirming Classroom Environments

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/2/25 - 12/12/25
Tu 7p.m. – 9:45p.m.		 Wheatley-Peters W01-0061 3 $2657 (guest students)
Date
9/2/25 - 12/12/25
Time
Tu 7p.m. – 9:45p.m.
Location
Wheatley-Peters W01-0061
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2657 (guest students)

Description

This course explores a diverse range of dispositions and strategies that lead to equity-based and affirming classrooms and support all students' abilities to grow and thrive. The course focuses on the role of social inequity in the history of school discipline, examines routines and structures that create positive classroom environments, and offers ways to build better connections between the classroom and students' home lives and families. All students in this class should have a field placement in a public school classroom or be a teacher of record in a public school. 

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

9/2/2025 - 12/12/2025

Location

Wheatley-Peters W01-0061

Enrolled / Capacity

17 / 25

Status

Closed

Instructor

Mary Carney

Tuition*

* For course tuition and fees, please visit the Bursar's website.