Success Coach: Diversity & Inclusion

Issued by Merrimack College

Earners focus on developing communication and collaboration skills that enhance their ability to support a wide diversity of students. Earners learn new techniques for integrating diversity and inclusion into their success coaching practice. Earners discover tools to facilitate collaboration among all perspectives on campus. Earners will learn different points of view to enhance support for students, faculty, and staff from underrepresented groups.

Type Learning
Level Foundational
Time Days
Cost Free

Additional Details

Skills

Earning Criteria

Earners attended a 60 minute, live workshop, where issues related to diversity and inclusion were introduced and discussed as related to student support and success. Earners learned techniques for recognizing bias, using inclusive language for a diverse population of students, and holistic support practices that foster diversity and inclusion.
Earners attended a 75 minutes, live webinar, or viewed the recording of the live webinar. This interactive discussion addressed the role of the Neurodiversity Paradigm in standing up against ableism. The speaker, an Autistic Speech Therapist, incorporated her personal experience to discuss blatant and concealed acts of ableism aimed at Neurodivergent individuals.
Earners attended a 75 minute, live webinar or viewed the webinar recording. Earners learned new methods for fostering inclusion and empathy in the workplace and while supporting students. Earners can create, build, and maintain a culture of inclusion through everyday empathetic actions.
Earners attended a 60 minute workshop on recognizing family privilege. Earners can recognize the critical role trusted and supportive caregivers and a stable environment are to students' learning and growing. Earners can define and identify family privilege - the often invisible benefits that accompany membership in a stable family. Earners conducted self-reflection on their experiences with family privilege and worked through scenarios on how to best support students experiencing crisis.
Earners attended a 60 minute workshop discussion on addressing difficult conversations with students and families to facilitate student progress and foster student growth. Earners learned how to address difficult topics and conversations with students while respecting and recognizing diversity. Earners discussed recognizing positions of privilege and power dynamics in conflict, and identified solutions to create equality and a respectful path to move forward.

Standards

NASPA Competencies

The Advising and Supporting competency area addresses the knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to providing advising and support to individuals and groups through direction, feedback, critique, referral, and guidance.