CELT has developed syllabus resources via the How to Create an Effective Syllabus website. Since 2016, CELT continues to develop the Mindful and Learner-Centered Syllabus Checklist (PDF). This checklist provides an extensive list of student-centered resources, a guide for promoting an inclusive campus, and the recommended statements. The recommended syllabus statements developed to communicate a uniform message to all students about university policies that impact their experience at ISU, on the Recommended Iowa State University Syllabus Statements website.
The most recent addition to the Mindful and Learner-Centered Syllabus Checklist (PDF) is a statement for instructors to consider including in syllabi about ISU’s Principles of Community:
“Students are responsible for living the tenets established in ISU’s Principles of Community: Respect, Purpose, Cooperation, Richness of Diversity, Freedom from discrimination, and the Honest and respectful expression of ideas. Visit ISU’s Principles of Community website (http://www.diversity.iastate.edu/principles-of-community).”
This statement will not only promote Iowa State’s strategic plan; it will reinforce diversity and inclusion and teach and demonstrate our Principles of Community.
Originally published in CELT’s Teaching Tip (August 17, 2017)
For additional ways on promoting inclusion, view CELT’s Creating an Inclusive Classroom website.
