Inclusive Certificate

INCLUSIVE

Description of and requirements to earn these certificates listed below

Fall 2025 Offerings

Flipping the Course and Ungrading
Facilitated by Heather Denyer

• Tuesday, August 5, 2025 | 11:00am-12:30pm (Zoom) - OR - 
• Wednesday, August 6, 2025 | 10:00am-11:30pm (Zoom) opens in a new window

At CSUF, our mission includes a commitment to “dynamic inclusivity” that is “rooted in the strength of our diversity and immersive experiences.” This workshop addresses two strategies that promote engaged, immersive learning, with a specific focus on inclusion for a neurodiverse community.

“Neurodiversity is the term used to describe natural variations in the human brain. It relates to differences in the way we think, process, learn and behave.” DisabilityRightsAssociation.com.

During this workshop, Dr. Heather Denyer will detail how Flipping the Course and Ungrading are two strategies in teaching which create accessible learning methods and promote student-centered learning and equitable assessment for neurodiverse classrooms. She will demonstrate how she has cultivated these methods in her own courses, reflecting on students’ responses to them, and explain how you might incorporate them in your teaching so that neurodiverse as well as neurotypical students feel included and in control of the learning process.

Pulling Up, Coming Through, and Standing Together Part 1: Connecting Across Differences
Facilitated by Gwen Alexis and Terri Patchen

• Monday, September 22, 2025 | 12:00pm-1:30pm (Zoom) - OR -
• Tuesday, September 23, 2025 | 12:00pm-1:30pm (Zoom) opens in a new window

This interactive VIRTUAL workshop provides a framework for initiating alliances across differences. Register in advance for this meeting: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Pulling Up, Coming Through, and Standing Together Part 2: Advancing Across Differences
Facilitated by Gwen Alexis and Terri Patchen

• Monday, October 20, 2025 | 12:00pm-1:30pm (Zoom) - OR -
• Tuesday, October 21, 2025 | 12:00pm-1:30pm (Zoom) opens in a new window

This interactive VIRTUAL workshop will provide the means to expand alliances across differences. Eligible for the INCLUSIVE certificate. Register in advance for this meeting: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

FSSD: Inclusive Teaching Strategies
Facilitated by Shelli Wynants

• Asynchronous, Self-Enrollment

Introduction to three inclusive strategies you can easily implement into any course modality or discipline; you can track equity gaps over time using Faculty Student Success Dashboard (FSSD). This online course can be completed in about one hour!

OER Certificate Program
Facilitated by Claudia Acosta

• Asynchronous, Self-Enrollment

The Open Educational Resources (OER) Certificate Program is an innovative, self-paced online course designed to empower instructors with the knowledge and skills needed to integrate free, high-quality educational materials into their curriculum. This comprehensive program guides faculty through the process of searching, evaluating, and implementing OER, while also covering essential topics such as Copyright, Creative Commons licensing, and Affordable Learning Solutions. Through a series of asynchronous, sequential modules, participants will engage in instructional content, self-reflection exercises, and practical application activities. The course, which takes approximately 3-5 hours to complete, offers a deep dive into adopting, adapting, and creating OER materials, as well as licensing and publishing original work. Upon successful completion of all prerequisites and course components, participants will earn a digital badge, recognizing their expertise in using OER to enhance the affordability and accessibility of education for their students.

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Certificate Descriptions and Requirements

Introductory

The focus of this certificate is to help faculty examine their beliefs about human diversity in all of its forms, deepen cultural competency in the classroom and workplace, and gain knowledge across the broad range of diversity issues. Through direct engagement and community building, the variety of workshops, faculty learning communities, and trainings for the  INCLUSIVE  certificate examine issues of diversity and higher education, with a specific focus on concerns at CSUF.  INCLUSIVE  offerings encourage participants to explore their own beliefs about diversity, gain knowledge about how diversity and cultural identity influences higher education, and to develop cultural empathy and humility to create inclusive classrooms and workplaces.

• Look for workshops tagged  INCLUSIVE  in the FDC Newsletter emailed out every Friday. Each inclusive training will provide the amount of credit. Once you have completed 12  INCLUSIVE  credits through different workshops and trainings, you can submit a list of your courses and complete an online reflection found at INCLUSIVE Reflection.
• To be awarded an  INCLUSIVE  certificate, your reflection answers must demonstrate reflective thought and provide examples for each question. Courses and the written reflection must be completed and submitted within a two-year timeframe.

Advanced

The Advanced  INCLUSIVE  certificate demonstrates sustained commitment to diversity and inclusion at CSUF. Meeting these requirements for the Advanced certificate means that you have over 25 hours of training and interaction on human diversity.

• The focus of this certificate is to help faculty examine their beliefs about human diversity in all of its forms, deepen cultural competency in the classroom and workplace, and gain knowledge across the broad range of diversity issues. Through direct engagement and community building, the variety of workshops, faculty learning communities, and trainings for the  INCLUSIVE  certificate examine issues of diversity and higher education, with a specific focus on concerns at CSUF.  INCLUSIVE  offerings encourage participants to explore their own beliefs about diversity, gain knowledge about how diversity and cultural identity influences higher education, and to develop cultural empathy and humility to create inclusive classrooms and workplaces.
• Look for workshops tagged  INCLUSIVE  in the FDC Newsletter emailed out every Friday. Each inclusive training will provide the amount of credit. Once When you have completed 25 credits, submit a list of your courses and complete an online reflection found at INCLUSIVE - Advanced Reflection.
• To be awarded an  INCLUSIVE  certificate, your reflection answers must demonstrate reflective thought and provide examples for each question. Courses and the written reflection must be completed and submitted within a two-year timeframe.