Foundations of Practice: Conceptual

AS+T & CTL Present: Designing Significant Student Learning Experiences

Tuesday, October 22 & Tuesday, October 29 | 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. (Hybrid) | RSVP to Attend

What are moments when students experience lasting change? When and how are these moments cultivated outside of a traditional classroom context? In this two-part interactive workshop, you will explore strategies for enhancing learning moments - including guest lectures, workshops, tutoring, and student...

Supporting Undecided Students Panel Discussion

Wednesday, November 13, 19, & 20 | RSVP to Attend

Join AS+T and the L&S Office of Undergraduate Advising on Wednesday, November 13 from 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. for this panel discussion focused on supporting undecided students, with a particular focus on first-generation and transfer students. Panelists will share approaches for helping students navigate the major exploration process, unique...

Equity-Oriented Advising & Coaching Program Showcase

Monday, September 30, 2024 | 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | RSVP to Attend

The Equity-Oriented Advising & Coaching Program (EOAC) equips advising and student services staff with equity-centered coaching practices and conceptual frameworks shown to improve success, retention, belonging, and wellbeing...

AS+T Presents: Supporting Students with Life Design Tools

Thursday, August 15, 2024 | 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

In this workshop, you'll learn how students can apply design thinking concepts to the "wicked problem" that is life! Join us to explore ways to help the students you support think creatively about their pathways forward at Berkeley and beyond. Our esteemed presenter for this session is...

Serving Neurodivergent Learners

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 | 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Join us for our first session of 2024! In this interactive workshop, Christopher Hunn, Faculty Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Instruction in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, will help us understand and reflect on the ways we can best serve our neurodivergent students (and colleagues). Please note that this workshop includes breakout sessions, and participants are highly encouraged to use these opportunities for self-reflection and shared learning.

This will be a...

Equity-Oriented Advising and Coaching: Introduction to Motivational Interviewing

Thursday, November 2, 2023 | 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) can be used to support people with the challenge of making decisions and initiating change by exploring their ambivalence in an empathetic and empowering setting. This Taste of MI workshop will offer a general overview of the method and an interactive activity to showcase the hands-on approach used in the full introductory training. This is Part 3 of our four-part Equity-Oriented Advising and Coaching series.

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Equity-Oriented Advising and Coaching: Learning From Exemplary Programs

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

The Disabled Students’ Program invites you to develop your learning and understanding of equitable access to education through a disability justice lens. Learn more about how DSP collaborates with the campus community to remove barriers to education, and how to partner with the Disabled Students’ Program to create and promote an inclusive environment for students with disabilities.This is Part 4 of our four-part Equity-Oriented Advising and Coaching series....

Equity-Oriented Advising and Coaching

Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Exploring opportunities to strengthen your advising and coaching practice? Join this session to learn more about the Equity-Oriented Advising and Coaching program (EOAC) experience and framework. Our program equips advising and student services staff with equity-oriented coaching practices to improve student and staff success, wellness, retention, and belonging. This fall, we’ll be...

Equity-Oriented Advising and Coaching: Creating a Brave Space for Understanding Student Goals

Monday, October 9, 2023 | 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Join our panel discussion where staff and faculty guests will delve into vital topics like listening to understand your students' realities and strengths, creating individualized plans, and fostering connection and a sense of belonging on campus. Explore innovative ways to create access, confront barriers with honesty, and ensure a warm, welcoming environment. These practices are foundational to the Adaptive Equity-Oriented Pedagogy (AEP) framework, which has been shown to increase student engagement...

Resisting Urgency: To Move from the Dream Space

Thursday, May 4, 2023 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

To Move from the Dream Space will invite participants to meditate on their dreaming practice as an antidote to a culture of urgency. Together in this workshop, we'll write to reflection prompts, engage meditation practices, and practice appreciation for the power and bigness of our dreams in the face of a culture that asks us to be too busy for them.

Presenter: Antmen Pimentel Mendoza, Acting Co-Director Multicultural Community Center

If you require an...