Responding to incidents that impact the climate for teaching and learning on campus in the classroom (from the Center for Teaching Innovation) In an event of an incident that can impact the climate for teaching and learning (e.g. campus racial bias incidents, national and global events), consider ONE or more of the following actions (choose a response that you are comfortable with): Take a minute at the beginning or end of class to acknowledge what happened and the impact it has on our community (students, faculty and staff); you can refer to a message from the administration, campus news, national news etc. this can be a sentence or two. Encourage your students to seek support from each other, campus resources, and family and friends. Share resources for impacted individuals (campus offices) and those who wish to support them (e.g. intergroup dialogue). Feel free to project the resources on the next slide in class. Acknowledge that not everyone is impacted in the same way. Ask students to consider their place in Cornell’s community, and what they can do to contribute to making Cornell more welcoming and affirmative of targeted students. Ask for a moment of silence to hold the space and affirm those who are targeted. Consider lightening the cognitive load in class (e.g., offer review sessions, extend timelines / due dates, etc.) as students work through their responses to the incident, which for some will be significant. Moments like these can have an adverse effect on learning. If you’re comfortable, facilitate a short write-pair-share exercise. Allocate about 3 minutes to write individually, ask students to pick a discussion partner, and then ask each person to share for about 3 minutes. Writing prompts might be, “What has the impact of this incident been on you? What do you think the impact has been on your peers?”

Resources for faculty and students after an event that may impact the climate for teaching and learning Selected Resources for Faculty: Center for Teaching Innovation Faculty and Staff Assistance Program  Office of Faculty Development & Diversity    Selected Resources for Impacted Students and for students who learn how they can be an ally: Cornell Health 24/7, including Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) (607-255-5155) EARS (Empathy, Assistance and Referral Service) (607-255-3277) Ithaca’s Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service 24/7, call (800-273-8255) or text (607-269-4500) Caring Community Dean of Students Office Learning Strategies Center The Intergroup Dialogue Project Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement (OISE) (Graduate students)