Subject: Plenary Follow up-Fall instruction
From: "'Shirin M Malekpour' via ls-dept-admins" <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:58:11 +0000
List-Id: <ls-dept-admins.g-groups.wisc.edu>

Dear Department Chairs,

Following yesterday's L&S Plenary session on classroom conflict and challenging conversations, I'm writing to outline several requested actions.

  1.  Establish and communicate procedures for significant classroom disruptions.
     *   Review the KB article: L&S Process for Significantly Disruptive Student Incidents<https://kb.wisc.edu/ls/page.php?id=141187>.
     *   Create, revise, or affirm your department procedures and communicate them to instructors (including TAs) in your department.
     *   Connect with your AAD and me whenever College resources can support you in navigating complex incidents. We can help arrange direct support from an L&S Assistant Dean Liaison to Student Affairs and other relevant campus resources.
  2.  Engage instructors in discussing proactive and responsive strategies to mediate conflict.
     *   Use the L&S Mini-Discussion resource on Classroom Conflict & Challenging Conversations<https://idc.ls.wisc.edu/ls-mini-discussions/classroom-conflict-and-challenging-conversations/> to initiate a proactive and collaborative thinking among instructors in your department.
     *   Circulate the Free Expression Module and Resources<https://free-expression.wisc.edu/resources-policies-initiatives/free-expression-module-and-resources/>.
     *   Connect with me at [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> if the L&S Instructional Design Collaborative<https://idc.ls.wisc.edu/> or I can be of help.

We appreciate your partnership in creating a supportive and inclusive environment for learning. Please contact your Academic Associate Dean or me directly, if you have any questions.

Be well,

Shirin

Shirin Malekpour (she/her)
Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning Administration
College of Letters & Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison