Basic Needs Series: Educator Training In-Person
As educators, we want every student to have an equal opportunity to learn and thrive. However, many students face significant barriers when their basic needs for food, shelter, clothing, and other necessities go unmet. The Educator Training will equip MSU educators with knowledge and skills to identify and support students who may be having difficulty in meeting one or more basic needs. The training will cover how to navigate these sensitive situations with compassion, respect boundaries, and connect students with campus and community resources.
Participants will also have an opportunity to put together finals week thriving kits to take back to their spaces and share with students. A wishlist has been created if you are interested in donating items for the finals week thriving kits. All items not used for the thriving kits will be donated to divisions on campus that stock free self-care items and toiletries for students, including the Student Parent Resource Center.
This event is open to anyone that works directly with students and is seeking to learn more about resources that support students that may be experiencing food, housing, financial, and mental health concerns.
Upon successful completion of the Basic Needs Educator Training, attendees will receive a digital certificate of completion.
Prerequisite (Recommended/Not Mandatory): Attend or watch all recordings from the four Basic Needs Series presentations. All session recordings can be found on iteachmsu.
Partners:
- Danielle Flores Lopez, Interim Assistant Dean of DEI in the College of Natural Science
- Kimberly Steed-Page, Director of the Student Parent Resource Center
- Justin St. Charles, Strategic Retention Manager
- Katie Peterson, Educational Developer for Academic Advisors
This event will be held in W207, Main Library, Training Room 2.
- Date:
- Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Time:
- 9:30am - 11:30am
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Center for Teaching and Learning Innovation
- Audience:
- Advising Staff Educator Network Future Faculty In-Class Educators
- Categories:
- Community of Practice Educator Onboarding Guest Speakers In-person Session Special Topics Synchronous Session
This event will be held in W207, Main Library, Training Room 2.