Event box

Basic Needs Series: Educator Training

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  
Registration has closed.

This event will be held in W207, Main Library, Training Room 2.