Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Competence: Exploring and Unpacking Bias

1 Unit
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Course Description

Credit Validation for NEA Participants Only

Educators will be able to define and describe implicit and explicit bias and identify how bias influences decisions, actions, and behaviors related to students and families. They will also identify specific actions they can take to disrupt bias in their classrooms, schools, and districts. Additionally, educators will explore their personal biases and create an infographic and presentation illustrating various types of bias in education, the impact these biases have on students, and strategies to disrupt bias in classrooms, schools, and districts.

Course Details

Number of Units: 1.0 graduate level extension credit(s) in semester hours

Who Should Attend: This course provides continuing education for NEA Participants.

Directions to Enrolled Participants for University Credit: Submit your Certificate of Completion by email to [email protected] after enrolling for credit and completing the course. Only register for credit once you have completed your coursework. Ensure your program knows you have registered for credit and communicate that they can release your final grade to our program.

Prerequisites: All participants must be a NEA/FEA member.

Course Options

Course Date Units Price
EDC-X701Y – 001 01 Jan 202531 Dec 2025 1 $79

Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Competence: Exploring andUnpacking Bias

01 Jan 202531 Dec 2025
1
$79
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Online Self-Paced

Audience: FEA/NEA members

Refund Policy: All Credit Validation enrollments are refundable, less a $25 fee, if requested within 30 days of enrollment date. There will be no refunds for Credit Validation after the allotted 30 days.

Enrollment Open: January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025 (11:59pm PT)

What You Will Learn

  • Define and describe implicit and explicit bias
  • Examine how bias influences decisions, actions, and behaviors with students and families
  • Identify specific actions educators can take to disrupt bias in their classrooms, schools, and districts

Instructors

Professional development courses offered by the University of San Diego’s Division of Professional & Continuing Education are taught by faculty that possess a depth and breadth of academic and real-world professional experience.

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