Our commitments: 1. Teaching for impact & 2. Learner well-being and success
On this page you will find two of the four commitments in the plan. Please read each description and goals before answering 2 questions for each commitment. You also have the option to share your comments.
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We commit to offering relevant, flexible, hands-on, and innovative programs that prepare learners for the challenges they currently face and those to come. These programs will develop the needed skills to succeed, including developing a curiosity to learn and the agency needed to act in the world with integrity. Teaching in these programs will rely on evidence-based practices that aim for high student engagement as a key strategy for learning and retention. Where appropriate we will promote interdisciplinary co-teaching since problem solving requires input from a variety of locations.
We commit to advancing our efforts to decolonize curriculum and adopt inclusive pedagogies. Knowledge and creativity emerge from and are fostered in many locations, experiences, and ways of being. We benefit from learning in and through diversity – we are better placed to lead change and to tackle the world’s problems through this lens. Partnerships in learning with community groups, industry, and Indigenous communities are needed. We will engage learners in the co-creation of knowledges that happen as partners to build agency and ensure deep learning.
Our learners come to Concordia with a wealth of experiences, knowledges, and skills. Learning for Impact happens when we create an environment where all learners can have these talents recognized and have new ones emerge. An environment that encourages learner success deepens connections to Concordia by ensuring our learners are respected and can build meaningful relationships with their educators, their peers, and other members of the Concordia community. An environment that prioritizes well-being, pays attention to individual learners, and offers a rich, inclusive and welcoming set of experiences creates lasting impressions on learners. Concordia’s success as an institution is only secured when our learners succeed in the ways that are important to them.
We will work with our partners in student, and health and wellness services, along with the staff in the Faculties, to ensure our services prioritize learner well-being and create conditions of success for them.
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