UC-Berkeley Launching ‘Mentorship Program for Racial Equity in Teaching’

“Participants will be paired with two to three colleagues with similar campus roles, teaching values, and shared lived experiences to form a peer mentoring partnership.”

Posted by Mike LaChance Friday, September 5, 2025 at 10:00am 1 Comment

This is a reminder that the academic left has absolutely no intention of ending this nonsense.

From the Berkeley website:

The Provost’s Thriving in Teaching: A Mentorship Program for Racial Equity in Teaching

Program Mission

Thriving in Teaching aims to bring together like-minded educators to cultivate a community of support, care, and rigor for practicing racial equity in teaching. Participating faculty can expect to practice with storytelling, somatic expression, and arts-based learning techniques to express their journey to teaching and to deepen their understanding of and relationship with racial equity teaching.

Participants will be paired with two to three colleagues with similar campus roles, teaching values, and shared lived experiences to form a peer mentoring partnership. These peer mentorships will serve as the foundation for (1) building community, (2) collectively implementing a set of observable racial equity teaching criteria, and (3) participating in a classroom observation exercise in spring 2026 where participants will have the opportunity to offer and receive teaching feedback.

This program runs from October through May and enrollment is limited to 14 Senate faculty, which includes both faculty in the Professor and Teaching Professor series. Senate faculty from all ranks are invited to apply. Participation in the program is not limited based upon self-identification of race or gender. Applications(link is external) will be accepted until Friday, September 19, 2025. The Center for Teaching & Learning will notify applicants of their acceptance in late September. Any questions about the program or application can be directed to [email protected]

Recognition

Faculty who participate throughout the full academic year will be provided a course improvement grant of $5000 and a letter recognizing their commitment to teaching signed by Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Benjamin E. Hermalin in support of their next merit review.