IIDEA Progress Report

IIDEA PROGRESS REPORT Updated April 2021 GOAL 1: DEVELOP A SHARED DEFINITION OF IIDEA Objective

Action

A. Creating an IIDEA standing committee in the RUSSW by-laws.

1. Chaired by the Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,

Dean

September 2, 2020 present

2. Including elected and appointed members of the faculty, staff and students,

Dean

October 7, 2020 present

3. Whose Chair serves as diversity champion for the larger Rutgers-New Brunswick and Universitywide diversity and inclusion efforts 1. Working with faculty to create a statement on diversity and inclusion that is codified into RUSSW by-laws and policies,

Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

September 2, 2020 present

Appointed by the Dean

IIDEA Subcommittee: Definitions and IIDEA Statement

October 2, 2020 – present

Statement was discussed at the April 2021 Faculty Meeting. Will be voted on at the May 2021 Faculty Meeting.

2. In partnership with the Office of Academic Affairs and the Curriculum and Executive Committees, develop a conceptual/theoretical framework that undergrids the School’s initiatives that further inclusion, intersectionality, diversity, equity, and advancement,

IIDEA Subcommittee: Conceptual Framework

November 11, 2020 – present

3. In partnership with multiple RU-SSW entities, leading the development and implementation oversight of a comprehensive evolving, multi-year plan that advances IIDEA within the School and its community partners,

IIDEA Committee

Always being addressed

Met with Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, BASW, PhD, and DSW program directors, and Executive Director of Field Education in March. In April meeting with the BASW and MSW Curriculum Committees and the DSW and PhD Executive Committees.

Data derived from the organizational assessment conducted by Dr. Kenneth Hardy in Fall 2021 will inform this process.

B. Charging the IIDEA Committee with the creation and implementation of a constantly evolving diversity and inclusion action plan for the School, including items such as:

Progress Responsibility

Timeline

Notes

4. Identifying areas where inclusion, intersectionality, diversity, equity, and advancement need to be addressed and making recommendations to the Dean, administration, and faculty to address the identified areas, 5. Coordinating with search committees to deliver/support Rutgers-New Brunswick diversity-related faculty and staff hiring protocols, 6. Coordinating with all committees, program directors and administrators to support the infusion of IIDEA objectives into yearly work plans, including curriculum consideration, 7. Coordinating with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs to add IIDEA specific questions to existing student and alumni surveys,

8. Developing an ongoing IIDEA survey/assessment process for faculty, staff and

9. Identifying other key priorities determined by the IIDEA committee.

IIDEA Committee

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IIDEA Committee

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IIDEA Committee

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During the month of April, program directors and administrators will be involved in a SOCW Analysis.

IIDEA Committee, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Assessment Committee IIDEA Subcommittee: IIDEA Survey Development

Inprogress

Items related to DEI have been included on the Field Progress and Implicit Curriculum Surveys.

TBD

Subcommittee to be chaired by Sheila Borges Rajguru. Data derived from the organizational assessment conducted by Dr. Kenneth Hardy in Fall 2021 will inform this process.

IIDEA Committee

Always being addressed

GOAL 2: CREATE MECHANISMS TO INFUSE IIDEA PRACTICES ACROSS THE CURRICULUM AND OUR COMMUNITIES Objective A. Specifically moving forward recommendations from a) the 2018-2019 Diversity & Inclusion Task Force, which focused on the student experience, and b) the subsequent faculty discussion of key priorities, including:

Action 1. Creating a standing committee

Progress

Responsibility Dean

Timeline September 2, 2020 – present

Notes

B. Ensuring that staff policies and protocols are aligned with the committee’s recommendations to create a school climate that is supportive of all.

2. Supporting the Office of Academic Affairs and the Curriculum Committees to create and deliver skill-based training for all faculty (TT, NTT, PTL) in inclusive pedagogies, for both formal and co-curricular learning experiences. See School’s strategic plan.

3. Developing skill-based instruction for all students re: micro-aggressions, ensuring focus on field settings. See curriculum recommendations in School’s strategic plan.

4. Supporting the Field Education team to improve field-related IIDEA training for field instructors and mechanisms for identifying and responding to field based, negative IIDEA experiences,

IIDEA Committee, Office of Academic Affairs, and Curriculum Committees

Inprogress

IIDEA Committee, Student Advisors, and Executive Director of Field Education

Fall 2021

IIDEA Committee, SWAGGER, Office of Academic Affairs, and Executive Director of Field Education

Always being addressed

5. Conducting a full review of the SIRS course evaluation process and bring recommendations for designing additional questions for student evaluations, and practice language for syllabi related to student and instructor bias.

IIDEA Subcommittee to be appointed and Office of Academic Affairs

April 2021

1. Convening a Staff Advisory Council to bring recommendations to the Dean and Associate Dean for Administration and Finance, whose chair serves on the Dean's Advisory Committee

Dean

October 2021

The Office of Academic Affairs is in the process of developing such skillbased training.

The Transgender Training Institute will be providing training to help educators and social workers work with and support transgender and non-binary students in both the classroom and field settings.

Conducting a full review of the SIRS course evaluation process to add more items will not begin to after the conceptual framework has been adopted. Christine Morales has agreed to chair this subcommittee.

The Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs is in the process of written an IIDEA statement to be included on all syllabi. The Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion has reviewed the statement and made modifications.

Samantha Michaele from the Business Office was appointed chair of the Staff Council.

2. Making resources available to support training and activities that contribute to IIDEA practices in the workplace.

Dean

Always being addressed

GOAL 3: ENSURE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF FACULTY AND STAFF THAT ADVANCE IIDEA GOALS Objective A. Building and enacting a robust fulltime faculty hiring model to meet IIDEA goals, including:

Action 1. Continuing to help build larger university mechanisms to support IIDEA hiring.

2. Strengthening our internal IIDEA hiring mechanisms,

B. Ensuring that our Part-time Lecturer (PTL) faculty mirror the diversity of our student body.

3. Working strategically toward the goal of a faculty composition that matches our student composition, and that of our state.

1. Strengthening our hiring processes to ensure strong IIDEA practices,

2. Developing a system to monitor and report progress in these practices.

C. Ensuring that our staff hiring and promotion practices correspond to our IIDEA goals.

1. Strengthening our HR processes to advance IIDEA hiring with an eye to, ensuring that our staff composition correspond to the demographics of our state, 2. Monitoring and reporting progress in our IIDEA hiring and promotion outcomes.

Progress

Responsibility Dean, IIDEA Committee, and Search Committees

Timeline Always being addressed

Dean, IIDEA Committee, and Search Committees Dean, IIDEA Committee, and Search Committees

Always being addressed

Dean, IIDEA Committee, and Search Committees

Always being addressed

Dean and Associate Dean for Administration and Finance Dean and Associate Dean for Administration and Finance

TBD

Dean, Associate Dean for Administration and Finance, Associate Dean for Faculty Development

Always being addressed

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Always being addressed

Notes