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Join us to share ideas, gain fresh perspectives, and connect with fellow faculty across the CapU campus in a supportive and collegial environment.

Lydia Watson asks: What would a compassionate classroom look like? How do we shift from feeling bad for our students to acting on our feelings?

At a recent CTE meeting I joked that I should record myself and then post the reflections as blogs. Apparently, I was only half joking because that’s what I’ve now decided to do. This post is compiled from my memory of the land acknowledgement and reflection at our most recent CTE meeting.

If you’ve participated in faculty evaluations as a colleague, chair, coordinator or convenor, you may have thought to yourself, “There’s got to be a better way!”—And, you’re right!