Overview

The Redesign for Equity and Accessibility Lab (REAL) is a faculty fellowship program created at CSM with funds from a one-time Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Practices (CRPP) Innovation Grant from the California Community Colleges State Chancellor's Office.  The purpose of REAL is to better serve our disproportionately impacted, disabled, and underrepresented student populations by cultivating culturally responsive and accessible pedagogy and practices at CSM.

Running each of three semesters (Spring '24, Fall '24, Spring '25), REAL provided up 21 faculty members from 13 disciplines with a semester-long course release to engage in deep learning around course design, make substantive changes to a course in five key areas, and share findings with the campus community.

Though the grant period is over, we are pleased to make available our REAL Report-Outs during campus Flex Days, our REAL Community of Practice, and The REAL Guide, an online collection of cross-disciplinary samples and resources to support equity and accessibility in course design, developed by the faculty, staff, and students who planned and participated in our Redesign for Equity & Accessibility Lab (REAL) workshops in 2023-2025