Facilitated by CNDLS and supported by the Office of the Provost, the Seminar on Inclusive Teaching and Learning brings faculty, staff and graduate students together as a week-long learning community to reflect on diversity in the classroom and how it affects teaching and learning at Georgetown.

The seminar is designed and facilitated by Georgetown's community of faculty and staff. Participants in the seminar discuss cognitive development and learning styles; consider their own responses to racial, cultural, religious, gender, sexual orientation, generational, and class diversity; and experiment with what inclusive teaching and learning looks like in the classroom. All of the sessions provide excellent opportunities to reflect on personal experiences and to hear from others in a supportive environment. The goal of the seminar is to help participants plan how to build inclusive pedagogies and course content, in order to transform the classroom experience for ourselves and our students in deep and varied ways.

One outcome of the Seminar is that participants are automatically enrolled in a Blackboard organization site for ongoing support and community with past participants from all previous years. In addition, a generous package of support from CNDLS and the Provost's Office is awarded to faculty participants to enable them to share their seminar experience with their colleagues after the conclusion of the week-long seminar. For example, participants might arrange a departmental workshop for the fall, or work with a few colleagues in course or curriculum infusion using principles of inclusive teaching and learning. (Graduate student participants receive a modest one-time stipend to compensate for missed income during the week of the Seminar.) Participation is limited to 15 faculty, staff, and graduate students, with priority being given to ordinary faculty. The seminar is part of the Teaching, Learning, and Innovation Summer Institute (TLISI) held every May during the week after graduation.