Daily Schedule

Each day will follow the same schedule. More information on each block activity can be found below.

• • 8 – 9 am: Gathering time, coffee/breakfast (provided)
  • 9-10:15 am: Block 1 Activity
  • 10:15 -10:45 am: Break
  • 10:45 am – 12:00 pm: Block 2 Activity
  • 12:00 – 2:00 pm: Lunch (not provided – bring your own or visit nearby restaurants)
  • 2:00 – 3:15 pm: Block 3 Activity
  • 3:15 – 3:45 pm: Break
  • 3:45 – 5:00 pm: Block 4 Activity

Below is a detailed schedule for the workshop. Please contact us if you have questions about any of the workshop sessions!

Day 0: Prep Materials

• Slide Deck 1: Careers Prep Work
• Slide Deck 2: Disability Prep Work
• Video 1: What is Disability?
• Video 2: Disability Language and Models
• Video 3: Legal Considerations
• Video 4: Ableism
• Video 5: Types of Jobs Physicists Have
• Video 6: Pathways into physics careers
• Video 7: How to apply for jobs

Day 1: Framing, Context, and Self-Reflection

• Block 1: 
  • Instructors & Students: Introduction and discussion norms
• Block 2: 
  • Instructors & Students: Overview of preparation materials 
• Block 3:
  • Instructors & Students: Disabled student panel
• Block 4:
  • Students: Guided-reflection about current issues experienced by disabled students
  • Instructors: Guided-reflection about courses taught, institutions, issues that might be a part of class, and things that might be done well
  • Instructors & Students: Goal Setting and share out together

 

Day 2: Evaluating Course Access and Career Exploration

• Block 1: 
  • Students: Overview of physics careers and pathways/Career readiness standards
  • Instructors: Variation Planning Tool (VPT) Overview & Applications
• Block 2: 
  • Instructors & Students: Students and instructors pair up and discuss career and courses
• Block 3:
  • Students: STEM Careers panel
  • Instructors: Office of Disability Services (ODS) panel
• Block 4:
  • Students: Society of Physics Students Careers Toolkit and O*Net resources
  • Instructors: Return to VPT and alternate course structures

 

Day 3: Tools for Access and Being Disabled in the Workplace

• Block 1: 
  • Students: Disclosure of disabilities – write script, words for a cover letter, etc. and Accommodations in Workplace
  • Instructors: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) 1-3 working on lectures/readings – tools for fixing
• Block 2: 
  • Students: Navigating the workplace culture
  • Instructors: Material Accessibility 2: UDL 4-6 (working on syllabus – overall structures & tools/options for addressing) and UDL 7-9 (working on activities – analytic, coding, lab/equipment based)
• Block 3:
  • Students:  Work-life balance and workflow – Dueling calendars
  • Instructors: Syllabus and assessments
• Block 4:
  • Instructors & Students: Independence vs. Interdependence in science

 

Day 4: Moving Towards Inclusion

• Block 1: 
  • Instructors & Students: Digging into Disability Terminology
• Block 2: 
  • Instructors & Students: Stopping ableism in action

 

Day 5: Teaching Implementation Planning and Jobs Skills Practice 

• Block 1: 
  • Students: One-on-one mentoring meetings
  • Instructors: Implementation plan
• Block 2: 
  • Students: Interview prep time
  • Instructors: Implementation plan prep time
• Block 3:
  • Instructors & Students: Final guided reflection, check in planning, & feedback
• Block 4:
  • Instructors & Students: Celebration – Dip party!