{"id":283,"date":"2022-05-25T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T13:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/clusterlearningatplymouthstate\/back-matter\/appendix-b-the-unofficial-psu-cplc-values-workbook\/"},"modified":"2022-05-25T13:48:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T13:48:01","slug":"appendix-b-the-unofficial-psu-cplc-values-workbook","status":"publish","type":"back-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/cluster-learning-at-plymouth-state\/back-matter\/appendix-b-the-unofficial-psu-cplc-values-workbook\/","title":{"raw":"Appendix B: The Unofficial PSU CPLC Values Workbook","rendered":"Appendix B: The Unofficial PSU CPLC Values Workbook"},"content":{"raw":"

Summer 2022<\/h4>\n[caption id=\"attachment_793\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"396\"]\"cover<\/a> Cover page of the workbook[\/caption]\n\nAs a three-time CPLCer, I\u2019ve already written a few reflective pieces, so I decided to try something different for this final project. I started assigning unessays in some of my classes at the beginning of the pandemic, and I wanted to see what it would be like to create my own. Also, after more than two years of teaching, working, and living through a pandemic, I am exhausted. I just needed to try something different.\n\nFor my unessay project, I wanted to engage with some of the ideas generated by the CPLC, so I turned to Season 3\u2019s \u201cStarting with Values\u201d<\/a> document and \u201cThe Values that Guide Us\u201d <\/a>document created by CoLab Student Affiliates Rhiannon Black and Natalie Smith.\n\nInspired by some recent, raw conversations I\u2019d had with students regarding issues of racism, sexism, safety and sexual assault here at PSU, I wanted to create something that could encourage more such conversations\u2014conversations about the values we identified in the CPLC, and conversations with and between students, faculty, staff, and administrators. I also hope to facilitate movement from discussion to action: How can we work together to ensure our community lives up to these values?\n\nBecause I\u2019m a nerd who actually kind of likes workbooks, I decided on a workbook as my format of choice. I\u2019m really tired of Google docs, and I wanted to work on something more tactile, so I decided to make something more in the style of a 90\u2019s feminist \u2018zine.\n\nThis workbook was designed to help people affiliated with PSU reflect on the values identified by the CPLC (Accessibility, Community, Empathy, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect). More importantly, it\u2019s designed to encourage conversation, especially between different groups at PSU. I could see it being used in classes, but I think it would better serve cross-constituent groups in CPLC-like retreats, where the ideas generated could move and develop between students, faculty, staff, and administrators. In fact, I could see this as a series of conversations\u2014maybe one conversation for each of the six identified values: Accessibility, Community, Empathy, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect. But I\u2019m getting ahead of myself! I deliberately made the workbook with minimal instruction so that it might be adapted to a variety of settings.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_795\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"792\"]\"workbook<\/a> Accessibility exercise from the workbook[\/caption]\n\nIn the end, I\u2019m really glad I decided to try an \u201cunessay\u201d for this project, and I\u2019m pretty happy with the result. It was nice to think about my unessay assignment from a different perspective\u2014I think that will help me refine the assignment for future classes. Although putting the workbook together took WAAAAY longer than I expected, it was actually really fun to be engaged with the designing, printing, cutting, and pasting for a whole weekend\u2014it was a great way to wind down from the end-of-semester stress and panic. I was short a few sheets of white paper (that\u2019s why the definitions\/perspectives are on yellow paper, and why the section headings are handwritten on scraps), which reminded me of being an undergrad and the enormous stress something like that would have caused me (I didn\u2019t have much \u201cextra\u201d money for stuff like paper, etc.). And, most importantly, I had the chance to really dig into the CPLC values and think about what they mean to me, and what they mean to others. Rereading the wise words of my colleagues and our students was a joy and a privilege.\n\nI\u2019m grateful for my three seasons with the CPLC, and I\u2019m grateful for the opportunity to reflect on that work with this project. Enormous thanks to Cathie, Robin, Martha, Hannah, and everyone else involved in making this experience possible.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_796\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"792\"]\"workbook<\/a> Accessibility exercise from the workbook[\/caption]","rendered":"

Summer 2022<\/h4>\n
\"cover<\/a>
Cover page of the workbook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a three-time CPLCer, I\u2019ve already written a few reflective pieces, so I decided to try something different for this final project. I started assigning unessays in some of my classes at the beginning of the pandemic, and I wanted to see what it would be like to create my own. Also, after more than two years of teaching, working, and living through a pandemic, I am exhausted. I just needed to try something different.<\/p>\n

For my unessay project, I wanted to engage with some of the ideas generated by the CPLC, so I turned to Season 3\u2019s \u201cStarting with Values\u201d<\/a> document and \u201cThe Values that Guide Us\u201d <\/a>document created by CoLab Student Affiliates Rhiannon Black and Natalie Smith.<\/p>\n

Inspired by some recent, raw conversations I\u2019d had with students regarding issues of racism, sexism, safety and sexual assault here at PSU, I wanted to create something that could encourage more such conversations\u2014conversations about the values we identified in the CPLC, and conversations with and between students, faculty, staff, and administrators. I also hope to facilitate movement from discussion to action: How can we work together to ensure our community lives up to these values?<\/p>\n

Because I\u2019m a nerd who actually kind of likes workbooks, I decided on a workbook as my format of choice. I\u2019m really tired of Google docs, and I wanted to work on something more tactile, so I decided to make something more in the style of a 90\u2019s feminist \u2018zine.<\/p>\n

This workbook was designed to help people affiliated with PSU reflect on the values identified by the CPLC (Accessibility, Community, Empathy, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect). More importantly, it\u2019s designed to encourage conversation, especially between different groups at PSU. I could see it being used in classes, but I think it would better serve cross-constituent groups in CPLC-like retreats, where the ideas generated could move and develop between students, faculty, staff, and administrators. In fact, I could see this as a series of conversations\u2014maybe one conversation for each of the six identified values: Accessibility, Community, Empathy, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect. But I\u2019m getting ahead of myself! I deliberately made the workbook with minimal instruction so that it might be adapted to a variety of settings.<\/p>\n

\"workbook<\/a>
Accessibility exercise from the workbook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the end, I\u2019m really glad I decided to try an \u201cunessay\u201d for this project, and I\u2019m pretty happy with the result. It was nice to think about my unessay assignment from a different perspective\u2014I think that will help me refine the assignment for future classes. Although putting the workbook together took WAAAAY longer than I expected, it was actually really fun to be engaged with the designing, printing, cutting, and pasting for a whole weekend\u2014it was a great way to wind down from the end-of-semester stress and panic. I was short a few sheets of white paper (that\u2019s why the definitions\/perspectives are on yellow paper, and why the section headings are handwritten on scraps), which reminded me of being an undergrad and the enormous stress something like that would have caused me (I didn\u2019t have much \u201cextra\u201d money for stuff like paper, etc.). And, most importantly, I had the chance to really dig into the CPLC values and think about what they mean to me, and what they mean to others. Rereading the wise words of my colleagues and our students was a joy and a privilege.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m grateful for my three seasons with the CPLC, and I\u2019m grateful for the opportunity to reflect on that work with this project. Enormous thanks to Cathie, Robin, Martha, Hannah, and everyone else involved in making this experience possible.<\/p>\n

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