Human-Centered Ownership & Measured Excellence
Welcome HOME

Over ten weeks you move room by room through a house. Each room is a piece of your teaching practice you get to design on purpose. Every week pairs a live HOME Meeting with a short HOME Inspection of your own classroom, and together they make up the first 20 hours of your 48-hour pathway.

How to use this page

Click a room's colored bar to open it. Inside you will find that week's two assignments, the HOME Meeting (our live session, where we build one skill together) and the HOME Inspection (a short self-assessment you complete while you teach), plus direct links that take you straight to each page. Click the bar again to close it.

Work through the house in order, left to right and top to bottom. The teal rooms are your foundational ground floor, the five CARES-colored rooms preview your Community of Practice tracks, and the final two rooms lift you toward Phase 2.

Week 1 · Foundational Inclusive Syllabus – The Living Room HOME Meeting 1 Design a welcoming course overview and first-day experience that orients students to your course's purpose, structure, and a sense of belonging. HOME Inspection 1 Walk through your own syllabus and first-day plan to check how clearly they signal welcome and belonging to students. Go to the Meeting ›Go to the Inspection ›	Week 2 · Foundational PDP – The Kitchen HOME Meeting 2 Build a professional development plan and learn the support and approval processes that sustain your teaching practice. HOME Inspection 2 Review your draft PDP goals against your Week 1 self-assessment to confirm they target what your practice most needs. Go to the Meeting ›Go to the Inspection ›
Week 3 · Foundational Observation Preparation – The Backyard HOME Meeting 3 Plan learning activities and interaction that strengthen engagement, and prepare for the three-role observation cycle. HOME Inspection 3 Reflect on one class session's activities and interaction to see where student engagement is strong and where it slips. Go to the Meeting ›Go to the Inspection ›	Week 4 · CoP Preview · Community of Care (C) Course Design – The Community Room HOME Meeting 4 Organize and label your instructional materials so they support outcomes and are easy for students to navigate. HOME Inspection 4 Run the Course Design diagnostic on your focus course to find its strongest design element and the one most in need of work. Go to the Meeting ›Go to the Inspection ›
Week 5 · CoP Preview · Access (A) Accessibility & Universal Design for Learning – The Access Room HOME Meeting 5 Audit and improve a course artifact for accessibility and usability using Universal Design for Learning. HOME Inspection 5 Walk through your course in the student view and identify one accessibility change you can make right away. Go to the Meeting ›Go to the Inspection ›	Week 6 · CoP Preview · Retention & Completion (R) Assessment & Feedback – The Retention Room HOME Meeting 6 Redesign an assessment so its directions, criteria, and feedback are clear, timely, and usable for students. HOME Inspection 6 Review one of your assessments to pinpoint where directions or feedback leave students guessing. Go to the Meeting ›Go to the Inspection ›
Week 7 · CoP Preview · Employment (E) Competency-Based Instruction – The Employment Room HOME Meeting 7 Reframe an assignment around a named competency aligned to clear, employment-relevant outcomes. HOME Inspection 7 Examine one assignment to check whether the skill it builds is visible and meaningful to employers. Go to the Meeting ›Go to the Inspection ›	Week 8 · CoP Preview · Sustainability (S) Digital Adaptability & Applied AI – The Sustainability Room HOME Meeting 8 Evaluate a new technology and draft a course-specific AI use statement that protects student privacy and data. HOME Inspection 8 Assess how you currently use technology and AI in one course and draft language that sets clear expectations. Go to the Meeting ›Go to the Inspection ›
Week 9 · Aspirational CWLO Building Codes – The Front Yard HOME Meeting 9 Map two or more course outcomes to the College-Wide Learning Outcomes and produce a one-page Building Codes alignment. HOME Inspection 9 Check your outcome-to-CWLO alignment for gaps before Outcomes Assessment Day. Go to the Meeting ›Go to the Inspection ›	Week 10 · Foundational CoP Choice – The Dining Room HOME Meeting 10 Lay your five CARES diagnostics side by side, name the growth area they point to, and choose the Community of Practice track you will commit to for the year. HOME Inspection 10 Weigh your five diagnostic results side by side and select the Phase 2 Community of Practice track that fits your growth area. Go to the Meeting ›Go to the Inspection ›