Since 2013, ESCALA has delivered professional development to more than 2,000 faculty and staff at 30 two and four-year HSIs. We specialize in multi-year, capacity-building professional development that allows HSI faculty and staff time to experiment, implement, and measure changes in student engagement, retention and success. For this reason, we prefer to work with institutions for a year or more. If you have a Title V, III, or NSF-HSI grant, or are applying for one, please contact us for a free 45-min consultation to discuss your grant goals and what programs we offer to fit those goals.

For the 2020-2021 academic year ESCALA is offering the following programs:

• The Certificate in College Teaching & Learning in HSIs: $2,700/faculty. Twenty-seven hour leadership course on culturally responsive teaching and the implementation of equity practices in the classroom. Includes summer intensive (3 days) and fall coaching and implementation follow-up. Various locations, throughout summer months.

• Keynotes: $4,000-5,000*. One day visit to your campus. Includes a 50 min keynote and 1.5 hour follow-up session/meeting with stakeholders. Delivered on your campus.
• Staff Retreats: $12,000-14,000*. 6-hour interactive workshop on examining equity practices, appropriate for administrators, counselors, and/or other staff. Delivered on your campus.
• Faculty Retreats: $18,000-20,000*. 12 -hour (two day) interactive workshops for faculty featuring demonstrations of culturally responsive teaching and education on how cultural context impacts teaching and learning interactions. Delivered on your campus.
• Consulting: $150/hour. We offer one time or ongoing consultations for institutions who are implementing large-scale faculty or staff development or need assistance in writing faculty development into their grant.
  

*The exact cost of an on-campus program will depend upon the number and type facilitators needed, and cost of travel to your location.

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Drs. Catherine Martinez Berryhill and Renee Beeton guide Angelo State University staff in making changes to their work with students.

Two-Day Faculty Retreats: Teaching with Equity in Mind
 12 hours (two 6-hour days)
On your campus

At a two day retreat, faculty will

• Analyze the history and data on of Latinx/Hispanic K-12 education in their region, to better understand their students 
• Reflect on their own socio-cultural backgrounds, and how it creates attitudes and values about teaching
• Learn how to implement brain-based strategies, as the core component of culturally responsive teaching
• Make a plan with other faculty to implement changes and promote equity in the classroom as part of improving as a HSI.

The HSI Faculty Summer Institute: The Certificate in College Teaching & Learning
Length: 27 hours (3 days in July or August plus coaching during Fall)
Locations: Santa Fe, New Mexico and other U.S. locations

This program trains HSI faculty to become leaders in culturally responsive instructors in the specific context of a Hispanic Serving Institution. This is our most popular program, and more than 300 faculty from HSIs throughout the country have completed the CTL-HSI  program since 2014.

CTL-HSI is the only program in the country that combines cultural competence education with follow up coaching and implementation support. During the summer workshop faculty do a reality check: they use ESCALA-developed metrics to reflect on how well they are currently implementing best practices for Latinx students, and identify any inequitable patterns of success/failure and participation in their classrooms and courses. 

The CTL-HSI program is delivered in two parts: first faculty attend a summer kickoff retreat (3 days), then complete a series of online assignments and individualized coaching sessions in fall. Using this innovative, long-term approach, HSI faculty are accountable for making  changes to their teaching through the design and implementation of a SoTL-inspired teaching/learning project. 

The CTL -HSI program provides a unique opportunity for HSI faculty to meet faculty from other HSIs, and to exchange ideas with faculty who teach similar courses and student populations. Faculty take part in real-time demonstrations of high impact teaching/learning practices, receive crucial implementation advice, and learn how to measure changes to student engagement and learning. As a result they become more confident and reflective teachers of Latinx students.