[Wsssc] Training around avoiding hostile environment

[Matthew Campbell]

Thanks, Glen …curious what other folks might be contemplating. As of yet, I don’t believe the AG’s office has fully vetted the stink eye clause in the updated Student Code of Conduct.

In the meantime, we have started to contemplate this and I think there are a couple “first steps” that might be helpful.

One might be to encourage mask-wearing …it’s short of requiring but also suggests that some folks may be wearing masks because it was encouraged, not because they are not vaccinated.

The second is general marketing/communication about assumptions and expectations for care and grace. That is, promoting the reality that wearing a mask does not mean that someone is or isn’t vaccinated …it means they have chosen to wear a mask. Indeed, they may have a medical reason that prevents vaccination, may have children at home who cannot be vaccinated and want the added precaution, and/or may be making the decision to support and protect others (since there are still unknows, particularly around variants).

I believe some regular campus communications in a variety of formats capturing some of these ideas could be helpful in this regard.

I also believe that these responses will be racialized, both with regard to judging those with/without a mask and to “policing” and who is confronted and why (both on the part of students and employees). We will, as always, need to intentionally state and model our expectations to support marginalized communities.

Thanks,
Matt

Matthew Campbell, Ed.D. (he/him/his)

Vice President, Learning & Student Success

Pierce College Puyallup

p: 253.840.8419



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Date: Thursday, July 22, 2021 at 11:07 AM
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Subject: [Wsssc] Training around avoiding hostile environment

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Colleagues, as we attempt to implement the Governor’s amended directive for higher education with its distinction between vaccinated and non-vaccinated campuses, a potential flashpoint was raised by one of our student leaders and I was wondering if any of you have developed or are in the process of developing programming/training to address it.  The flashpoint in question is the potential for vaccinated (and presumably unmasked) students creating a hostile learning environment for non-vaccinated (and therefore presumably masked) students, or vice versa.  If you’ve ever been on the receiving end or witnessed the giving of the old proverbial “stink eye” in a grocery store or other public venue, and perhaps even snide or aggressive comments, then you know what I’m talking about.  I assume that this will be an issue primarily, if not exclusively, encountered by those colleges that choose to designate themselves as vaccinated, which is the plan with both SCC and SFCC.  So there you have it.  Anybody have any wisdom to share?  I’m fresh out 😊

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Glen A Cosby, Ph.D (preferred pronouns: he, him, his)
Vice President of Student Services
Spokane Community College
MS 2150
1810 N Greene St.
Spokane, WA 99217-5399
(509) 533-7015

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