Expanding Access to Bilingual Education Goal 2: Become a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Initiative 2.3: Develop a plan for early outreach, targeted recruitment, retention, and graduation of Latinx students. Initiative 2.4: Develop a plan for hiring, retaining, mentoring, and promoting Latinx and bilingual faculty, staff, and administrators. Initiative 2.5: Implement bilingual and culturally responsive practices across the institution, including translation of important materials and information into Spanish. In 2024-25, CWU launched one of the first Bilingual Education/Dual Language - Spanish teacher education program in Washington State. The first 10 students enrolled in the program, and most are at the CWU Yakima Center. This novel program trains students for one of the highest need teaching jobs in the region; for example, almost every school district in central Washington is increasing offerings of dual language programs in Spanish. This program directly supports the goal to become a Hispanic Serving Institution and initiatives 2.3-2.5. The program specifically recruits students from Spanish-speaking households, who in most cases are Latine. The program includes courses for learning education academic language in Spanish, teaching bilingually, dual language programs, and has a course taught bilingually in English and Spanish. The program emphasizes teaching for social justice, working with multilingual learners, and Latine culture and community. Contributors : Jennifer Dechaine, Teresa Walker, Kate Reynolds, Jose Rios, Paul Nichols
Culture of Respect: Changing Our Language and Relationship to Power to Foster Belonging at CWU Goal 3: Cultivate an inclusive and welcoming campus culture that embraces diversity, that fosters a sense of belonging for all students, faculty, and staff, and that nurtures pride in the university. Initiative 3.1: Develop and implement diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training programs for faculty, staff, and students to raise awareness, build understanding, and promote inclusive practices across the university. Initiative 3.3: Build mechanisms for nurturing a strong sense of affiliation with and pride in Central Washington University. Culture of Respect Council has status update/report to share with CWU on the Safe workgroup recommendations - then we also have update to work/ partnerships to improve culture of respect and how it ties to student and employee belonging. Contributors : Culture of Respect Council
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