In-Class Community Agreements

To encourage group accountability, agency and consent, students and instructors are encouraged to agree upon how they will communicate clearly and without harm in digital and physical spaces.

Below are some examples of communication agreements (created by Calling Up Justice). These are baseline examples to be expanded upon, developed, and catered to your specific class or shared meeting space.

For more information on how to create, use and implement community agreements, contact Julius at julius@stagebrige.org.

• We will introduce ourselves via chat or when entering classes

• We will care for our bodies and move as needed

• We will co-create space for everyone to contribute

• Those of us most comfortable responding quickly will create space for other voices

• Those of us less comfortable responding verbally and quickly will speak and be heard

• We will honor productive silence

• We will avoid cross talk

• We will be fully present with each other and resist the urge to multi-task

• We will test our personal technology before we meet and resolve any technical issues

• We will use the mute button when not speaking to prevent background noise

• We will use message and hand signals to communicate to others before speaking

• We will turn on our video whenever possible

• We will turn off self-view, whenever possible

• We will manage time together

• We will always get consent