Belonging and Community

UC Core Competencies - Building Relationships

  • Models, fosters, and promotes University of California Principles of Community. Demonstrates empathy and respect for all people regardless of differences; promotes fairness and equity. Cultivates, champions, embodies, embraces, and supports a sense of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging

    • DEIB

    • Staff Orgs/Communities of Practice

    • Working with people who are different than you

    • Engaging others to make them feel valued and accepted

    • Maintaining goals of inclusion

    • Self-Awareness

    • Treating others with dignity, respect and equity

    • Value diverse people and ideas

    • Empowering team members to contribute ideas/achieve goals

    • Conflict resolution

How Social Learning Theory Works

Albert Bandura's social learning theory suggests that observation and modeling play a primary role in how and why people learn. Bandura's theory goes beyond the perception of learning being the result of direct experience with the environment. Learning, according to Bandura, can occur simply by observing others' behavior.

He explains in his 1977 book Social Learning Theory, "most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling: from observing others one forms an idea of how new behaviors are performed, and on later occasions, this coded...

Communities of Practice: The Missing Piece

Communities of practice are rising in popularity at organizations that seek to focus its members on a specific outcome while also having the added benefits of facilitating personal growth and fostering community. Encouraging communities of practice within the workplace directly addresses issues like organizational silos, duplication of work, and discouragement due to lack of support.

Ready to incorporate communities of practice in your workplace? Remember these key elements:

Create a safe environment where members are comfortable asking questions and exploring ideas Support...

How Social Learning is Transforming Professional Development

According to Wenger-Trayner, “Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.” Communities of practice are a key component of effective professional development because learning is a social activity.

There are three components of CoPs:

1. THE DOMAIN: Any CoP is defined by a common interest and focus. It is not just a group of people who like the same thing or have the same tastes—there is a shared...

Berkeley at Home

Berkeley at Home aims to foster community and bring the campus spirit home during social distancing, especially how to come together with teams and friends while maintaining that all-important physical distance. Our brand new variety show just aired - think of it as a weekly homeroom video for the campus community, featuring messages from Chancellor Carol Christ, news updates, cooking ideas, fitness tips and interviews with Berkeley’s brightest. Check out the first episode...