TEACHING CIRCLES


Teaching circles are designed to facilitate faculty dialogue related to an aspect of teaching and/or learning.

This fall, we have four types of Teaching Circles that you may join. What is required is a commitment to meet on a regular basis - frequency and times to be set by the group - and a desire to learn and contribute to the group.


INTERNATIONAL FACULTY

Starting this fall, the Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center is offering a Teaching Circle for International faculty at GVSU. While this program is designed primarily for new faculty, all international faculty are welcome. The purpose of a teaching circle is to facilitate faculty dialogue related to an aspect of teaching and/or learning. The group will meet monthly to discuss teaching issues specific to international faculty. What is required of faculty is a commitment to meet on a regular basis and a desire to learn and contribute to the group.

For the 2010-2011, the teaching circle will be held on the following Mondays from 5-6 p.m.: September 13, October 11, November 15, and December 13. Meetings will be convened and led by Dana Munk, Faculty Fellow in the PEW Faculty Teaching and Learning Center in Kirkhoff Center room 2264. Teaching circles are typically small, informal, and friendly!  If you are interested in participating, please email munkd@gvsu.edu by September 1, 2010.


SEASONED EDUCATORS BOOK GROUP

Join other tenured faculty to discuss a book related to teaching and learning, either from the FTLC Reads list or of their own choosing. Initial meetings have yet to be scheduled. Christine Rener, Pew FTLC Director will help coordinate initial meetings, but a Teaching Circle convener will need to be chosen. Text selection and meeting schedules will be discussed at this initial meeting. If you are interested in joining but are unable to make one of these meetings, please contact renerc@gvsu.edu.


ONLINE & HYBRID TEACHING



CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES

The book by the same title by Angelo & Cross is considered by many to be an indispensable resource for the classroom instructor. This volume is a practical how-to guide that faculty members can use to assess the quality of teaching and learning in their classroom. The first section includes a Teaching Goals Inventory, a most helpful research-based tool for identifying and clarifying one’s teaching goals. The Inventory items are tied to fifty different Classroom Assessment Techniques. These CATs are really student engagement techniques at heart and many are creative and fun. Each technique is accompanied by suggestions for use, pros, cons, and caveats. If you would like to discuss the implementation of CATs in your own classroom, would like to share your experiences with others, consider joining this Teaching Circle. This group will need a convener who will schedule meetings. If you are interested in learning more or would like to sign up, please contact Christine Rener at renerc@gvsu.edu.
 


To propose your own Teaching Circle, visit our Teaching Circle Grant page.