Pew FTLC - Embracing Issues that Haunt Us: Problems and Polarities FLC
Description
What issues are recurring, appear unsolvable and keep you up at night? Are you wasting time, energy and other resources by trying to "solve" a problem that you believed was solved earlier? This FLC will distinguish between problems you can solve AND polarities or paradoxes that you can manage. Dilemmas abound in academia, just as they do in business, practice and personal spaces. Though many times, these issues appear as if they are problems, in actuality many complex issues are polarities, which are interdependent pairs of values, beliefs or alternative points of view. Managing a dilemma or polarity, offers sustainable outcomes through key management strategies. Key polarities are often involved in situations that are laden with conflict and tensions, validating the need for all disciplines to apply a polarity lens. This interprofessional FLC will focus on deepening knowledge of polarity thinking across multiple disciplines and explore strategies to apply polarity thinking at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) classrooms, colleges and within the greater GVSU community.
Silver Level Criteria
To earn a silver badge, participate fully in this semester-long Faculty Learning Community and submit a Faculty Learning Community Participation Grant Final Report via the online grant system within 30 days of the final meeting.
Gold Level Criteria
To earn a gold badge, complete the silver badge and then provide evidence of continued implementation or dissemination related to the FLC, either through a development of a new course, invited campus presentation, conference presentation or publication. No deadline.
To earn a gold badge as an FLC facilitator, participate in a facilitator orientation session and submit a reflection about the experience of serving in this leadership capacity. For those unable to attend a face-to-face session, submit an additional written reflection of the assigned orientation readings.
Coordinator
Issued in 2017 & 2018