The Academy for Teaching Excellence is excited to launch a faculty-driven opportunity that will create a space for instructors to engage in meaningful and productive reflection on their teaching and classroom experience.
Communities of Practice allow faculty to interact as peers and explore new approaches to teaching. Members create a collegial and supportive environment with shared ownership for the purpose, value, and outcomes they hope to achieve. The goals of the group are defined by the members themselves who share similar passions in support of teaching excellence. Members of the communities of practice will create individual or group projects based on their shared area of interest.
For more information about Communities of Practice, attend an upcoming info session or view Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
Join a Community of Practice
Several communities of practice, which grew out of previous fellowship programs, are currently open and seeking new members for Spring 2017. These groups include the following:
- Multicultural Education: Grounds faculty members in the scholarly literature on Multicultural Education and Social Justice, with an emphasis on understanding and addressing personal and structural barriers to engagement and success on Harper’s campus.
- Outcomes Assessment: Develops innovative and impactful methods of using assessment to improve student learning at the course and/or program level.
- Universal Design for Learning: Is a framework faculty can use to create a learning environment that meets the diverse needs of students, by recognizing that learner variability is the norm. Learn to set clear goals and implement UDL principles around multiple means of representation, expression, and engagement in the classroom.
If you are interested in joining one of these groups, complete an application. Applications are due by December 2, 2016.
New Communities of Practice will be forming on other topics of interest to faculty in the next year. Send an email to the Academy at academy@harpercollege.edu or call the Chair of the Academy at ext. 6174 for more information.