Co-Directors: Mary Ann Cessna, Dir. Center for Teaching Excellence, John Woolcock, Chemistry, Laurel Black, English, Brian Jones, Theater, Terry Ray, Finance and Legal Studies
- 112 Faculty members in 83% of 40 Departments and all 6 Academic Colleges
- 3 Student Affairs Professionals
13 Cross-Disciplinary Teaching Circles
- Developing Portfolios for Promotion
- Course Portfolios for Studio Courses
- The Reflective Practice Portfolio
- Critical Thinking
- WebCT (two groups)
- Using Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning
- Service Learning
- Teaching Students in Changing Cultural Environments and Maintaining Standards
- Campus Civility
- Active Learning in Large Classrooms
- Collaborative/Interactive Learning
- Classroom Management
14 Departmental Teaching Circles
- Nursing and Allied Health Professions (2 circles)
- English (3 circles)
- Biology
- Physics
- Chemistry (2 circles)
- Criminology
- Technology Support and Training
- Special Education Clinical Services (2 circles)
- Armstrong Campus
Workshops, Conferences and Large Group Meetings
24 September 1999
For academic administrators
Teaching Philosophy: A Guide for Faculty Work by Gail Goodyear (California State Polytechnic University)
25 September 1999 (Fall workshop)
70 participants
Articulating Statements of Teaching Philosophy by Gail Goodyear
19 February 2000
25 participants
Service Learning: An Active Learning Strategy that Really Works - Alice Kaiser-Drobney (Slippery Rock University of PA)
9-11 March 2000
10 faculty attendees, mostly RP members
Ninth Annual Conference on Advancing Teaching in College Classrooms and Campus Cultures (State College, PA). Several of these faculty presented workshops at the conference.
18 March 2000
30 participants
Teaching Climate and Faculty Well-being by Charles Walker (St. Bonaventure University, NY)
RP Large Group Meetings
August and September 1999
Brian Jones
Organizational Meetings: Focus Meeting and Teaching Slam
October 1999
Dennis Ausel
The Role Of Technology in Good Instructional Design
November 1999
Ben Rafoth and Matt Willen
Recent Research and Applications for Concept Mapping
December 1999
John Woolcock
Teaching in the Rhythms of the Semester
February 2000
Dee Klein and Caroll Young
Opening Doors: Two Cases of Formative Assessment of Teaching
March 2000
Pete Goldsmith
Teaching The New Student: Where Hope and Fear Collide; and Teaching Slam (Brian Jones)
April 2000
Terry Ray - Taking Stock
Publications and Presentations
5 February 2000
Eighth AAHE Conference on Faculty Roles and Rewards
New Orleans - 20 participants
“Creating and Sustaining Cross-Disciplinary Teaching Circles Through Reflective Practice”by co-directors: Laurel Black, Mary Ann Cessna, Terry Ray and provost Mark Staszkiewicz
May 2000
Cessna co-authored with David Graf, Nova Southeastern University in Miami, an article titled “Benefits of Teaching Circles” which was published in the May 2000 issue of NEA Advocate. (NEA Advocate is distributed to 87,000+ faculty members in higher education.)