Reflective Practice Executive Summary for 2011–12

Fall Large Group Meetings

August 23, 2011 Great Ideas for the First Day of Class (48 participants)
September 8, 2011 Organization of Teaching Circles (33 participants)
October 5, 2011 Using Social Media and YouTube in Your Classroom (42 participants)
November 10, 2011 Copyright Compliance (34 participants)
December 7, 2011 Gifts of Great Teaching Ideas from the RP Co-Directors (35 participants)

Fall Workshop

November 5, 2011 (42 Participants)
Why Don’t My Students Think I’m Groovy
Dr. Christy Price, Facilitator

Cross-Disciplinary Teaching Circle Participants

Distance Education (6)
Punxsutawney Teaching Circle (8)
RP Portfolio (3)
Writing for Publication (3)
Feminist Pedagogy (3)
Teaching Undergraduate Students (6)
Information Literacy (8)
Quality Teaching Circle for Teaching Research (7)

Spring Large Group Meetings

February 2, 2012 Enhancing Students Critical Thinking Skills (37 participants)
March 7, 2012 Grading Group Work (32 participants)
April 5, 2012 Providing a Positive Learning Experience for Students with Disabilities (17 participants)

Annual Awards Banquet

April 26, 2012  (81 Participants)

Spring Workshops

February 10, 2012 Service Learning: When to, Why to, How to, and Taking it up a Notch, Patrick Green, Facilitator (22 Participants)
March 24, 2012 The Professor’s Speech, Rick Kemp, Facilitator (24 Participants)
March 30, 2012 Partnering to Create Conditions for Student Success, Pat Terenzini, Facilitator (17 Participants)

Departmental Teaching Circle Participants

Applying Anthropology (4)
Criminology (9)
General Chemistry Laboratory (5)
Language Teaching & Classroom Management (7)
Nursing: Simulation Pedagogy (3)
Nurses-Teaching With Technology (4)
Psychology (7)
Safety Science (6)
Teaching Graduate Writing in Sociology (8)
Organic Chemistry (4)
College Chemistry (8)
Special Education and Clinical Services (7)
English Temps (7)
Techniques for Teaching & Learning Foreign Languages (4)