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  • CTC = Cross-Disciplinary Teaching Circle

  • DTC= Departmental Teaching Circle

  • SA = Summer Academy Teaching Circle

  • Table of current Teaching Circles. Table details if a Teaching Circle is DTC, CTC, SA, open or closed, a description, and name and contact information for facilitators.

Table of Current Teaching Circles
Type of Teaching Circle Open or Closed Name of Teaching Circle Goals of Teaching Circle Facilitator
DTC Closed Teaching ENGL 100a, 100b, 101 Discuss issues related to teaching these courses, particularly our new co-requisite 100a-100b. Bryna Siegel Finer brynasf@iup.edu
DTC Closed Effectively Using AI in Graduate Nursing Education The goals of this teaching circle are to: 1) Investigate and share innovative ways to integrate AI tools and strategies into graduate nursing curricula to improve student learning outcomes and engagement, and 2) Provide opportunities for nurse educators to build skills and confidence in using AI technologies through workshops, peer mentoring, and resource sharing. Meigan Robb  mrobb@iup.edu
DTC Closed Improving Nursing Student Feedback Continue to explore and implement feedback methods. Janis Barner jbarner@iup.edu
DTC Open FLY Punxsutawney Develop and share evidence-based, active learning strategies that foster engagement, belonging, and academic skill-building in first-year students. Collaboratively design course elements to enhance the first learning year experience on the Punxsutawney campus. Reflect on challenges and successes in first-year teaching on Punxsutawney Campus. Melinda McIsaac xhcm@iup.edu
John Kapusta
CTC Open Innovations in Teaching with AI Exploring and Understanding AI, Faculty Development, Practical Pedagogy. Veronica Paz vpaz@iup.edu
CTC Open AI Enhanced Research Exploration and skill development, collaboration, scholarship in AI Research. Veronica Paz vpaz@iup.edu
CTC Open Designing the Liquid Syllabus Reimagine the syllabus via the liquid syllabus, building faculty skills, aligning with best practices. Veronica Paz vpaz@iup.edu
Ammar Mahmoud
CTC Open FLY (UNIV 101) Strengthen instructional approaches, foster faculty collaboration and growth, develop and share resources. Dawn Smith Sherwood smithshe@iup.edu  Luke E. Faust
DTC Closed Scholarship and Development in the Academic Nursing Role Examine opportunities to develop scholarly work and to begin creating a scholarship trajectory. Explore the tripartite academic role in nursing. Support scholarship development by mentoring faculty with scholarship ideas and deadlines. Create a peer-support network of nurse educators to develop scholarship ideas.  Kristy Chunta kchunta@iup.edu  Meigan Robb
DTC Closed Faculty Writing Group This faculty writing group meets every Friday via Zoom. We discuss our writing for publication goals for the day and then work on our respective writing projects for two hours. We also discuss technologies that we can integrate into our research and writing for publication courses. Crystal Machado cmachado@iup.edu  Kelli Jo Kerry Moran
CTC Open Interprofessional Education in Health Sciences The goal of this teaching circle is to bring together faculty from healthcare programs to explore and strengthen Interprofessional Education (IPE) at IUP. Through two collaborative sessions this semester, participants will share current practices, discuss challenges, and identify opportunities to enhance interprofessional learning experiences for students across the College of Health Sciences. Lei Hao leihao@iup.edu  Benjamin Martin
DTC Closed GTD Teaching Circle Studying how to apply time management techniques to academic work. Gian Pagnucci pagnucci@iup.edu  Dan Weinstein
CTC Closed Post-Baccalaureate Teaching Certification Development Education programs with Post-Baccalaureate Teaching Certification will meet to review processes, develop best practices, and ensure that we are meeting requirements of the College of Education and PA Department of Education. We will also consider ways to streamline, market, and update our certificate options. Michelle Tweardy mtweardy@iup.edu  Valerie Long
DTC Closed Thesis/Dissertation Mentoring Best Practices Group The support SSEE faculty in developing effective mentoring relationships that guide graduated students from proposal to successful defense.  Luz Stella Marin Ramirez luz.marin@iup.edu 
DTC Closed PASSHE Online Language Teaching Pedagogy To explore effective pedagogy in World Language Online Classes. Christina Huhn huhn@iup.edu