Community of Practice, New(ish) Instructors
A page within Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning (CATL)
Are you a new(ish) instructor here at UWL? Would you like to meet other instructors from across campus while simultaneously working with colleagues to improve your teaching? CATL is recruiting new instructors for a community of practice offered in Academic Year 2023/2024. This highly interactive community of practice centers around orienting new(ish) instructors (3 or less years at UWL) to strategies, systems, and technologies used for classroom planning and engagement, as well as student success We will meet monthly with discussions based on your needs.
COP Info
Target Population
This COP is intended to bring together instructors in their first three years of teaching at UWL.
What are the benefits of participation?
Participating in a COP provides instructors with…
- an opportunity to be more intentional, specific and clear about quality teaching and learning and the various ways they may go about achieving it.
- independence and flexibility to enhance their teaching quality by helping them identify the areas of effective instruction they would like to focus on.
- develop and improve their collegiality through the development of a community that has the potential to provide support and encouragement
- a chance to explore teaching and learning from a different perspective/discipline
- insight and/or materials useful to promotion and tenure
Who can participate?
Anyone who joined UWL in the last three years, is interested in developing into a more purposeful teacher and seeks an opportunity to collaborate with peers about teaching and learning is welcome to participate.
What is the time commitment?
To participate in the experience over the academic year would take about 15 to 20 hours of your time.
Meetings
To participate in the experience over the academic year would take about 15 to 20 hours of your time.
Meeting Dates - Spring 2024 - Wednesdays 3:30-4:30pm
If you are unavailable at these times but wish to be contacted about alternative options, please contact CATL (catl@uwlax.edu).
Meetings are intended to help us build community and cultivate discussions regarding research based best practices in teaching. Readings, resources, thought questions, etc. will be shared before meetings. Additional investigation and exploration is encouraged on your own between meetings. To truly work toward becoming an effective educator takes time, energy and practice. As such, there will be a time commitment on your part.
Facilitators
Megan Litster -- Associate Professor - Biology & CATL Fellow
Ronda Leahy -- Professor - Communication Studies & Faculty Assistant to the Provost
Learn more about COP.
Want to participate in a future Community of Practice? Have a theme idea for a COP? Contact CATL@uwlax.edu to discuss your ideas and interest.