ARTEP - Analysis and Reflection for Teaching Enhancement
Eligibility
Faculty
- Full-time faculty
Amount
Each participant will receive $250 in professional development funds.
Meeting Dates and Times
The cohort will five times during the spring 2025 semester. Meetings will be on Mondays 9:00 - 10:30; dates to be determined.
Submission
Deadline
November 21, 2024
Purpose and Description
This learning community will provide an opportunity for participants to examine their own teaching practices by evaluating models for “good teaching” and exploring behaviors that can be adopted, adapted, and refined through learning and reflection. Participants will be using the Critical Teaching Behaviors (CTB) framework to analyze, document, and discuss their teaching.
Program Goals
- Identifying and defining good teaching practices
- Examining best practices for documenting and describing good teaching
- Implementing research-based, effective teaching behaviors
- Creating a core value teaching statement that motivates participants’ approach to teaching
Selection Criteria
The facilitator will select up to twelve participants. Preference will be given to NFTEP participants between 2021-2023. Criteria for selection include a commitment to examining personal teaching practices; a level of interest in the program; an openness to new ideas; and the potential for contributions to the program. Participants will be chosen to create a diverse group representing a variety of disciplines, experiences, and needs.
Reference
Barbeau, L., Cornejo Happel, C. A., & Chick, N. L. (2023). Critical teaching behaviors: Defining, documenting, and discussing good teaching. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
Activities
Members will:
- Analyze their own teaching practices using the CTB framework.
- Create plans for enhancing teaching quality as evidenced by student learning outcomes.
- Work collaboratively through the CTB framework in a sytematic, coached, and research-based sequence of activies built around participants' courses.
- Produce documentation to be used in annual reports, dossiers, teaching portfolios, etc.
Members
Spring 2025
- Jeff Wanko, Teaching, Curriculum, and Educational Inquiry; Facilitator