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Faculty Professional Development

Spring 2015

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Six Branches of Academy Faculty Development Tree1. Diversity & Inclusion: Seeks approaches that foster an institutional climate, and classrooms in particular, in which students and other

members of the campus community feel that they and their contributions are valued. Explores ways of infusing diverse content and culturally responsive pedagogy. Examples: Engaging diverse perspectives through group work, responding to insensitive student comments, and incorporating universal design, non-Western content, and perspectives of groups not traditionally represented in the curriculum.

2. Internationalization: : Builds on principles of international education to enable faculty to acquire competencies in intercultural communication, effectively internationalize their curricula, articulate global learning outcomes, and establish assessment protocols to ensure the acquisition of global competencies by all students. Examples: Global Gurus Hangout discussions, Read Around The World book discussions, Infuse This! curriculum infusion workshops, and Faculty International Field Seminar “Teaching Africa Today.”

3. Core Teaching Strategies: Deepens understanding of techniques that form the established core of classroom practice and related activities such as planning class time and grading. Examples: Classroom management, balancing lecture/discussion/group work, rubric design, syllabus design.

4. Renewing Traditional Teaching: Surveys the many new ways of presenting content to students, reviews research and faculty’s personal experience about what works best from traditional teaching practices such as lecturing, and explores ways of revitalizing teaching practice by combining established and new techniques. Examples: Brain-based learning and mindfulness/contemplative pedagogy, cooperative/active learning, visual literacy retreat, and service learning.

5. Adjusting to Audiences: Explores when and how approaches to teaching can or should be adapted for specific student populations. Examples: Fast Track/adult learners, first-generation college students, returning combat veterans, students served by Access and Disability Services.

6. Innovation & Creativity: Encourages experimentation with and reconceptualization of teaching practice; aims to transcend the association of “innovation” solely with technology and “creativity” solely with the arts, assisting all faculty in viewing themselves as creative and innovative. Examples: Inaugural lecture/performance series, Just-in-Time Webinars, support for SoTL research, Tech Fest.

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Graduate Equivalency Courses | Schedule Spring 2015

Graduate Equivalency Courses (GECs)

History and Philosophy of Community Colleges2 GECs 2/20/15 - 4/24/15 F2F & OL LFD (TBD) Where: Academy of Teaching Excellence F164a Instructor: Robin JamesFace to Face meetings: Fridays, 2/20/15, 9–12 pm and 4/24/15, 9–12 pm

Community colleges play a unique and increasingly crucial role in providing access to higher education for students of varied backgrounds and abilities. This course will cover the socio-historical context in which the American community college movement arose, how the community college mission has evolved, and how community colleges can maintain or expand their mission in the face of present-day technological and economic pressures.

To Register, contact Lauren Salotti at [email protected] or x 6119.

Introduction to Theories of Pedagogy2 GECs 3/2 - 5/1/15 F2F & OL LFD (TBD) Where: Academy of Teaching Excellence F164a Instructor: Richard Middleton-KaplanFace to Face meetings: Fridays, March 6 and May 1 10 am–12 pm

This course is designed to help the faculty participant develop a personal pedagogical theory and practice. We will achieve this through readings and reflections, discussions among your-selves and with experienced teachers, and familiarity with pedagogic theory and practice in your discipline. Approaches studied will range from Socrates to recent writings on culturally responsive pedagogy, the neuroscience of learning, and cooperative learning.


Research: A Culture of Discovery2 GECs 1/30 - 4/20/15 F2F & OL LFD (TBD) Where: Academy of Teaching Excellence F164a Instructor: Amy Kammerman and Christine Kuffel, LibrariansFridays, Jan 30, Feb 20 and Mar 20, 2015 from 9 am–12 pm

How do our students conduct research? How is information organized? These two questions are at the threshold of student success and how colleges need to address information overload and the technological aspects of information in order to adopt a culture of discovery when developing assignments that will create an information literate student. This course is designed to provide faculty with an understanding of the organization of information and ways to develop classroom activities and assignments that integrate information literacy concepts and engage students.

To Register, contact Lauren Salotti at [email protected] or x 6119


Graduate Equivalency Courses | Schedule Spring 2015

Teaching about Human Rights: Focus on Rwanda and Uganda: Atrocity, Transitional Justice, and Peacebuilding

2 GECs 2/16 - 4/3/15 F2F & OL LFD (TBD) Where: Academy of Teaching Excellence F164a Instructor: Richard Middleton-KaplanFace to Face meetings: Friday, 2/19/15, 4–6pm, & Thursday, 4/2/15, 4-6 pm

Explore human rights issues through a focus on Rwanda and Uganda, and emerge with a realis-tic, measurable plan for integrating this content into your own courses. Discover ways of teach-ing about human rights so that your students leave your class recognizing their own capacity to contribute to peacebuilding.


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Certificate Series | Schedule Spring 2015

Innovative Teaching Strategies Series There are a variety of teaching strategies being employed by Harper College faculty that are on the leading edge of innovation. In this series you will learn about several of these practices, methodologies, and tools to incorporate into your own classroom. You should come prepared to hear stories of success (and sometimes failure) as well as share your own experiences of pedagogical experimentation.

Part 1: Flipped ClassroomTime: Monday 1/26/15, 2:00-3:30 pm Presenter: Virginia Turner

Tuesday 1/27/15, 5:30-7 pm Presenter: Virginia Turner

Place: F164D CRN TBD

Part 2: Shared InquiryTime: Monday 2/2/15, 12:30-2 pm Presenter: Brett Fulkerson-Smith

Tuesday 2/3/15, 5:30-7 pm Presenter: Brett Fulkerson-Smith


Part 3: Engaging LecturesTime: Monday 2/9/15, 12:30-2 pm Presenter: Dominique Svarc

Tuesday 2/10/15, 5:30-7 pm Presenter: Dawn McKinley


Part 4: Cooperative LearningTime: Monday 2/16/15, 12:30-2 pm Presenter: Richard Middleton-Kaplan

Tuesday 2/17/15, 5:30-7 pm Presenter: Richard Middleton-Kaplan


Part 5: Capstone Mini-lessonTime & Dates: TBD by attendees


Certificate Series


Certificate Series | Schedule Spring 2015

Certificate SeriesAssessment in the Classroom SeriesThere are a variety of assessment strategies that can help guide your classroom teaching. This series of seminars will focus on three of the most commonly used assessment types: diagnostic, formative, and summative. Each seminar will give you an overview of one of these types of assessment as well as the tools you need to use that type of assessment in your classroom. You can take the seminars individually or as a group. For completing the series of three seminars you will earn the Certificate for Teaching Excellence: Assessment in the Classroom.

Part 1: Diagnostic AssessmentTime: Time: Monday 2/23/15, 12:30-2 pm or 5:30-7 pm


Presenter: Faon Grandinetti

Part 2: Formative AssessmentTime: Monday 3/2/15, 12:30-2 pm or 5:30-7 pm



Part 3: Summative AssessmentTime: Monday 3/9/15, 12:30-2 pm or 5:30-7 pm



Part 4: Learning Assessment at Harper CollegeTime: Monday 3/16/15, 12:30-2 pm or 5:30-7 pm



Part 5: Capstone Mini-lessonTime & Dates: TBD by attendees



International Studies and Programs Events | Schedule Spring 2015

International Studies and Programs EventsGlobal Gurus Hangout

Title: “Contemplative Pedagogy and the Peaceful Classroom”Time: Wednesday, 1/28/2015 3:30 – 4:45 pm LFD (TBD) Place: Academy for Teaching Excellence, Room F164D Presenter: Dr. Pearl Ratunil, Department of English

Abstract: How can we invite challenging debate and conversation into our classrooms and our workplace in a way that promotes peace and non-violence? What skills can we cultivate to increase our ability to hear difficult or traumatic international news and still integrate and it without perpetuating more suffering in ourselves or others. For those who teach or discuss challenging topics that include oppression, violence or pessimism it can be difficult to still inspire our students towards transformation and change. One teaching pedagogy which offers techniques for “bearing witness” is contemplative pedagogy which blends mindfulness and contemplative practices. This discussion will explain how contemplative pedagogy evolved from an international collaboration between western scientists and Asian philosophers and practitioners and how this collaboration forged the new science called “science of the mind.” Participants will experience mindfulness techniques first hand and discuss their promise or perils in academia.

Title: “The ‘Woman Question’: Rethinking Gender from an African Perspective”Time: Monday, 2/16/2015 3:30 – 4:45 p m LFD (TBD) Place: Academy for Teaching Excellence, Room F164D Presenter: Dr. Monica Edwards, Department of Sociology

Abstract: Join us for a discussion of Nigerian sociologist, Oyeronke Oyewumi’s book, The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses (University of Minnesota Press, 1997). In this work, Oyewumi rethinks gender as a Western construction and uses pre-colonial Yoruban culture to critique the universality of a Western feminist discourse. Selections of this text will be available prior to the discussion.

Read Around the WorldTitle: We Need New Names: A Novel by NoViolet BulawayoTime: Friday, 2/6/2015 12:00 – 2 pm CRN 50813Place: Academy for Teaching Excellence, Room F164DPresenter: Dr. Judi Nitsch, Department of English

Abstract: This Man Booker Prize nominee is a remarkable semi- autobiographical story told through the eyes of a ten year old girl living in Zimbabwe who flees chaos and poverty only to find it again in the USA when immigrat-ing to Detroit, Michigan to live with an Aunt. Join us as we discuss the inner personal growth that can occur when reconciling two opposing cultural worlds that turn out to be more alike than different.

Title: The Southern Tiger: Chile’s Fight for a Democratic and Prosperous Future by Ricardo LagosTime: Friday, 4/10/2015 12:00 – 2 pm LFD (TBD) Place: Academy for Teaching Excellence, Room F164D Presenter: Andrew Levin, Department of History/Political Science

Abstract: During the 1970s and 1980s, Chile was a natural laboratory for the University of Chicago-based ideas of neoliberal economic policies. They failed. Individual wealth fell, human rights were non-existant, and only a small, corrupt elite prospered. Flash-forward to today and the picture is radically different: the country is pros-perous and democratic. It even plays above its weight in international politics. This book gives the reader a rare


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glimpse of how strong leadership and the right policies can succeed. In this autobiography by one its influential former presidents, we learn the inside story for how Chile became the Southern Tiger and began to roar

African Lecture Series Title: “Urban Growth and Development in East Africa: Kampala and Kigali”Time: Tuesday, 2/10/2015 11 am – 12:15 pm LFD (TBD) Place: A243 Presenter: Dr. James Gramlich, Department of Sociology

The presentation will examine urbanization in post-colonial East Africa and the current state of both capital cities including the issues facing urban planners. There will be a focus on the historical, political, and economic forces shaping the growth and development of both cities to this point as well as the plans for both moving forward. Whenever possible, comparisons with urban development in other contexts will be utilized.

Title: “The Science of Ebola”Time: Tuesday, 3/10/2015 11:00 – 12:15 pm LFD (TBD) Place: W 218 Presenter: Dr. Andrew Iverson, Department of Biology

Recently, Western Africa experienced an outbreak of the Ebola virus killing over five thousand people. This has led to a great deal of confusion and an incomplete picture of what has transpired. This lecture will seek to help create a clearer picture on the subject of Ebola through discussion in a number of areas. There will be focus on defining what is Ebola as a virus and a disease. We will look into what transpired with recent outbreak in West Africa, how it differed from previous outbreaks and how it lead to cases in the United States. What was and is being done to treat and prevent Ebola outbreaks will be explored as well.

Peacebuilding Series: Teaching Conflict, Trauma and Peace Seminar Topic: “Peacebuilding for Life: Careers in Peace”Time: Thursday, 4/16/15 11 am – 12:45 pm LFD TBD CRN TBD Place: X 250ab For Harper faculty and staff

Presenter: Pearl Ratunil, English (and a two-time participant of the Summer Session in Contemplative Pedagogy, Smith College, 2012 and 2013)

Abstract: A “peace” professional is a difficult career path to embark upon and for many students it is not consid-ered as frequently as other options. How does one begin a career in peace-building, and what kinds of skills do organizations look for as they hire in this field? In this panel discussion, individuals who have created opportu-nities themselves working in the fields of peace-building, reconciliation, equality, trauma or human rights will be available to discuss how they found their professions. An extended Q&A session will be allowed to address audience’s interests.

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Inaugural Lecture/Performance Series | Schedule Spring 2015

The Inaugural Lecture/Performance Series celebrates faculty members who have attained the pinnacle of our profession by reaching the rank of full professor. In recognition of the faculty member being “inaugurated” into this rank, the Academy for Teaching Excellence and the Faculty Senate co-sponsor an event which provides a forum for newly promoted professors to share with the campus community the ideas or projects to which they have devoted their career. Presentations might take the form of a lecture, a performance, or interactive exchange, followed by a chance to talk informally with the honoree over refreshments.

Kathryn Powell, Professor, Adult Educational Development: “Against All Odds: The Transforma-tive Power of Literacy (And Why Harper Should Care)”Time: Friday, 4/10/15 10-11:30 am 0.2 CEUs Place: A 238

Description: Professor Kathryn will describe her journey of professional growth working with Nonnative Literacy students, as participants interact around topics of cultural diversity, generational poverty, and the power of literacy to transcend the odds.

Kurt Neumann, Professor, English: “‘The Second Barrel Is Almost Always Fatal: Oscar Wilde’s Three Trials”Time: TBD

Description: Oscar Wilde has been labeled the first modern celebrity, the first modern homosexual, and the first modern literary martyr. This talk will examine the three trials that have led literary critics and cultural historians to apply these labels: the first trial, an unsuccessful libel trial (a civil trial) that was initiated by Wilde; and the resulting two criminal trials for “gross indecency” that were initiated against Wilde by the British Director of Public Prosecutions. The discussion will address Wilde’s and the prosecutor’s motivations for legal action; the evidence and arguments presented in the trials; and the public’s and Wilde’s responses during and after the trials.

Perry Pollock, Professor, Art: “ Crtl + Shift”Time: Tuesday, 4/14/15 2 p.m.

Description: After 15 years of dedicating my energy into strengthening learning experiences within the Art Department, I’m now focused on a new project. Teaching in a Learning Community that integrates the art and literature of our time has opened up a new dimension to my understanding of art in contemporary culture. This “refresh” has revitalized my commitment to teaching and enabled me to make classroom experiences more relevant to the everyday lives of my students.

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Special Offerings | Schedule Spring 2015

Teaching Tuesdays Film SeriesThe new teaching film series gives us a chance to relax together, enjoy a good movie about teaching, and discuss it in an informal atmosphere. It’s strictly BYOGRJR (Bring Your Own Goobers, Raisinettes, and Junior Mints), but popcorn will be served! Screenings are Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. Room to be announced. This semester’s planned films are:January 27: Stand and Deliver. Dir. Ramón Menéndez, U.S.A., 1988. With Edward James Olmos, Lou Diamond Phillips and Estelle Harris.

Edward James Olmos won Academy and Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jaime Escalante, a teacher and who inspires students to learn calculus.

February 10: The Class (Entre les murs). Dir. Laurent Cantet, France, 2008.

Chronicles an intense year in the life of a teacher in a tough, interracial neighborhood in Paris, as he struggles to reach common ground with his students.

February 24: Freedom Writers. Dir. Richard LaGravenese, U.S.A., 2007. With Hilary Swank.

If you’ve been as moved as I have by Hilary Swank’s performances in The Homesman, Boys Don’t Cry, and Million Dollar Baby, you will want to see her as a teacher trying to inspire her at-risk students to learn tolerance and aspire to education beyond high school

March 10: Bad Teacher. Dir. Jake Kasden, U.S.A., 2011. With Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake.

Pretty much the opposite of all the good teachers in the other movies. Here’s how not to teach…

March 31: If… Dir. Lindsay Anderson, England, 1968. Perf. Malcolm McDowell.

Riveting classic about a revolution led by a student in a elite boys’ school in England, with a searing performance by Malcolm McDowell (later of Clockwork Orange fame).

April 7: Blackboard Jungle. Dir. Richard Brooks, U.S.A., 1955. Perf. Glenn Ford and Anne Francis.

Glenn Ford gives his best performance as an inner city teacher struggling against fiercely resistant students and fellow faculty alike. Aside from his teaching, the thing most dear to him is his beloved collection of jazz LPs…

April 21: Goodbye, Mr. Chips. Dir. Sam Wood and Sidney Franklin, U.S.A.. 1939.

We’ll close out the semester with the 1939 version starrring Greer Garson and Robert Donat. Come back next semester for the 1969 version with Peter O’Toole and Petula Clark!

Special Offerings



Special OfferingsNew Adjunct Faculty Online Course

Monday, 1/12-2/27 OL LFD 0613-W01 CRN 20823This online course builds on knowledge gained during the pre-orientation and on-campus orientation for newly hired adjunct faculty, but is open to all faculty. Topics include institutional resources; philosophies of adult education; assessment of learning; student engagement; active learning strategies; and professional growth. Emphasis is placed on integrating course content into current and future classes being taught by participants. Course material is differentiated to accommodate both faculty who are new to teaching and who have experi-ence teaching in higher education. Assignments are primarily discussion-based and take place in Blackboard. We will also have two optional on-campus meetings during the course for faculty to get to know one another.

Faculty RetreatFriday, 2/27/15 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. CEUs TBDChandlers, Hoffman Estates, IL

Theme: Contextualized Learning: Making Meaningful ConnectionsContextualized learning focuses on teaching in a way that helps students discover the relevance of course mate-rial in the context of their own experiences. Research shows that when students make those connections, they improve their learning and retention.

The keynote speaker will be Dr. Darius Prier from Duquesne University’s Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership. He is the author of Culturally Relevant Teaching: Hip-Hop Pedagogy in Urban Schools (2012). Dr. Prier’s areas of specialization include social justice and strengthening connections between higher education, public schools, and communities of traditionally underrepresented students.

DEAFHOOD Awareness Workshop & Ally TrainingDate and time TBD This program will be voice interpreted.

Open to all Harper full- and part-time faculty, staff, and administration, this special program comes to Harper College from the Deafhood Foundation. One of the Foundation’s goals is to help people and organizations “start seeing Deaf people with a healthier, more wholesome, and positive attitude.” Toward that end, this workshop will cover topics such as deafness vs. Deafhood, audism, colonialism in American Deaf education, five dimensions of Deaf people, and how to become a great ally for the Deaf community.

PDUs will be offered and administered through the Deafhood Foundation

STOMP2/8 - 4/11/15. Online

The STOMP (Successful Teaching Online Mentoring Program) course workshop is offered for Harper faculty in a fully online format and lasts for 8 consecutive weeks. The text is provided free of charge, and there is no cost for this course workshop that provides participants with best practices information focused on teaching online, as well as provides participants with the opportunity to see what it is like to learn online as a student.



Special OfferingsMicroteaching Microteaching is a focused form of peer feedback and discussion that can help to improve teaching practices and strategies. Each microteaching session consists of 4 to 5 faculty who come prepared with a short lesson to deliver to the group. During the lesson, the other faculty play the role of “students.” Following the lesson, a feedback session allows the instructor to provide a self-assessment and also receive feedback from his or her peers.

The following ground rules will be adopted from the CASTL program at California State University:

1. Respect confidentiality concerning what we learn about each other.

2. Respect agreed-upon time limits. This may be hard, but please understand that it is necessary.

3. Maintain collegiality. We’re all in this together.

4. Stay psychologically and physically present and on task.

5. Respect others’ attempts to experiment and to take risks.

6. Listen and speak in turn, so everyone can hear all comments.

7. Enjoy and learn from the process!

Refining Presentation Skills (Dates/times TBD)

This microteaching session will focus specifically on presentation skills including oral communication, time management, and audience interaction. Participants are asked to limit their presentation to five minutes. All recordings are viewed during the session and deleted at the end of the session.

Effective Lesson Planning and Delivery(Dates/times TBD)

This microteaching session will focus specifically on planning and delivery related to a specific section of a lecture or unit of instruction. Participants are asked to limit their presentation to 15 minutes. In this session, the focus will be placed on the organization of the lesson, use of transitions, introductions, summaries, questioning techniques, and ability to engage the “students.” The lesson will be recorded and shared only with the instructor at the conclusion of the microteaching session.



Special OfferingsAnnual Assessment and Share Fair

Keynote: Tom Angelo, Ed. D. “Doing Assessment as if Teaching and Learning Matter Most”

Friday, 3/13/15 8:45 am–12:30 pm Wojcik Auditorium

To some degree, assessment is always a bureaucratic compliance burden. But it can also be a powerful process for researching, documenting, and improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and reputations of our academic programs. That tension is inevitable: the trick is getting the balance right. This fast-paced, highly interactive, hands-on session provides research-based guidelines and practical strategies for learning-centered (and faculty-directed) assessment. You will try out simple, powerful assessment strategies, and leave with one or two to apply immedi-ately to your and your students’ advantage in your courses and/or programs.

Tom Angelo is Founding Director of the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence, Assistant Provost, and Professor of Higher Education at Queens University of Charlotte (NC). He is an internationally recognized expert and consultant on higher education teaching and learn-ing, assessment, and academic/faculty development. He co-authored Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers (1993).


Integrative Learning Groups | Schedule Spring 2015

Integrative Learning GroupsInnovative Instruction User Group

Date: Monthly/TBD

Place: Academy for Teaching Excellence, F-164D

The Innovative Instruction Users Group meets once a month to share stories of develop-ment and concerns with integrating technology and sound pedagogy. Last year this group spent time looking at many pieces of software and hardware to help them create, develop, and facilitate a flipped class. The dates and times for this group to meet have not been set. If you would like to join, or just want to drop in on a meeting, please contact Lauren Salotti at [email protected] or dial extension 6119.

Cohort-based Learning CommunitiesIt’s an Adjunct Life: Navigating the Adjunct ExperienceDate: TBD

Place: Academy for Teaching Excellence, F-164D

Goals Over the course of the Spring 2015 semester, this cohort will be coming together to:

1. Identify and explore shared goals as a learning community

2. Discuss and evaluate the immediate needs of adjunct faculty related to professional development, resources, etc.

3. Support each other in a group environment as a means to promote personal and institutional success

As an incentive, the cohort will be granted a modest budget to spend as it sees fit. Addi-tionally, CAFE and the Academy for Teaching Excellence will provide speakers, resources, and other professional development as identified by the group.

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Book Discussions | Schedule Spring 2015

Book DiscussionsHow Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Lessons for Smart Teachingby By Susan A. Ambrose, et al. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,

Blended Format. 1.4 CEUs. 1/26 – 3/13/15Face to Face – Friday, 3/13/15, 12 pm – 2 pm Location: Academy for Teaching Excellence, F-164D

Description: Could we teach more effectively if we had a clearer idea of what research actually says about how people learn and how the brain works? Ambrose and her co-authors provide “readable overviews of key components of the teaching-learning transaction (motivation, mastery, feedback, and more), point to fascinating experiments and research findings, and offer practical suggestions for how faculty members can accommodate the findings in their courses and classroom practices,” says James Lang, author of Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty and On Course: A Week-by-Week Guide to Your First Semester of College Teaching. Lang ranks this is his Top 10 Books about Teaching, as do many other experts.

Note: The first fifteen faculty members to sign up will receive a complimentary copy of the book.

Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do. by Claude M. Steele. Issues of Our Time series. New York: Norton, 2011.

Blended Format. 0.2 CEUs.Face to Face – Friday, 2/20/15, 12 pm – 2 pmLocation: Academy for Teaching Excellence, F-164D.

Description: A favorite in faculty book discussion groups all across the country, this lively volume provides a perfect lead-in to our February 28 Faculty Retreat on the theme of contextualized learning. According to the Harvard Educational Review,

“Steele’s book sets forth an argument for understanding how contextual factors—not individual characteristics or personal beliefs motivated by prejudice or malice—help explain so-termed “racial achievement gaps” in education and ongoing societal racial and ethnic segregation.

In an accessible, page-turning account written for a general audience, Steele explains how identity contingencies—the conditions that a given social identity forces us to face and overcome in a partic-ular setting—affect our everyday behavior and perpetuate broader societal problems. Expanding on his prior work, he focuses on a specific type of identity contingency: stereotype threat, or the fear of what people could think about us solely because of our race, gender, age, etc.”

Note: The first fifteen faculty members to sign up will receive a complimentary copy of the book.

Seeking more good books?See International Studies and Programs Events for Read around the World book discussions of We Need New Names: A Novel by NoViolet Bulawayo (February 6) and The Southern Tiger: Chile’s Fight for a Democratic and Prosperous Future by Ricardo Lagos (April 10).

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9 / Friday It’s an Adjunct Life, 10:00am, F164D

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12 / Monday New Adjunct Faculty Online Course

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16 / Friday It’s an Adjunct Life, 10:00am, F164D

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26 / Monday CS:Flipped Classroom, 2-3, F164D BD: How Learning Works

27 / Tuesday CS:Flipped Classroom, 5:30-7, F164D TT: Stand and Deliver

28 / Wednesday GG: Contemplative Pedagogy, 3:30-4:45, F164D

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30 / Friday GEC: Research: A Culture of Discovery

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2 / Monday GEC: Research: A Culture of Discovery CS: Shared Inquiry, 2-3, F164D

3 / Tuesday CS: Shared Inquiry, 5:30-7, F164D

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6 / Friday RW: We Need New Names, 12-2, F164D

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8 / Sunday STOMP begins

9 / Monday CS: Engaging Lectures, 2-3, F164D

10 / Tuesday CS: Engaging Lectures, 5:30-7, F164D AL:Urban Growth, 11-12:15, A243 TT: The Class

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13 / Friday Annual Assessment and Share Fair, 8:45-12:30pm, Wojcik

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16 / Monday GEC: History & Philo. of CC, CS: Cooperative Learning, 2-3, F164D, GG: The Woman Question 3:30-4:45p

17 / Tuesday CS:Cooperative Learning, 5:30-7, F164D

18 / Wednesday CS: Shared Inquiry, 5:30-7, F164D

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20 / Friday BD: Whistling Vivaldi, 12-2, F164D

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23 / Monday CS: Diagnostic Assessment, 2-3 or 5:30-7, F164D

24 / Tuesday TT: Freedom Writers

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27 / Friday Faculty Retreat, Chandlers, Hoffman Estates, IL

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Calendar of Events: Feburary | Schedule Spring 2015

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3 / Tuesday GEC: Intro to Theories of Pedagogy CS: Formative Assessment, 2-3 or 5:30-7, F164D

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9 / Monday CS: Summative Assessment, 2-3 or 5:30-7, F164D

10 / Tuesday AL: The Science of Ebola, 11-12:15,W218 TT: Bad Teacher

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13 / Friday BD: How Learning Works, 12-2, F164D

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16 / Monday CS: Learning Assessment at Harper College, 2-3 or 5:30-7, F164D

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9 / Thursday RW: The Southern Tiger, 12-2, F164D

10 / Friday IL: Against All Odds, 10-11:30am, A238

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14 / Tuesday IL: Crtl + Shift, 2-3pm

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16 / Thursday PS: Peacebuilding for Life, 11-12:45pm, X250ab

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Excellencefor TeachingAcademy

Academy TeamDr. Richard Middleton-Kaplan

Distinguished Chair, 847-925-6480 [email protected]

Dr. Michael Bates Associate Dean, CAFE 847-925-6304 [email protected]

Dr. Jack Henderson Assistant Dean, CAFE 847-925-6416 [email protected]

Matt Ensenberger, MS Director, CII 847-925-6933 [email protected]

Lauren Salotti Faculty Development Specialist 847-925-6119 [email protected]

Valerie Walker, LCSW Chair, Faculty Development Committee 847-925-6059 [email protected]

MissionThe Academy for Teaching Excel-lence promotes a vibrant and diverse teaching culture, for full-time and adjunct faculty, of mutual respect and camaraderie by encouraging experimentation, research, discovery, interdisciplin-ary and discipline-specific conver-sations, reflection, assessment, and celebration of best practices. We regard each individual holistically, as an evolving teaching profes-sional and scholar dedicated to continuous growth and improved student performance.

VisionWe are a faculty community devoted to career-long growth through continuous research into and encouragement of best prac-tices in the art, craft, and science of teaching. We view our professional growth as essential in advanc-ing Harper College as a leader in cultivating students who practice integrative thinking and who emerge as ethical, informed global citizens.

Websitehttp://harperdoit.net/academy

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