An Engaged Campus Begins with an Engaged Faculty

The Teaching and Learning Initiative at Tusculum College and How it Can Benefit Your College

Presented by: Michelle Freeman, Director of Teaching and Learning Initiative and Associate Professor of Business AdministrationCorinne Nicolas, Associate Professor, HumanitiesDavid Key, Assistant Professor, HistoryNancy Thomas, Associate Professor, HumanitiesTom Harlow, Associate Professor, PsychologyKathy Stone, Assistant Professor

Initiative BasicsHistory of the programMissionBudget for programBasic structurePresentations/Banquet

TopicsEngaging Students through Active Learning Techniques

Scholarly exploration and discovery

LeadershipReflective Judgment (Tusculum’s QEP)

Suggestions

Sharing of Teacher Circle Experiences from LeadersCorinne NicolasDavid KeyNancy ThomasTom HarlowKathy Stone

Corinne Nicolas

Reading Circle on Charles Darwin

MaterialsInitial Expectations

◦Classroom◦Darwin Anniversaries

Outcomes◦Expectations Met◦Expectations Not Met

Reading Circle on Utopia

MaterialsExpectations

◦Additional Structure

Nancy Thomas –

Tom Harlow – Active Learning Bonwell and Eison’s (1991)

Active learning: Creating excitement in the classroom

Shared techniques covered (or not) in the reading

Group Foldable Organizer activityClass Project in Computer as Tool

assignment

Kathy Stone – Technology

Benefits – Michelle Freeman

Low budget faculty development

Community building across disciplines

Engaged faculty and enhanced self-discovery

A method of integrating new faculty more quickly into the college

A method of accomplishing or heralding college-wide initiatives

A method of building VITA

Time for Questions