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Teaching And Learning Workshop


June 3-8, 2008

 

 

An intensive one-week workshop for qualified faculty of member institutions belonging to the Associated Colleges of the South.

Comments From Previous Participants In The Workshop:

"I have never had as valuable an experience in my teaching career."

"This workshop will teach you more about teaching and learning than all those teaching-technique books you have sitting on your bookshelf!"
"This was the best faculty development program I have ever attended."

"The workshop exceeded my expectations. I had some contact with the micro-teaching process, but I did not expect such stimulating interaction in the small groups."
"The most important thing at the workshop was to talk about teaching with leaders and participants. The discussions, across disciplines and outside of regular sessions were quite useful. My facilitators were sensitive and enthusiastic and supportive. Bravo! They worked hard with each one of us."

"The workshop definitely was worth my time and effort."
"Thanks for a most helpful and thought-provoking week. I feel I will be a better teacher this fall. I had expectations that I would learn something about interactive teaching and also had strong anxiety about my performance here. I rapidly gained a sense of confidence from the tone set by the facilitators. I came away with concrete knowledge of what interactive teaching is, how to do it better and why it is so important. I now feel less anxious about using these techniques."
"Ultimately I appreciated the seamlessnesss of the experience-obviously carefully thought out and implemented. The camaraderie and future friendships are unadvertised benefits. Just do it! "Thoroughly professional! Packed with great information. I'll use this material for the rest of my career."

"A superb week!"

"This is the most well-run conference that I have ever attended. I thought the behind-the-scenes work was just amazing."


Workshop Overview
A challenging and invigorating experience for capable faculty wanting to strengthen teaching performance, expand teaching techniques, and explore pedagogical issues.

Nature of the Participants
Good teachers who want to teach better. For example, younger faculty wanting to learn new skills, mid-career faculty refining teaching styles or changing teaching approaches, and senior faculty wanting to modify courses as well as approaches to teaching.

Leadership of the Seminar
Outstanding faculty from ACS institutions, all of whom have attended the teaching workshop in the past and who have experience and have received extensive training in conducting this type of seminar.

Special Features of the Program
A microteaching experience in which each participant's teaching will be videotaped, analyzed, and discussed extensively within a small group of about five participants.

An opportunity for participants to experiment with new approaches to teaching, observe other teaching styles, try new techniques, and analyze together issues and challenges of teaching and learning.

Special sessions on various aspects of the teaching process as well as pedagogical issues. For example, diversity in the classroom, teaching and learning styles, active and collaborative learning, best practices, and the uses of technology.

Ample time provided for informal conversation among faculty participants, enabling them to share experiences and ideas and develop connections that may prove helpful in the future.

Timing of the Workshop
The workshop is always held the first full week in June. The 2008 workshop will take place June 3-8. Participants will arrive on Tuesday afternoon, June 3 and depart on Sunday morning, June 8.

Location of the Workshop
The Rollins College campus in Winter Park, Florida, just north of Orlando. The campus is located on beautiful Lake Virginia and is distinctive for its Spanish-Mediterranean architecture. The facilities include a lakeside pool, a boathouse, and numerous tennis courts. The scenic town of Winter Park is adjacent to the campus.

Selection Process
The academic deans from each institution submit names of interested faculty members by February 1; participants will be notified by March 1. Most institutions send two faculty members each year.
Participant Nomination Form (for use by Deans only).

If You are Interested
The teaching workshop is open only to faculty members from the member institutions of the Associated Colleges of the South. If you are interested in attending this year's workshop, please contact your academic dean or provost for a nomination to the selection committee.

For Further Information
Please contact your college or university academic dean or provost or the workshop director Terry Goodrick at Birmingham-Southern College (tgoodric@bsc.edu).

 

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