introducing center for innovation and excellence in teaching and learning fall 2010

Introducing

Center for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and LearningFall 2010

Leadership

THE MISSION

CIETL is committed to the college’s core mission of helping all our students move successfully through their academic plan, including basic skills, transfer, and career/technical education courses. CIETL does this by piloting, evaluating, and supporting innovative teaching and learning practices that encourage collaboration and community building and increase the retention, success, and persistence rates of our students. CIETL promotes sharing of this scholarship of teaching and learning among faculty here and elsewhere.

Learning

Outcomes

Space

Learning Communities

Basic Skills/ESL

HonorsProfessional

Development

Transfer

Career Tech

Focused

Inquiry

Create a physical and virtual space for inquiry and excellence in teaching, learning, and program planning.

Identify and use tools and resources to make evidence informed decisions in teaching, learning, and program planning

Create a campus-wide culture of evidence-informed, innovative, professional development in teaching and learning to ensure student success.

Learning

OutcomesSpace

Learning Communities

Basic Skills/ESL

Honors

Professional Development

Transfer

Career Tech

Focused

Inquiry

Fall 2010Focused InquiryTransfer Learning Communities

Spring 2010Learning CommunitiesBasic Skills/ESL/CTE/Transfer

Spring 2011Focused Inquiry and Professional DevelopmentTransfer Learning Communities

Fall 2011Honors Learning Community

Assessment and Evaluation

FOCUSED INQUIRY NETWORK (FIN)The Focused Inquiry Networks are informal, dynamic groups of faculty and staff (and sometimes others) at a community college whose members learn together about their professional practice by conducting an inquiry about a topic of importance to them. The inquiry steps are: (1) design the inquiry (2) collect data(3) make meaning and shape practice(4) share the information with the college

community.

Join us

Tuesday, Sep 282:00-3:30FIN session I: Introduction to Focused Inquiry Networks (FIN)

Learning Communities – 2010

Learning community experiences are highly regarded for their positive impact on student success and retention, and cross-disciplinary learning for faculty to:

- promote student engagement and enhance the quality of student life- help students develop academic skills (reading, writing, speaking) in the context of meaningful learning - promote enriching conversations among faculty about scholarly topics across disciplines- broaden pedagogical repertoire of faculty Continuing Learning Communities at Cañada College Success College Success in the EveningOne Childhood/Two LanguagesAcademic Scholarship and Success(CBET/Silicon Valley Foundation) English for the Workforce

Future Learning Communities at Cañada

Linked Transfer Classes Learning Communities (two or more classes) In this integrated model, students enroll in all participating classes. Students and faculty engage in a collaborative, supportive learning experience.

ESL 400 linked with LIBR 100 (beginning Fall 2010)Academic Scholarship and SuccessART 680 linked with MUS 680A Moveable Feast

A Movable Feast

ART 680 CB or MUS 680 CBericksond@smccd.edumecklerd@smccd.edu

Featuring visits to San Francisco art museums and the opera

Wednesdays 1-3 pm

Impressions of East Meets West

Fall 2010 ARTS HONORS SEMINAR

Honors Interdisciplinary Forum (Learning Community)

• Students enrolled in one (or more) of the participating courses may enroll in the Honors

• Forum (1 unit) course• Faculty share their expertise in a variety of

disciplines, supporting a common theme• (Faculty Forums) with panel discussions• Students explore different disciplines

through common themes and readings• Faculty and students engage in a

collaborative, supportive environment for thinking and discussion

• Film series is an opportunity for connected occasions to enrich understanding of the theme

In the Pipeline

Liberty! Equality! Fraternity!

Sustainability

On the Same Page

Faculty in two or more disciplines select a common text to use in their classesStudents experience a cross-disciplinary approach to a common intellectual experience Authors are invited to speak

Come and Join in the Conversation!

• CIETL Learning Communities• Planning, Brainstorming, and Creating the Best

Learning Communities for Cañada College• Save the Date!• Monday, October 25, 2:00-3:30

Mark your CalendarsDate Time Topic

Tuesday, Sep 28 2:00-3:30 FIN session I: Introduction to Focused Inquiry Networks (FIN)

Monday, Oct 25 2:00-3:30 Learning Communities

Tuesday, Nov 30 2:00-3:30 FIN session II

Monday, Jan 31 2:00-3:30 Professional Development Opportunities

Tuesday, Feb 22 2:00-3:30 FIN session III

Friday, Mar 11 Technology Forums

Tuesday, April 26 2:00-3:30 Planning for Fall 2011