Teachers TalkingTeachers Talking. Good conversation. Free Lunch.
All Teachers Talking are held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. or 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. Three Crowns Buffet, free lunch then meet in St. Peter Room.
2014-2015
Thursday, September 11, 2014
50 Shades of Grey in the ADA: Reasonable Accommodation and Mental Health
Facilitated by Margo Druschel
Monday, September 15, 2014
Writing Effective Tenure/Promotion/3rd Year Review Letters
One singular element of the tenure/promotion/3rd year review process at
Gustavus is the invitation (and sometimes requirement) that faculty
write letters for their colleagues undergoing review. Beyond the request
that "letters should address the candidate's qualifications for the
criteria", we receive little guidance about how to write letters that
the Personnel Committee and 3rd Year Review Committee find useful in the
review process. All of that changes now! Join current and former
Personnel Committee members for a conversation about the characteristics
of effective review letters, what works, what to avoid, and lots more.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
I Thought They Learned That in High School!: Strategies for Teaching First Year Students
Facilitated by Kate Knutson
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Talking Trigger Warnings
Facilitated by Phil Voight
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
How to Construct an Effective RSC or Presidential Student/Faculty Collaboration Grant Application
This session will cover guidelines for RSC and Presidential grants, including deadlines, kinds of projects appropriate for these grants, and advice on crafting a successful application. We will also have a couple of Presidential grant recipients to talk about how they included students in their research. Please come with any questions you may have about these grants.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 (TT and NFO)
Interdisciplinary Programs - Interdisciplinarity is an integrative and cross-disciplinary approach to learn about the world. Students at Gustavus Adolphus have multiple opportunities to engage in interdisciplinary educational experiences including majors, minors and study abroad experiences. Come learn about some of these programs and meet/reconnect with colleagues involved in them.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Letting Go for Learning: When Student Reciprocity Fails to Deliver
Reciprocity in civic engagement means offering meaningful value to our community partners as they offer learning opportunities for our students. Real ownership over project outcomes requires students to be primary agents in creating value for the community partner. What are our pedagogical opportunities that allow students to own potentially substandard performance on their deliverables when it could negatively impact relationships among Community Based Learning stakeholders? We facilitate this conversation based on our own diverse experiences of how we manage students’ ownership of their responsibilities with our community partners.
Facilitated by: Kyle Momsen and Kathy Lund Dean
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Thursday, April 9, 2015
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