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Programs Provided by the TLC

Faculty Focus 2009

The event will emphasize concurrent sessions focused around "Designing Learning Environments for All Students."

Teaching Squares

The Teaching Squares program is designed to improve teaching skills and build community through a structured process of classroom observation and shared reflection. Faculty members from different disciplines participating in a square learn about the best practices of other faculty in order to improve their teaching. Time commitment is about 6 hours total over an 11-week period.

Faculty Institute Offering:

• Online Institute Format
  • Fall 2009 ~Taking the Plunge: Identifying and Applying Active Learning in the Curriculum

Teaching and Assessment Spring Break 2009 Workshop

The Teaching and Assessment Spring Break Workshop 2009 focuses on a variety of teaching and assessment strategies that can be readily used in our classrooms, from teaching basic facts to promoting synthesis of complex ideas.

Faculty Speaker Series

The Faculty Speaker Series showcases recent experiences that have enriched both the lives and teaching of Clark’s faculty members.  The faculty will share their faculty development experiences with the college community -- potentially addressing some of today’s most intriguing issues.  This series aims to join the college-community in learning through our own faculty’s wide range of interests and achievements.

Opportunities for New Full- and Part-time Faculty:

The Teaching and Learning Center has many opportunities for those faculty new to Clark College.

• Faculty Orientations

The Teaching and Learning Center holds the New Full-Time and Adjunct Faculty Orientations.

• Faculty Fellows for Academic Year 2009/2010

The Teaching and Learning Center takes great pleasure in its Faculty Fellows program for new full-time faculty at Clark College.  This years program includes the 2007/08 cohorts group and a new 2008/09 cohorts group.

• Faculty Retreat and Orientation for 2009

The Teaching and Learning Center provided our third annual New Faculty Retreat on September 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2009.

• Reception for New Full- and Part-time Faculty

All new faculty are invited to this TLC and Clark College Foundation sponsored reception.  The reception designed to allow faculty to meet and discuss with key members of the Clark College Community on various topics and get to know your department.

Professional Learning Communities are a professional development model made up of cross-disciplinary groups of 15 faculty and professional staff engaging in a fulfilling and sustained 9 month-long program with a curriculum about enhancing teaching, learning and student success and retention.