Teaching Circle Participants Welcome:
The “Understanding Student Stress During the Pandemic and Beyond” Teaching Circle is forming now. Beginning Tuesday, March 16th at 1:00 p.m., faculty, staff and graduate teaching assistants are encouraged to join colleagues, along with circle facilitator Assistant Professor of Political Science Alexander Cohen, to share discussions around student stress at Clarkson University. How do students experience stress, especially under these new extreme conditions? Where are their pain points? What are the consequences? And how can we balance academic rigor with compassionate education? This circle meets every other week via Zoom.
New and returning circle participants welcome. More on Teaching Circles below. Get started today by enrolling in the Teaching Circles space in Moodle so you can join our Circle. Simply click on “Join a Teaching Circle” to get started.
Teaching Circles Overview:
The Institute for STEM Education and the Teaching Mentoring Program Committee are proud to sponsor Clarkson University’s Teaching Circles Program. First launched in Spring 2020, Teaching Circles are intended to host communities interested in sharing concerns and interests around topics of interest related to teaching and learning. Teaching circles are safe spaces in which colleagues (1) generate and share developments related to teaching, (2) ideate innovations or interventions designed to enhance student learning, (3) seek scholarly research and resources to inform and support implementation of trials.
Suggest a circle topic or start your own: Our aim is to grow the number of circles based on topics and interest from within the Clarkson community. You can help shape this program with your willingness to get involved. Suggest a topic, facilitate a circle or contribute suggestions. More on this in Moodle.
When applicable, teaching circles will contribute to Clarkson’s greater community of teaching and learning through presentations/publication of findings to colleagues.
Participation is open to any faculty, staff, and graduate teaching assistants, and is not restricted to STEM fields or instructional modality. Read below for more information. Contact us at teaching@clarkson.edu with any questions or reach out if you would like to pose a Teaching Circle topic.
What to expect:
- Each circle will be theme or topic focused and is guided by a facilitator or co-facilitators. Facilitators are responsible for organizing circle meetings, posting to the circle’s online forum, circle goal setting & check ins, facilitate discussions, arranging for outside expertise (speakers, guest contributors, etc) and encouraging members to contribute fully. Facilitators volunteer in this leadership role for professional development and exploration of topics of interest.
- Circle Rules:
- Join as many circles as you like
- Drop out of a circle at any time
- Participate actively
- Be respectful and inclusive
- Teaching circle members will engage in active discussion and contribution is encouraged. Circles meet via Zoom for bi-weekly discussions and will have a home in a Moodle course, as a platform for hosting/sharing resources, facilitating online discussion.
How to Join Teaching Circles:
Click to enroll in the Teaching Circles course in Moodle and complete the Choose a Teaching Circle activity.
For questions, contact a Teaching Mentoring Program Committee Member:
Alexander Cohen, acohen@clarkson.edu
Kathleen Kavanagh, kkavanag@clarkson.edu
Laura Perry, lperry@clarkson.edu
Christopher Robinson, crobinso@clarkson.edu