Teaching and Learning Center
http://www.socc.edu/tlc/pgs/faculty-cohorts/index.shtmlFaculty Cohorts
Full-time faculty members at SOCC have the opportunity to participate in an innovative cohort learning process through the support of the Title III Teaching and Learning Innovations Grant.
The purpose of the cohort initiative is to give faculty the opportunity to work in collaborative small groups to help them identify areas for growth, acquire new knowledge and skills, and apply their learning to the curriculum design and delivery process.
Process
Faculty who wish to participate should first talk to their instructional leader to determine the best year to participate and then fill out and return the Faculty Cohort Application. Faculty Cohort Application
Cohorts will take place during Winter Term in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Cohort FAQ’s
Cohort can be defined as a learning model in which students advance together through core coursework.
- Develop lasting relationships with cohort members
- Receive support and encouragement of cohort colleagues
- Improve your teaching and learn from your colleagues
- Opportunities to increase collegial relationships
- Opportunities to investigate best practices in teaching
3 workload credit release for one term to participate in cohort learning activities
3 workload credit release for one term to:
- Implement a Personal Innovation Plan
- Participate in cohort project
- Stipend to pay part-time faculty to teach the courses you are released from
- A cohort facilitator
- Training and support for your plan
Term One
- Be an active participant in a three hour cohort learning session each week
- Participate in the weekly discussion boards in the WebCT course
- Complete weekly WebCT course assignments and activities
- Design a Personal Innovation Plan (PIP)
- Work as a collaborative team to design and develop a cohort project
Term Two
- Develop, Plan, Research, and Implement your PIP
- Write up your PIP outcomes
- Complete cohort project
- Present your findings to the faculty at an in-service poster session
- an action research plan that you design and implement in your regular class
- an opportunity to try something new with time and support to work it out
- Advising
- Technology Integration
- Hybridizing Courses
- Active Learning Strategies
- Incorporating Service Learning
- Creating linked classes
- group project to enhance teaching and learning at SOCC
- Faculty brown bag sessions
- Classroom design
- In-service presentations