In this message, I wish to share with you two teaching narratives I have encountered recently as a way of advancing our professional development program’s goal of re-centering at least some of our conversations around teaching and learning.
A Humanities Narrative
Our new VP for Instruction, Diane Diekmeyer, shared with me some digital stories about faculty from her previous college. This one features Sharon Crasnow, a Norco College philosophy professor.
Double Take #1: To Joyful Teaching
If you have the chance, consider doubling back to earlier posts on Joyful Teaching to check out some of the comments from colleagues about Critical Thinking and Technology, Community and Teaching Naked. Some very thoughtful exchanges are going on in both of these discussion threads.
One of the most exciting developments in our flex week program over the last few years has been the work of our Academic Senate Diversity, Equity and Cultural Competency (DEqCC) committee developing cultural competency conferences to facilitate professional development in this vital knowledge and skill set.
In the coming year, Miracosta will invest significant energy and resources in implementing Guided Pathways. Those who wish to learn more about this important initiative have three good options — all of which meet flex obligations.
Greetings Colleagues:
I imagine that many of you, like me, are working through the transition to Canvas in some way this summer: whether it is moving a course or two, starting a new course, or refining sections you have already experimented with before. This image is of an old scratch sheet I used to think about how I wanted to “bend canvas to my will” by making sure that my pedagogical strategies drove my use of Canvas (rather than the the other way around!).
