COVID-19 Faculty Professional Development Opportunities

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COVID-19 Teaching Workshops, Drop-In Hours, and Resources

Register for a Workshop

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Schedule

Teaching Workshops for Faculty

Please note: All COVID-19 Teaching Workshops will be held on Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/6344062984 Links to an external site.). Please register Links to an external site. so we can send you instructions for logging into Zoom. Videos, slides, and resources for sessions already held are in the Learning Outcomes section below the Schedule.

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Drop-in Hours for Faculty

OER Drop-In Hours Schedule

Workshop Learning Outcomes and Videos

After participating in the workshop, you will be able to...

  • Peer Reviews: Using the Peer Review Tools in Canvas
    • Videos and Resources
    • Learning Outcomes
      • Create an assignment with peer review
      • Help your students submit a helpful peer review
  • Regular and Substantive Interaction
    • Videos and Resources 
    • Learning Outcomes
      • Define regular and substantive interaction (RSI)
      • Explain the importance of RSI to student learning and engagement
      • Identify RSI practices you’ve been using so far this quarter
      • Identify RSI practices you could be using this quarter

Faculty Mentors

List of Faculty Mentors:

Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences

Communication & Transitional Studies

Health, Business, & Professional Services

Library

Faculty Mentor Job Description

Video Overview of this Role

What will I be doing as a Faculty Mentor?

  • Serving as a go-to person in your area for online teaching and learning questions specific to your discipline
  • Referring your colleagues to the appropriate workshops or other PD opportunities to help address their learning needs
  • Communicating the needs of your area as you learn about them to your Chair and to Melisa so that we can ensure our offerings align with your area’s needs
  • Attending at least two workshops to share your expertise with your colleagues and help the trainer address questions that arise

How do I sign up?

  • Please let your Chair and Kristen Lawson (klawson@tacomacc.edu) know that you are interested in serving in this role
  • Depending on the size of your area, we may need one to two people to be Faculty Mentors

What are the benefits?

  • You get to help your colleagues, OLE, eLearning, your Dean, your Chair, AND our students. We need to work together to offer quality online instruction and we need your expertise in order to do that!
  • Deans have approved PAU credit for participation as a Faculty Mentor leading up to and during Spring Quarter. Please talk to your Dean directly about this.

Who can I ask my questions to?

  • Please email your Chair and Kristen Lawson (klawson@tacomacc.edu) and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

eLearning Resources

eLearning COVID-19 Teaching Resources

Technical Support