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Teaching & Learning - Overview
Chemeketa's mission is to provide opportunities for students to explore, learn, and succeed through quality educational experiences and workforce training. As an instructor, designing and delivering quality educational experiences is at the heart of this mission. We've developed a set of teaching and learning values to help guide your work. Each value is discussed here. We've embedded a sample of detailed instructional strategies that exemplify these values to further illustrate these expectations.
Teaching & Learning Values
We will promote Chemeketa’s Teaching and Learning Values in college programs, courses, services and activities. These values are a shared responsibility at the college. They are important considerations in decision and policy-making arenas. The values are listed below, accompanied by examples of specific actions that put these values into practice. We are a college that . . .
Creates a learning climate of mutual respect and fairness.
● Works collaboratively to establish group norms of interaction.
● Involves participants in decision-making.
● Models active listening and respectful understanding of multiple points of view.
● Evaluates participant performance consistently, according to stated expectations.
● Incorporates inclusive design and provides accessibility accommodations as required.
Encourages creative and critical thinking.
● Models a variety of thinking strategies.
● Employs a range of questioning strategies to enhance thinking skills.
● Asks participants to articulate their thought processes.
● Analyzes assumptions and evaluates evidence.
● Demonstrates the creative use of technology to communicate in multiple modalities.
Engages participants in an active learning process.
● Manages risk within the learning process, allowing for trial and error.
● Manages attention within the learning process, relying on a range of high engagement strategies.
● Incorporates appropriate technology to enhance learning.
● Offers opportunities for participants’ to direct their own learning.
● Offers opportunities for participants’ to self-reflect.
Facilitates learning that applies to and enriches lives.
● Guides participants to connect knowledge and skills to career and life goals.
● Uses materials that incorporate student life experiences.
● Illustrates theory through concrete, real-life examples and case studies.
● Provides learning experiences situated within the community.
● Connects with partners in the workplace and in the community.
Encourages student responsibility for learning.
● Establishes high, but achievable expectations.
● Communicates expectations clearly and verifies understanding.
● Holds students accountable to stated measures and expectations.
● Gives frequent, timely feedback.
● Models responsible behavior.
Promotes learning as a lifelong process.
● Shares personal learning experiences.
● Expresses enthusiasm for learning.
● Highlights the personal and collective benefits of learning.
● Provides avenues for future learning.
● Pursues regular professional development.
Student Accessibility Services
Chemeketa Community College is committed to providing accessible educational opportunities for all students and does so in accordance with college policy and in compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disability Act as Amended (2008). The Students with Disabilities statement is a required component of all syllabi.
Student accommodations are determined through the Student Accessibility Services (SAS) department on a case-by-case basis. Faculty members will receive a Letter of accommodation via email from the SAS office for all students approved for disability related accommodations. The faculty member has a responsibility to implement the accommodations for which the student is eligible. The faculty member should not ask the student for information about their disability, as this information has already been provided to Student Accessibility Services. Common accommodations include alternative or extended testing and flexibility for deadlines, but each student’s accommodations is unique to their specific need and diagnosis. If a faculty member has a question or concern about the accommodation, they should contact SAS or their dean at the earliest opportunity. The faculty member should provide the accommodation as outlined until questions or concerns are resolved.
While some students have received specific accommodations, all students may benefit from materials and teaching strategies that incorporate elements of universal design. Faculty should consider broad-based physical and learning accommodation strategies for face-to-face, hybrid and online students.
A detailed FAQ to help you serve students with disabilities is available here.
Academic Integrity at Chemeketa
At Chemeketa, academic integrity is a shared endeavor characterized by truth, personal responsibility and high academic standards. To promote and sustain academic integrity standards at Chemeketa, we have developed a referral process founded on developmental principles. The video here provides specific guidance to you as an instructor to minimize incidences of academic dishonesty as well as explain the referral process if and when it occurs.
We also encourage you to view the Academic Honesty policy for Chemeketa Community College.
Note: The video references the Academic Integrity Coordinator. This position no longer exists at the College. Please consult with your program chair regarding student referrals.