Expert to Classroom Series

What is the Expert to Classroom Series?

In 2024, the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL) facilitated a weekly self-guided learning series for faculty new to teaching and to STCC, called the Expert to Classroom Series. Each week, new STCC faculty were invited to review the content and complete activities, share their experiences, and learn about pedagogy and practices in the classroom, campus events, and semester tasks. Feel free to review the content provided throughout the series below. 

Topics for the Series

• First Week in Review, Community Engagement and Expectations 

• Course Management & Faculty Identity

• Student Retention: How Faculty Can Help

• Accessibility

• Mental Health

• Applying UDL Principles to Blackboard

• Pedagogical Principles, Theories & Practices

• Assessment of Student Work

• Generationally Speaking: First Generation and Lifelong Learning

• Closure Activities, Course Planning & Next Steps