First Week in Review, Community Engagement and Expectations

How did it go? The first week in review, developing community and expectations. 

The first session of the series focuses on the first week of teaching here at STCC. Our check-in activity asks faculty to share the teaching and student interactions of the previous week. How was your week? What came up? Challenges? Positive Moments? We will dive into the "outline of our time together," which sets the weekly structure for this series. Our "brief presentation" includes two videos from Harvard University's Graduate School of Education on "Getting to Know your students" and "Norm-setting at the beginning of the semester." An article on student involvement theory by Alexander Astin provides insights into student engagement beyond the classroom. We offer an optional weekly teaching challenge using the book "33 Simple Strategies for Faculty." You can participate in reflection prompts and activities through our self-paced learning, First Week in Review, Community Engagement and Expectations, Google form to asynchronously engage CODL staff.