Services

I support individual faculty across the professional lifecycle, work with departments and programs in their efforts to support the university's mission, and contribute to a culture of teaching, learning, and scholarship at TWU.

One-on-One Consultations

Faculty members may request individual consultations* on any of the following:

• • reflecting upon, learning about, or improving their teaching,

  • understanding, assessing, or improving their students' learning,

  • conducting research on their teaching and/or their students' learning (i.e., the scholarship of teaching and learning, or SoTL),

  • creating plans for developing or advancing their teaching expertise,

  • brainstorming a structured and sustainable approach to their scholarship, 

  • being intentional about the interwoven nature of teaching, scholarship, and service, 

  • and more.

Generally, consultations may take place in your office, in my office, on Zoom, at an informal meeting place on campus (e.g., the library, a walk around campus), or at a nearby coffeehouse.

Consultations with Committees & Departments

Representatives of campus groups may request consultations, conversations, workshops, and/or collaborations on issues related to teaching, learning, curriculum, assessment, self-studies and external reviews, and other kinds of professional development. Some examples include

• • facilitating non-evaluative peer observation,

  • preparing for evaluative peer evaluation,

  • exploring ways to document and share teaching effectiveness,

  • honing discipline-specific or "signature" pedagogies,

  • designing for and assessing student learning in curricular sequences,

  • recruiting, hiring, orienting, and supporting new faculty,

  • mentoring faculty,

  • and more.

*   Individual consultations are formative and confidential, informed by the Ethical Guidelines for Educational Developers from the national POD Network in Higher Education.

I can help you collect anonymous feedback from your students while your course is still in progress--with an extra layer of anonymity and confidentiality for the students, and support for you.  At your request, I can collect information from your students to 

• help you understand how students are experiencing your course, and/or

• explore a particular issue you're curious about (e.g., "I'm struggling to get them to participate," "I want to decrease their test anxiety").

F2F Version

In the final 20 or 30 minutes of your class, I'll facilitate a focus group-style conversation with your students (after you leave the room) about what's helping them learn and what would help them learn more effectively.  I'll then synthesize their responses and meet with you to share key insights and help you plan what to do as a result.  

Virtual Version

I'll send an anonymous survey to your students, synthesize those results, and then meet with you. 

The process is entirely confidential, requested by you, and designed to support your teaching—not evaluate it.

You may request that I visit your in-person class session for confidential, formative feedback. (If you want someone to visit your virtual class, contact Lynda Murphy at lmurphy@twu.edu.)  We’ll begin the process with a brief conversation to clarify your goals, followed by the visit itself, and ending with a debrief to share insights and strategies.  

This is a supportive, non-evaluative service designed to support your teaching goals.