Starting Faculty Learning Centers

Sponsored by the Texas Collaborative for Teaching Excellence
Friday, June 20, 2003 
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
College of the Mainland, Texas City

Workshop Goal:
This is an initial meeting to provide interested faculty and administrators an overview of the creation of a faculty learning center and strategies for starting an ongoing professional development system.

Presenters:
• (Via teleconference) Fay Rouseff-Baker, Director, Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Parkland Community College, Champaign, Illinois (http://www.parkland.cc.il.us/cetl/main.html)
• Vickie Andrews, Del Mar College
• Barbara Buckley, Brazosport College
• Barry Wagner, Collin County Community College

Workshop Design:
The workshop will use the Chatauqua design. The initial meeting will provide tools for starting a center and making a proposal. The second meeting, in the Fall, will provide feedback on the proposals. (Date and time of Fall workshop TBD). Participants, in the interim, will interact with one another on the Texas Collaborative's discussion forum.

Workshop Location:
College of the Mainland (COM)
1200 Amburn Rd.
Texas City, Texas
 
Fee:
None

Sponsors:
The Center For Career and Personal Development, a region center of The Texas Collaborative For Teaching Excellence, a Carl Perkins project of The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Registration:
Space will be limited. Campus teams should comprise 1-3 people.
Contact Don Bass via email to register at [email protected].