Hi everyone, El Paso Community College is planning to launch a Teachership Academy at the college, which is built on EPCC's current Leadership Academy (hence the addition to the English langauge of the word 'teachership'). The purpose of the Teachership Academy is to focus on training and skills to enhance faculty performance. It's not meant to be a remediation or other form of correction for poor teaching, it's meant to give those that genuinely want to advance their own knowledge of teaching effectiveness a way to do so through a structured, empirically-supported curriculum over the course of an academic year (Aug-May). This Academy is for current EPCC faculty, not for our student Education majors. So, here's my question: does your institution offer any sort of in-house professional development training longer than a few days or a week? If so, would you please email me off list to let me know specifically what your school does, as well as the faculty feedback on that training? If your school doesn't offer something like this, I could still use your help...what should this Academy curriculum include? We're inviting everyone who is internally motivated to learn and grow as teachers to apply to the Academy, regardless of years teaching, employment status (full- vs. part-time), or academic department. Off the top of my head, I think the Academy should include sessions on formal and informal assessment (including designing valid assessments), the importance of socializing students to classroom expectations as college students, and the benefits of including a variety of presentation methods in the classroom. Mini-topics could include the value of identifying one's teaching philosophy, avoiding/minimizing burnout, and connecting with students as the age gap between you and your students continues to grow (for example, I notice my examples from when I began teaching 8 years ago fall flat more and more). Thank you so much for any suggestions you can share. Julie Julie A. Penley, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology El Paso Community College PO Box 20500 El Paso, TX 79998-0500 Office phone: (915) 831-3210 Department fax: (915) 831-2324 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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