The part-time faculty sessions are a series of weekly sessions offered specificaly for part-time, partial load, and sessional faculty. Check the CTL calendar for details on times and locations. This page lists the goals for the sessions and the session topics. Also, scroll down the page to read comments from past participants.
Goals for the Sessions
Through participation in these sessions, part-time faculty will have the opportunity to:
* Examine and apply principles of teaching and learning
* Share ideas and strategies across disciplines
* Interact with peers to discuss teaching practice
* Gain information on support services and resources for teaching
* Connect with the Georgian College community
Session Topics
This series of sessions is designed to offer participants a solid foundation in the elements of teaching practice. Part-time faculty are also welcome to participate in all other sessions offered by the CTL.
1. Introduction to College Teaching and Learning
2. Planning Instruction
3. Introduction to Assessment Strategies
4. Active Learning Strategies
5. Designing Meaningful Assignments
6. Understanding and Applying Academic Policies and Procedures
7. Integrating Technology into Teaching
8. Using Evaluation Feedback for Continuous Growth
Comments from Past Participants
The CTL has offered these sessions since 2005. As the comments below show, they have been very well received and provide a solid foundation for teaching in the 21st century.
“A great way to expand your knowledge of the college. Great networking opportunity.”
“I would highly recommend these. The enormous amount of information you need to perform teaching cannot be accomplished in an unstructured manner. These sessions help to focus your effort as a teacher.”
“These sessions are informative, fun and free. I thoroughly enjoyed the sessions and came away with something new/updated from each session.”
“They are helpful and allow instructors to not only learn and develop new skills but interact with each other and gain other perspectives from other PT instructors in different areas.”
“The training sessions offer such rich learning and helpful strategies. I learned so much in such a short space of time – strategies that will decrease prep time.”