Enhancing the college environment Strategic plan for a diverse teaching & learning community.

Enhancing the college environmentStrategic plan for a diverse teaching & learning community

Overview

• Start with instructors• Review strategic goals• Encourage learning-centered

approaches• Invite the community in

Start with the instructors

Share ideas about teaching and learning

Brainstorm about engagement Flip classrooms Assess for learning

Provide resources to enrich learning

Professional Development Online shells Multimedia support Expect continuous improvement

Encourage a learning-centered approach

Emphasize student learning, not instruction

Hold conversations on learning-centered approach

Foster discussion in teaching evaluations

Review strategic goals

Establish measurable objectives for programs

Focus on learning-centered model/accreditation needs

Consider GTPathways

Foster good course design

Consult faculty on measurable course/module objectives

Emphasize real world applications Help students with OER where possible

Include student support

Hold conversations with staff How is SAP (Satisfactory Academic

Progress) going? Review data on interactions with

students

Measure student learning

Work with stakeholders on assessment Have conversations about data and next steps

Assure continuous improvement

Institutional Assessment Data-based Conversation-based

Continue to invite community in

Consider co-enrollment program

Keep up tradition of festivals, arts and lectures

Take advantage of the business sector

Seek faculty with real-world experience

Set up mentorship, internship programs

Recap

Start with the instructors

Provide resources to enrich learning

Encourage a learning-centered approach

Review strategic goals

Foster good course design

Revisit student support

Measure student learning

Assure continuous improvement

Continue to invite community in

Take advantage of the business sector

Tracey L. Trenam, Ph.D.

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