An Engaged Campus Begins with an Engaged Faculty The Teaching and Learning Initiative at Tusculum College and How it Can Benefit Your College Presented by: Michelle Freeman, Director of Teaching and Learning Initiative and Associate Professor of Business Administration Corinne Nicolas, Associate Professor, Humanities David Key, Assistant Professor, History Nancy Thomas, Associate Professor, Humanities Tom Harlow, Associate Professor, Psychology Kathy Stone, Assistant Professor

Initiative Basics History of the program Mission Budget for program Basic structure Presentations/Banquet

Topics Engaging Students through Active Learning Techniques Scholarly exploration and discovery Leadership Reflective Judgment (Tusculum’s QEP) Suggestions

Sharing of Teacher Circle Experiences from Leaders Corinne Nicolas David Key Nancy Thomas Tom Harlow Kathy Stone

Corinne Nicolas

Reading Circle on Charles Darwin Materials Initial Expectations ◦ Classroom ◦ Darwin Anniversaries Outcomes ◦ Expectations Met ◦ Expectations Not Met

Reading Circle on Utopia Materials Expectations ◦ Additional Structure

Nancy Thomas –

Tom Harlow – Active Learning Bonwell and Eison’s (1991) Active learning: Creating excitement in the classroom Shared techniques covered (or not) in the reading Group Foldable Organizer activity Class Project in Computer as Tool assignment

Kathy Stone – Technology

Benefits – Michelle Freeman Low budget faculty development Community building across disciplines Engaged faculty and enhanced self- discovery A method of integrating new faculty more quickly into the college A method of accomplishing or heralding college-wide initiatives A method of building VITA

Time for Questions