November’s Teacher Talk focused on continuing our conversation from the August Opening Workshop (on Community Engagement). Neil Schmitzer-Torbert welcomed attendees, and highlighted upcoming Teaching and Learning events, including:
- Oct 19th – Campus visit by Greg Wegner, GLCA
- GLCA Teaching & Learning Center (virtual) roll-out
- email announcement/RSVP to follow
- Oct 26 – Follow up lunch on the ethics of community-engaged learning
- Potential topics: developing community relationships, working with religious/political orgs, IRB approval, etc.
- Feb 12th, 2016 – Joe Favazza returns to campus
- Joe is available for small group workshops/conversations for those seeking to implement community-engaged learning in upcoming courses
- Interested faculty should RSVP to upcoming TLC email
Neil continued by asking each invited speaker to briefly introduce their community engagement resource. The introductions were followed by a group Q&A/discussion. Continue reading