Welcome! The Teaching Center is designed by faculty for faculty. It seeks to promote a culturally responsive environment that values excellence in teaching, collaboration, research, and engagement in order to positively impact student success.
Professional Learning Opportunity – 2024-2025 – Register Now!
The Teaching Center is partnering with the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) to offer the Effective Online Teaching Practices course to interested full-time faculty participants.
This course is different from the previously offered ACUE course in that it focuses on Online Teaching.
To learn more and/or register, please use this link: https://forms.gle/1DETKgqL3N1VgQGb6
Call for Proposals
The Teaching Center invites you to share your expertise with your colleagues. Please submit session proposals that you would be willing to lead during fall 2024. Session proposals are needed for college-wide and for specific division-level professional learning.
Featured Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities
Friday, April 26
9 am
What’d we learn? Reflecting over 2023-2024
Open Forum
What’d we learn? Join colleagues for an open forum to share what we learned during this academic year 2023-2024. We will share wins and challenges, and we will reflect on how to emulate the wins and overcome the challenges in the future.
Moderator: Amy Bryant
Register for this session
Zoom
Friday, April 26, 2024
11 am – 11:50 am
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Professional Learning Community
Join us for the final session on our journey through Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed. In this final session of the PLC, we will discuss the fourth chapter of Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Please read chapter 4, pages 125-183, prior to the PLC meeting. PLC Sessions will be held throughout the spring semester, and a limited number of books are available for participants.
Moderators: Dr. Michael Sundblad, Dean, School of Arts and Humanities, and Amy Bryant, Associate Professor, Communication Studies, and Director, The Teaching Center
Register for this session
Zoom
Saturday, April 27
8 am – 4 pm
AI for Education Summit
This one-day free virtual event offers educators and school leaders a unique opportunity to progress from the practical to the possible. Kick off the day by building your AI skills and learning from leading experts before moving on to an afternoon of hands-on experimentation with the latest AI tools. Your experience then culminates with a collaborative exploration into the future of education designed to spark your innovative thinking and start dreaming big.
Presented by: AI for Education
Register for this summit
Wednesday, May 8
1 pm
Virtual Forum: AI and Personalized Learning
Join The Chronicle on Wednesday, May 8th, for a forum exploring AI and personalized learning. This free, expert-led forum will offer insight into how institutional leaders can support their faculty in experimenting with AI while avoiding critical pitfalls such as overreliance on the technologies.
Presented by The Chronicle of Higher Education
Register for this forum
Tuesday, May 14
11 am
TBR’s Monthly Lunch and Learn Series:
Tech Talk Tuesday: Bridging Minds and Machines – A Conversation on AI
TBR’s Tech Talk Tuesday’s will take place on the 2nd Tuesday of each month beginning at 11 a.m. CST. The purpose of Tech Talk Tuesdays is to continue collaboration by providing an intentional platform to share what we are learning. If you are interested in participating, please complete the Tech Talk Tuesday Registration Form. Registration will be open until 1 hour before each session. Participants will be sent the Teams Meeting invite after registration. If you register and are unable to join, TBR will send a recording of the session to you. As a reminder, the focus is on collaborative learning; these sessions will not focus on limiting AI or policy development.
Tech Talk Tuesday Registration Form.
Are you using TILT?
If yes, please have your students complete the TILT Transparent Instruction Survey during the semester. Click here for instructions for how to give the survey.
Microsoft Learn Educator Center: Training & resources for educators
If you’re looking for new ways to inspire and engage students, Microsoft Education offers a wealth of free training and virtual workshops for educators. Visit the Microsoft Learn Educator Center for training courses, learning paths, and online events. Stay up to date on all the latest Teams updates, events, workshops, and more with the Microsoft Educator Newsletter.
Tech Talk Tuesday: Bridging Minds and Machines –
A Conversation on AI
TBR is launching a monthly lunch and learn series: Tech Talk Tuesday: Bridging Minds and Machines – A Conversation on AI.
Tech Talk Tuesday’s will take place on the 2nd Tuesday of each month beginning at 11 a.m. CST.
The purpose of Tech Talk Tuesdays is to continue our collaboration by providing an intentional platform to share what we are learning. If you are interested in joining us, please complete the Tech Talk Tuesday Registration Form. Registration will be open until 1 hour before each session. Participants will be sent the Teams Meeting invite after registration. If you register and are unable to join, we will send a recording of the session to you.
As a reminder, the focus is on collaborative learning, these sessions will not focus on limiting AI or policy development.
The Teaching Center Offers the Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices Certificate
The Teaching Center continues to offer the Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices Certificate for the faculty of Nashville State Community College. For complete details, go to the CRTP tab https://ww2.nscc.edu/theteachingcenter/crtp/ and Upcoming Faculty Development Opportunities in the Events tab https://ww2.nscc.edu/theteachingcenter/upcoming-faculty-development-opportunities/.
TBR HIPs Ambassadors Monthly Calls
ETSU Graduate Certificate Information Session
Did you miss the information session hosted by the Center for Community College Leadership and the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at East Tennessee State University? You can still learn more about the Community College Leadership Graduate Certificate, the Student Affairs Graduate Certificate, and the Higher Education Teaching Graduate Certificate by watching the recording of the information session. If you have any questions, about these programs, please contact Dr. Jill Channing (channing@etsu.edu) regarding the Community College Leadership and Higher Education Teaching Graduate Certificates and Dr. Susan Epps regarding the Student Affairs Graduate Certificate (epps@etsu.edu.)
Congratulations to our CRTP Certificate Recipients!
The Teaching Center is proud to announce that the following faculty members have completed the Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices Certificate. Congratulations to:
- Jesmin Akther
- René Bataille
- Valerie Belew
- Bir Bohara
- Amy Bryant
- Kurstin Bush
- Audrey Cross
- Brian Curtis
- Genevieve El Chaer
- Christie Ferguson
- Melissa Fleck
- Steven Hancock
- Mark Helm
- Jennifer Knapp
- Robert Ladd
- Devora Manier
- Connie Mathews
- Roslyn Mize
- Barbra Mullaney
- Emily Naff
- Harlan Pease
- Jessica Rabb
- Amelia Rinehart
- Cliff Rockstead
- Elizabeth Schoenfeld
- Neely Ann Sheucraft
- Beth Slade
- Maria Smith
- Katherine Sorenson
- Elizabeth Stein
- Dara Talibah
- Breanna Waller
- Leah Welker
- Mary Elizabeth Wilson-Patton
- John Woodman