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.
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Featured Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities
Thursday, December 7
1 pm
The Chronicle of Higher Education presents Data Science Unbound
Data science continues to evolve beyond computer science, expanding into the liberal arts. Driven by rising student demand, this expansion faces challenges, including student access and faculty shortages.
In this upcoming virtual forum, a panel of experts led by Alex Kafka, a senior editor at The Chronicle, will discuss the benefits and obstacles of data science’s growing popularity.
Join “Data Science Unbound” on December 7 at 1 p.m., to learn more about the intersection of data science and the humanities. Presented With Support From Microsoft
Tuesday, December 12
11 am Tech Talk Tuesday: Bridging Minds and Machines – A Conversation on AI
Join TBR’s 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, 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
Call for Proposals for Spring 2024
As we prepare for spring 2024, The Teaching Center invites you to share your expertise with your colleagues. Please submit session proposals that you would be willing to lead during spring 2024. Session proposals are needed for college-wide and for specific division-level professional learning. Submit proposals now.
The second interview in the TBR Fall podcast series is with Dr. Jessica Rabb, Professor of Biology at Nashville State Community College. The podcast is available online now!
Our common reading book, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear, is widely available through campus and public libraries if you would like to participate this Fall in our common reading.
This 6-part series of discussions with TBR faculty, staff, and research partners will provide listeners with an opportunity to learn more about the work we are doing across the TBR System to support student success through high impact practices, healthy learning mindsets, and sustained system change. A new episode from the mini-series will be released every other Thursday through early December.
Tech Talk Tuesday: Bridging Minds and Machines –
A Conversation on AI
Beginning in November, 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.
From the VC’s Shelf Podcast
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/.
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
- 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
- Maria Smith
- Katherine Sorenson
- Elizabeth Stein
- Dara Talibah
- Mary Elizabeth Wilson-Patton
- Leah Welker
- John Woodman