Faculty Chats: Collaboration and Idea Sharing for Student Success (St. Petersburg College)

College faculty members face many complex and interconnected struggles, such as boosting enrollment, motivating students, increasing retention rates, and instructing students who may or may not be “college-ready.” These challenges can often feel isolating. Faculty collaboration, idea sharing, and planning are key to fostering student success and overcoming challenges as a community. This workshop provides participants with experience collaborating on lesson plans and the opportunity to brainstorm and share promising practices regarding what's working (or not) in the classroom. Participating in this workshop will help build confidence and competence in new and veteran faculty members.

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Observe, discuss, and critique a model lesson (templates provided).
• Create a new lesson plan and/or build upon an existing lesson plan.
• Explore various grouping structures and activities. Guidelines and norms are discussed.
• Incorporate various learning styles and methods.
• Design and share enhanced lessons.

Plans for Audience Participation and Interaction:

• Class discussion and share-out.
• Peer observation and critique.
• Discipline specific and non-discipline specific group activities.
• Viewing short video clips (Do's and Don'ts of Teaching).
• Learning style activities.

Learners will have the option to earn a certificate of attendance or a certificate with Continuing Education Units (CEU) upon completion of the workshop. To earn a certificate with CEUs, the learner must successfully pass the learning assessment with a score of 80% or higher. All learners must complete the post-event evaluation to earn credentials. 

The duration of this workshop is four hours, which is equal to 0.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).