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MCC Daily Tribune

TCC Transition and Programming

Amanda Colosimo and Terry Shamblin are honored to serve as Co-Coordinators of the Teaching and Creativity Center for the 2022-23 academic year. Our intention is to support the stellar programming and forward thinking mission and goals already developed by Gena Merliss and our dedicated faculty committees. 

The TCC is a faculty-driven center committed to teaching excellence that offers professional development opportunities for full-time and adjunct faculty as well as professional staff across all stages of their careers. The TCC could not do the great work it does without the 26 dedicated faculty and staff from all four MCC campuses who make up the advisory committee in addition to a plethora of volunteer presenters, facilitators, and organizers. 

The TCC offers the following programming:

  • Adjunct Faculty Workshops
    • Adjunct Faculty Fall Welcome Back
    • Fall Suppers on 9/12, 10/11, and 11/9 
    • Spring Suppers on 1/19, 2/6, and 3/22
  • Consultations
    • Watch for an upcoming Tribune announcement for details about requesting a confidential teaching consultation from one of our many trained consultants
  • Conversations
    • A Tribune announcement of this year’s theme and conversation dates is forthcoming within the week
  • Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIG)
    • Best Practices and Transformative Teaching in the Zoom Remote Modality: If you're interested in joining this FIG, contact Mark Ricci (Visual and Performing Arts) at mricci@monroecc.edu.
    • If you would like to convene a FIG on a topic of your choice, reach out to Terry Shamblin (ESOL/Transitional Studies) at tshamblin@monroecc.edu
  • First- and Second-Year Faculty Series
    • For questions or information about either series, please contact Amanda Colosimo (Chemistry and Geosciences) at acolosimo@monroecc.edu
  • Open Classrooms Week
    • Held once each semester to share and observe teaching in action
    • Watch for upcoming Tribune announcements, and consider opening your classes and visiting your colleagues’ remote, online, and face-to-face courses
  • Reflective Practice Groups (RPG)
    • All RPG facilitators have participated in a 5-day intensive training institute, and many have participated in additional retreats and workshops
    • Tribune announcements for a variety of RPG’s are forthcoming
  • Reading Groups
    • Grading for Equity: What It is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms by Joe Feldman: There will be an open meeting on Wednesday 9/7/22, 12:00 – 12:50 on Zoom https://monroecommunity.zoom .us/j/8907768604 to choose meeting times and location. If you have questions, please contact Tracey Graney (Biology) at tgraney1@monroecc.edu or Ben Schermerhorn (Engineering Science and Physics) at bschermerhorn@monroecc.edu
    • Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans:  There are a few more slots available in our Zoom group that meets monthly on Thursday afternoons beginning 9/15. If you are interested in joining that group or joining or facilitating a different one, please contact Pam Fornieri (ESOL/Transitional Studies) at pfornieri@monroecc.edu
    • Practical and Professional Ethics by Wade Robison: This book group will meet at the TCC with Zoom capacity on select Thursdays throughout the year. There will be an informational meeting on 9/29 at 3:30. If you’re interested in joining or have questions, please contact Bob Muhlnickel (English and Philosophy) at rmuhlnickel@monroecc.edu
  • Winter Teaching Institute
    • Scheduled for Wednesday, January 18, 2023
  • June Teaching and Learning Conference
    • Tentatively scheduled for Friday, June 9, 2023
  • Multi-day Institutes
    • More information is forthcoming

We look forward to working with everyone this year and encourage you to reach out to us at any time. 

Amanda Colosimo and Terry Shamblin, Co-Coordinators of the Teaching and Creativity Center

Terry Shamblin
ESOL/TRS
08/31/2022