Consultations, Observations, Mentoring, and Training
Consultations, Observations, Mentoring, and Training
Explore programs and services designed to help MCC faculty strengthen their teaching
practice, gather meaningful student feedback, connect with colleagues, and engage
in ongoing professional development. Whether you're new to teaching or looking to
refine your approach, we're here to support your success.
The Teaching & Creativity Center offers a variety of confidential, faculty-focused
services designed to support excellence in teaching and student learning at Monroe
Community College. Whether you're looking for individualized instructional support,
meaningful student feedback, professional mentoring, or opportunities to strengthen
your facilitation skills, our programs provide practical guidance and collegial collaboration
to help you achieve your teaching goals and enhance the learning experience for your
students.
One-on-one Consultations
All consultations are:
- Voluntary and confidential
- About teaching
- Available to faculty and professional staff who teach
Your consultation will begin with a meeting to discuss your needs and goals, and then
we will work together to formulate a plan which could look like:
- support in designing a course or planning a lesson
- feedback on developing an assessment
- non-evaluative classroom observation
- videotape analysis
We can work with individuals on long-term course plans and on discreet challenges
in class.
Faculty Classroom Observation Request Form
Small Group Instructional Feedback
End of semester evaluations can provide important feedback, but we never get to change
our practice for the students who gave the feedback. Small Group Instructional Feedback
provides a mechanism for you to receive feedback from your students while they are
still taking your class.
Between weeks 5 through 9 of each semester, our trained consultants:
- Meet with you to learn what you’d like to know from your students
- Observe a class
- Survey the students while you are out of the room
- Synthesize the student feedback and discuss it with you
What happens while you are out of the room?
- Students reflect what is helping their learning and what is not helping their learning
- They work in small groups to come to consensus about the those questions
Why should faculty do it?
- This process demonstrates to students that you care deeply about their learning
- It gives you a chance to hear what is really impacting students, and what is not.
Faculty Classroom Observation Request Form
College-wide Faculty Mentoring Program
New faculty are invited to join the College-wide Faculty Mentoring Program where they
will be paired with a more experienced faculty member in a different department. This
confidential relationship helps new faculty effectively transition to MCC.
Faculty Mentoring Program Information
Facilitators' Training
Leading Reflective Practice Groups
An Institute for K-12 and Higher Education Faculty and Staff
This 5-day professional development seminar is designed for educators to build capacity
to facilitate collegial conversations that promote learning for all students. Participants
will learn the foundations to support adult learning, collaboration, and reflection
through the lens of equity.
See more on the Special Events page
