Cohort-based Programs

Cohort-based programs are professional development opportunities that consist of collaborative groups of faculty members working together for a common goal. These programs are designed for faculty members who are looking for an ongoing professional development opportunity and interested in working in multidisciplinary groups. During the semester, members will meet 4-5 times to discuss current research, develop new strategies and techniques, and work together to improve teaching. Groups are faculty-driven and provide a supportive environment for exchanging ideas.

Jump to details about the following cohorts:

• Book Groups
• Reflective Practice Groups
• First Year Faculty Series
• Second Year Faculty Series
• Faculty Inquiry Groups

Read and meet with colleagues to discuss a book related to our programming theme.

There are discussion groups for the following four books:

• Grading for Growth by David Clark and Robert Talbert
• Teach Students How to Learn by Saundra Yancy McGuire
• The Courage to Learn: Honoring the Complexity of Learning for Educators and Students by Marcia Eames-Sheavly, Paul Michalec, and Catherine Wehlburg
• The Ethics of Care by Virginia Held

If you are interested in joining one, please email TCC coordinator Melis Kural for more information.

Books for 2022-23

• Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
• Practical and Professional Ethics: Key Concepts by Wade L. Robison
• Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms by Joe Feldman

Book for 2021-2022

Relationship-Rich Education by Leo Lambert and Peter Felten

As described by the publisher, "Drawing on nearly 400 interviews with students, faculty, and staff at 29 higher education institutions across the country, Relationship-Rich Education provides readers with practical advice on how they can develop and sustain powerful relationship-based learning in their own contexts. Ultimately, the book is an invitation—and a challenge—for faculty, administrators, and student life staff to move relationships from the periphery to the center of undergraduate education."

Book for 2020-2021

So You Want to Talk About Race? by Ijeoma Oluo

Oluo, whose work has been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Elle, and the Guardian, has written a book that "guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from intersectionality and affirmative action to 'model minorities' in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of human life."