Teaching Cooperatives and Communities of Practice
Teaching Cooperatives - Spring 2026
These faculty-led co-ops offer an opportunity to innovate pedagogy and other practices by exploring topics of shared interest with colleagues. They include many new topics related to emerging issues; allow for multi-semester discussion, application, and further research; and build and leverage faculty leadership and expertise.
The following is a schedule for the Spring 2026 teaching cooperatives, including Communities of Practice, Discussion Groups, and ULO Scholar meetings. Meeting dates and times will be updated as soon as the information is available.
Communities of Practice
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Topic |
Facilitator(s) |
Schedule |
Location(s) |
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Reading Apprenticeship: Deepening Our Practice |
Rebecca Kersnar |
2/26/2026 , 3/12/2026, 3/26/2026, 4/9/2026, 4/23/2026, and 5/7/2026 from 11:00-12:00 PM |
Zoom |
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Culturally Responsive Teaching (Hybrid) (Lecturers only) |
Yhashika Lee, George Station, Salina Lopez, and Ibrahim Shelton |
First Fridays, schedules permitting |
Zoom |
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Developing AI-Enhanced Instruction & Course Activities |
Chris Beem |
2/19/2026, 3/5/2026, 3/19/2026, 4/9/2026, 4/23/2026 from 2:00-3:00 PM |
Zoom |
Discussion Groups
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Topic |
Facilitator(s) |
Schedule |
Location(s) |
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Jr. Tenure-Track Faculty Support & Networking (Tenure-track faculty only) |
Kelsey Nordstrom, Jimmy Guilinger, Sam Ogden, Jill Talley, and Renee Penalver |
Meetings once a month, for 1 hour, to be determined based on poll participants. |
Zoom |
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Building Community Through Dialogue |
Vivian Waldrup-Patterson and Rebecca Kersnar |
3/11/2026, 3/25/2026, 4/8/2026, 4/22/2026, and 5/6/2026 from 11:00 - 11:50 AM |
Zoom |
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Critical Digital Pedagogy Learning Series (Faculty, Staff, & Administration Welcome) |
George Station and Special Guests |
Check with the facilitator(s) for meeting dates and times |
Zoom |
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Writers' & Artists' Salon |
Shannon Snapp |
Wednesdays 10:00-11:00 AM starting 2/4/2026 |
Zoom |
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Pedagogy, Scholarship, & Career Development Workshop |
Rixing Lou, Cate Liu, and Alexis Lee |
Check with the facilitator(s) for meeting dates and times |
Zoom |
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Faculty & Staff Spanish Conversation Group |
Rebecca Pozzi |
2/25/2026, 3/25/2026, and 4/22/2026 from 12:00-1:00 PM |
Zoom |
ULO Coordinators - Spring 2026 Schedule
If you want to join a ULO Scholar group, please get in touch with TLA Director Vivian Waldrup-Patterson at vwaldrup-patterson@csumb.edu.
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ULO Topic |
Facilitator(s) |
Schedule |
Location(s) |
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ULO1-Oral Communication (GE A1) |
Lee Ritscher |
Friday 2/20 2:30-3:30, 3/20 2:30-3:30, 4/17 2:30-3:30, 5/15 2:30-3:30 |
Email leritscher@csumb.edu for location |
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ULO1-Written Communication (GE A2) |
Kelly Medina-Lopez |
Feb. 13 11-12, March 6 11-12, March 10 11-12, April 17, 11-12 |
Email kmedina-lopez@csumb.edu for location |
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ULO1-Critical Thinking (GE A3) |
Patrick Belanger |
February 16 @ 12:45-1:45pm |
Email pbelanger@csumb.edu for location |
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ULO1-Information Literacy |
Sarah Dahlen |
2/17/26, 2 p.m. |
Email sdahlen@csumb.edu for location |
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ULO1-Quantitative Reasoning |
Peri Shereen |
2/12, 3/5, 4/9, 5/7 (9-9:50 am) |
Email pshereen@csumb.edu for location |
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ULO2-Personal, Professional, and Social Responsibility |
Hojin Song |
1/30 9-10 am; 2/27 9-10 am; 4/24 9-10 am |
Email hosong@csumb.edu for location |
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ULO3-Integrative Knowledge |
Amanda Pullum |
Every other Wednesday 1:30 pm |
Email apullum@csumb.edu for location |
ULO Coordinator Topic Descriptions
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ULO Topic |
Description |
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ULO1-Oral Communication (GE A1) |
Deploy our survey and analyze results. Hopefully, we can distribute our survey soon (our first meeting is next Friday), and begin analyzing as results come in. Input on how to distribute is desirable. I'm thinking MyRaft but know that you all have other ideas or venues. We also need to develop our research question for summer assessment. |
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ULO1-Written Communication (GE A2) |
This spring we are starting by developing a survey for faculty regarding AI use and AI policy; we hope to use the results to inform the creation of a collection of documents, including assignment guides, syllabus language, student facing docs on AI use. We are hoping to let the survey lead our work. |
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ULO1-Critical Thinking (GE A3) |
This spring, we'll work on three projects: 1) host a show and tell with interested faculty regarding the newly created digital commons CT assignment database: https://digitalcommons.csumb.edu/teaching_ge_criticalthinking |
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ULO1-Information Literacy |
We will be planning for summer assessment, including creating an assessment question, desiging a sampling plan, considering indirect assessment measures, and choosing dates. We will also discuss various topic related to teaching and learning information literacy. |
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ULO1-Quantitative Reasoning |
This spring we are working on developing our assessment question/plan for the summer. We are also revisiting the QR rubric and the role of AI in QR (as time allows). |
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ULO2-Personal, Professional, and Social Responsibility |
Continue creating PPSR Canvas module. |
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ULO3-Integrative Knowledge |
ULO 3 scholars are planning to study how faculty and student perceptions of IK compare. We are holding two focus groups this semester (one faculty, one student). |