Teaching, Learning & Assessment

Spring Teaching Cooperatives 2019

Here is the schedule for the spring teaching cooperatives including communities of practice, discussion groups, course design, and ULO Scholar meetings.

Communities of Practice

Topic Facilitator(s) Startup Schedule Location 
Reading Apprenticeship: Deepening Our Practice Nelson Graff & Rebecca Kersnar Friday, 2/15, 3/8, 3/29, 4/19, and 5/10.  RA CoP meetings are offered in person at (8:30 - 10 am) with a  Zoom option at (2 - 3:30 pm) Library, 1173
Inclusivity in the Classroom (Lecturers Only)  George Station & Yhashika Lee Thursday, 2/21, Friday, 3/8 (10:00 am-12:00 pm), Library 3145

Course Development

Topic Facilitator(s) Startup Schedule Location
Writing in the Disciplines Nelson Graff Tuesdays, 2/19, 3/2, 4/2, 4/23, 5/14 (all 4:00-5:00pm) Library 2159
Getting ready for Civics/SL Pam Motoike, Meghan O'Donnell, Dave Reichard, Seth Pollack TBA TBA
Upper - Division Service Learning  Deb Burke 3/1 (1:00-3:00pm), 3/8 (12:00-2:00pm), 4/5 (1:00-3:00pm), 4/12, 12:00-2:00pm), 4/26 (12:00-2:00pm), 5/3 (1:00-3:00pm) TBA

Discussion Groups

Topic Facilitator(s) Startup Schedule Location
Jr. Tenure Track Faculty Support & Networking (tenure-line faculty only) Vanessa Lopez-Littleton, Jennifer Lovell, Joanna Wong & Jeff Corrigan First meeting Friday, 2/15 and then every other Friday after (all 2:00-3:15pm) Library 3145 first meeting. All others Library 2178
Community Engaged Research  Jennifer Lovell & Tori Derr 2/15 (4:00-5:00pm), 3/7 (3:00-4:00pm),  3/29 (4:00-5:00pm), 4/19 (4:00-5:00pm) Heron 124, Building 18 (note: 4/19 meeting location TBD)
Sustainability across the curriculum and co-curriculum  Dan Fernandez 1/31, 2/14, 2/28, 3/14, 3/28, 4/11, 5/25, 5/9 (all 1:00-2:00pm)  Heron, 129
Strategies to Embed Palliative Care in the Curriculum Alyssa Erikson  2/27 (3:30pm), 3/25 (9:00am), 4/15 (11:30am), 5/6 (11:30am) TBA
Advising Student Clubs: What are the Keys to Successes Scott Fausti  2/21, 3/7 (10:30-12:00pm) Heron, 129
Mindfulness for Stress Reduction Carolynn Schaut 2/14 (2:00-3:00pm) and every Thursday after for 8 meetings, ending on 4/11. Drop ins welcome!  CLC  2172, second floor library
An Introduction to Hybrid Pedagogy George Station & Ryne Leuzinger First meeting 2/20 (2:00-4:00pm) Heron, 129
Internationalization for CSUMB Staff and Faculty Ondine Gage & Eric Crandall Please RSVP for a la carte sessions. 2/22, 3/8, 3/29, 4/12, 4/26 (all 3:00-4:30pm). Session Topics. Admin Building 1, Conference Room 151
Community Building through Dialogue (Continued) Vanessa Lopez-Littleton, Brian Corpening, & Vivian Waldrup-Patterson First meeting, 2/26 (4:00-5:30pm), 3/6 (12 - 1:30pm), 4/10, 4/23 (both 2 - 3:30 pm) Heron, 124 

ULO Scholars

If you are interested in joining a ULO Scholar group, please contact TLA Director, Dan Shapiro at dshapiro@csumb.edu

ULO Facilitator(s) Meeting Dates Location
ULO1 Oral Communication (GE A1) Mridula Mascarenhas & Shar Gregg 2/13, 3/7, 4/11, 4/18, 5/2 (all 2:00-4:00pm) Heron, 129
ULO1 Written Communication (GE A2) Kelly Medina-Lopez & Nelson Graff 1/30 (12:00-2:00pm), remaining TBD Library, 2159
ULO1 Written Communication (Rubrics) Ondine Gage 2/12, 3/12, 4/9, 4/30 (all 10:00-12:00pm) Heron, 129
ULO1 Critical Thinking (GE A3) Patrick Belanger & Swarup Wood 2/19 (4:00-5:00pm), 3/6 (3:00-5:00pm), 4/8 (10:00-12:00pm), 4/23 (4:00-5:00pm), 5/3 (2:00-4:00 pm) Heron, 129
ULO1 Information Literacy Sarah Dahlen 3/4 (4:00-6:00pm) 3/25 (4:00-6:00pm), 4/3 (4:00-6:00pm) , 4/22 (3:00-4:30 pm), 5/8 (3:00-5:00pm)  Heron, 129
ULO1 Quantitative Reasoning Judith Canner 2/19 (12:00 - 2:00pm ), 3/4, 3/25, 4/15, 5/6 (all 10:00-12:00 pm) Heron, 129
ULO2 Personal, Professional, and Social Responsibility Seth Pollack 1/30, 2.13, 2/27, 3/13, 3/27, 4/17, 5/1 (all 4:00-6:00pm) Service Learning Institute (Building 44)
ULO3 Integrative Knowledge Jo Morrissey 1/30, 2/27, 3/13, 4/10, 5/1 (all 1:45-3:15pm) Valley Hall B Conf Rm (first 3 mtgs), AVC Conf Room (last 2 mtgs)
ULO4 Specialized Knowledge (Capstone) Dan Shapiro 1/30 (1:00-2:00), 2/13 (3:00-4:00pm), remaining TBD Heron, 129