Teaching Cooperatives - Spring 2025
The following is a schedule for the Spring 2025 teaching cooperatives, including Communities of Practice, Discussion Groups, and ULO Scholar meetings. We will update meeting dates and times as soon as the information is available.
Communities of Practice
Topic Facilitator(s) Schedule Location(s)
| Reading Apprenticeship: Deepening Our Practice | Rebecca Kersnar | 2/12/2025, 2/26/2025, 3/12/2025, 3/26/2025, and 4/9/2025 from 11:00-12:00 pm and 2/14/2025, 2/28/2025, 3/14/2025, 3/28/2025, and 4/11/2025 from 2:00-3:00 pm |
Zoom |
| Culturally Responsive Teaching (Hybrid) (Lecturers only) | Yhashika Lee, George Station, Salina Lopez, and Ibrahim Shelton | Contact the facilitator(s) for meeting dates and times |
Zoom Helen Rucker Center for Black Student Success |
| Developing AI-Enhanced Instruction & Course Activities | Chris Beem | 2/20/2025, 3/6/2025, 3/20/2025, 4/10/2025, and 4/24/2025 from 2:00-2:50 pm |
Discussion Groups
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 | Library tour and Q&A on 3/28/2025 at 1:00 pm |
Library Research Help Desk |
| Building Community Through Dialogue | Vivian Waldrup-Patterson, Rebecca Kersnar, and Marylou Shockley | 3/7/2025, 3/21/2025, 4/25/2025, and 5/9/2025 from 11:00-11:50 am and 4/11/2025 from 10:00-10:50 am |
Zoom |
| KORU Mindfulness Basic Course | Vivian Waldrup-Patterson and Rebecca Kersnar | TBD | TBD |
| Critical Digital Pedagogy Learning Series (Faculty, Staff, & Administration Welcome) | George Station and Special Guests | 3/24/2025 at 12:00 pm and 3/26/2025 at 2:00 pm |
Zoom - 3/24/2025 University Center Living Room - 3/26/2025 |
| Pedagogy, Scholarship, & Career Development Workshop | Rixing Lou, Cate Liu, and Alexis Lee | 3/20/2025 at 1:00 pm and 4/17/2025, 4/24/2025, 5/1/2025, and 5/8/2025 - TBD |
Zoom |
| Faculty Writing & COIL Global Dialogs |
Ondine Gage |
FWG Meetings: 2/10/2025, 2/24/2025, 3/24/2025, and 4/21/2025 from 2:00-4:00 pm COIL Meetings: 3/10/2025, 4/7/2025, and 5/5/2025 from 2:00-3:00 pm |
FGW Meetings: Building 2 - Room 111 COIL Meetings: Zoom |
| Writers' & Artists' Salon | Shannon Snapp | Fridays from 10:00-11:00 am starting 2/21/2025 | Zoom |
| Book Discussion Group: Academic Diary, or Why Higher Education Still Matters | Seth Gustafson | Contact the facilitator(s) for meeting dates and times |
Contact the facilitator(s) for location |
| Faculty and Staff Spanish Conversation Group | Suzanne Garcia | 2/7/2025, 2/28/2025, 3/7/2025, 3/28/2025, 4/11/2025, 5/2/2025, and 5/9/2025 from 12:30-1:30 pm |
El Centro (Redwood Hall - Room 125) |
ULO Coordinators - Spring 2025 Schedule
If you want to join a ULO Scholar group, please contact TLA Director Vivian Waldrup-Patterson at vwaldrup-patterson@csumb.edu.
ULO Topic Facilitator(s) Schedule Location(s)
| ULO1-Oral Communication (GE A1) | Lee Ritscher |
2/13/2025, 3/13/2025, and 4/17/2025 at 1:00 pm |
Email leritscher@csumb.edu for location |
| ULO1-Written Communication (GE A2) | Nanda Warren |
2/13/2025, 2/27/2025, 3/20/2025, and 4/10/2025 at 12:00 pm |
Email nwarren@csumb.edufor location |
| ULO1-Critical Thinking (GE A3) | Patrick Belanger |
2/7/2025 and 3/7/2025 at 3:00 pm and 3/21/2025 and 4/18/2025 at 2:00 pm |
Email pbelanger@csumb.edu for location |
| ULO1-Information Literacy | Sarah Dahlen | 3/3/2025, 4/7/2025 and 5/5/2025 at 12:30 pm | Email sdahlen@csumb.edu for location |
| ULO1-Quantitative Reasoning | Jennifer Clinkenbeard |
2/18/2025, 3/18/2025, and 4/22/2025 at 12:30 pm |
Email jclinkenbeard@csumb.edu for location |
| ULO2-Personal, Professional, and Social Responsibility | Hojin Song | 2/8/2025 and 3/21/2025 at 11:00 am and 2/28/2025 at 12:00 pm | Email hosong@csumb.edu for location |
| ULO3-Integrative Knowledge | Amanda Pullum | TBD | Email apullum@csumb.edu for location |
ULO Coordinator Topic Descriptions
ULO Topic Description
| ULO1-Oral Communication (GE A1) | Our cooperative is continuing our investigation of whether public speaking and listening courses are providing the training our students need at the upper division level, and in particular in their Capstone courses. |
| ULO1-Written Communication (GE A2) | Our goal this semester is to create a WC module on Canvas that instructors can easily import and adapt to their context (related to guiding students through analyzing sample texts) |
| ULO1-Critical Thinking (GE A3) | Our central objective is to create a digital platform for sharing CT-related resources with colleagues (and students). |
| ULO1-Information Literacy | We will close the loop on the last assessment by creating or revising materials that support the teaching and learning of information literacy. Possible tasks include: Revising the rubric, adding to the Source Guidelines Template, and creating a collection of assignment prompts. |
| ULO1-Quantitative Reasoning | Finish the QR indirect assessment tool and create a faculty guide. |
| ULO2-Personal, Professional, and Social Responsibility | Develop potential workshop materials for instructor training in ULO2. |
| ULO3-Integrative Knowledge | Develop "assignment wrapper" activities for ULO 3 assessment. |