Teaching Cooperatives - Fall 2024
Following is a schedule for the Fall 2024 teaching cooperatives, including Communities of Practice, Discussion Groups, and ULO Scholar meetings. Detailed descriptions are located at the end. We are adding 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 | 9/20/2024, 10/4/2024, 10/18/2024, 11/1/2024, and 11/15/2024 from 11:00-11:50 am |
Zoom |
| Culturally Responsive Teaching (Hybrid) (Lecturers only) | Yhashika Lee, George Station, Salina Lopez, and Ibrahim Shelton | Check with facilitator(s) for the meeting dates and times |
Zoom Helen Rucker Center for Black Student Success |
| Empowering Equity in Teaching: A Community of Co-learners that Explores Best Practices in Education Equity (Lecturers only) | Yhashika Lee, George Station, Salina Lopez, and Ibrahim Shelton | 9/30/2024 at 10:00 am, 10/14/2024, at 10:00 am, 11/18/2024 at 9:00 am, 11/25/2024 at 9:00 am, and 12/16/2024 at 12:00 pm | Zoom |
| Developing AI-Enhanced Instruction & Course Activities | Laura Otero and Chris Beem | 9/30/2024 at 10:00 am, 10/14/2024 at 10:00 am, 11/18/2024 at 9:00 am, 11/25/2024 at 9:00 am, and 12/16/2024 at 12:00 pm |
Zoom |
| Critical Service Learning Pedagogy | Chrissy Hernandez | 10/17/2024, 10/31/2024, 11/14/2024, and 12/5/2024 from 2:00-3:00 pm |
Zoom |
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 |
The first meeting was on 9/20/2024 at 12:00 pm |
CSUMB Campus Starbucks |
| Building Community Through Dialogue | Vivian Waldrup-Patterson, Marylou Shockley, and Rebecca Kersnar | 10/3/2024, 10/17/2024, 10/31/2024, 11/14/2024, and 12/5/2024 from 4:00-4:50 pm | |
| KORU Mindfulness Basic Course | Vivian Waldrup-Patterson and Rebecca Kersnar | 10/4/2024, 10/18/2024, and 11/15/2024 from 2:00-3:15 pm and 11/21/2024 from 1:00-2:15 pm | Zoom |
| Critical Digital Pedagogy Learning Series (Faculty, Staff, & Administration Welcome) | George Station and Special Guests | Check with facilitator(s) for the meeting dates and times | Check with facilitator(s) for the meeting location |
| Pedagogy, Scholarship, & Career Development Workshop | Rixing Lou, Cate Liu, and Alexis Lee | 10/4/2024 at 1:00 pm, 10/18/2024 at 1:00 pm, 11/18/2024 at 2:00 pm, and 12/6/2024 at 1:00 pm |
Zoom |
| Faculty Writing Group |
Ondine Gage |
9/24/2024, 9/27/2024, 10/8/2024, 10/11/2024, 10/22/2024, 10/25/2024, 11/5/2024, 11/8/2024, 11/19/2024, 12/3/2024, 12/6/2024, 12/10/2024, and 12/13/2024 from 10:00-12:00 pm | Zoom |
| Writers' & Artists' Salon | Shannon Snapp |
Fridays, beginning 9/13/2024, from 10:00-11:00 am |
Zoom |
| Book Discussion Group: Academic Diary, or Why Higher Education Still Matters | Seth Gustafson | 10/3/2024, 11/7/2024, and 12/5/2024 from 9:00-10:00 am |
Zoom |
| ADEC Reading & Discussion Group: Decolonization and the University | Sriya Shrestha and Sara Salazar Hughes | Second and Fourth Fridays of the month through 12/13/2024 from 11:00-12:00 pm |
Zoom |
ULO Coordinators - Fall 2024 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 | 10/21/2024, 11/4/2024, 11/18/2024, 12/2/2024 and 12/16/2024 at 3:30 pm | Email leritscher@csumb.edu for location |
| ULO1-Written Communication (GE A2) | Nanda Warren | 10/10/2024 at 12:15 pm, 10/29/2024 at 12:00 pm, 11/14/2024 at 12:00 pm, and 12/5/2024 at 1:00 pm | Email nwarren@csumb.edufor location |
| ULO1-Critical Thinking (GE A3) | Patrick Belanger | 10/17/2024 from 2:00-3:30 pm, 10/22/2024 from 2:00-3:30 pm, 11/12/2024 from 3:00-4:30 pm, and 12/3/2024 from 2:00-3:30 pm | Email pbelanger@csumb.edu for location |
| ULO1-Information Literacy | Sarah Dahlen | 10/14/2024, 10/21/2024, 10/28/2024, 11/14/2024, 12/2/2024, and 12/9/2024 at 4:00 pm | Email sdahlen@csumb.edu for location |
| ULO1-Quantitative Reasoning | Jennifer Clinkenbeard | 10/18/2024 at 12:00 pm, 11/15/2024 at 11:00 am, and 12/6/2024 at 12:00 pm | Email jclinkenbeard@csumb.edu for location |
| ULO2-Personal, Professional, and Social Responsibility | Hojin Song | 10/11/2024 at 9:00 am, 10/24/2024 at 1:30 pm, and 12/6/2024 at 9:00 am | Email hosong@csumb.edu for location |
| ULO3-Integrative Knowledge | Amanda Pullum | 9/27/2024, 10/25/2024, and 11/22/2024 at 11:00 am | Email apullum@csumb.edu for location |
ULO Coordinator Topic Descriptions
ULO Topic Description
| ULO1-Oral Communication (GE A1) | Analyze and reflect on results from the winter 2024 Assessment of upper division students public speaking and anticipate the results of our summer Assessment of upper division student presentation prompts. |
| ULO1-Written Communication (GE A2) | Prepare reader-friendly materials (infographic) to share results of the spring 2024 GWAR student survey with GWAR faculty and students. Disseminate by the end of this semester. Analyze and reflect on results from summer assessment. |
| ULO1-Critical Thinking (GE A3) | Analyze and reflect on results from the summer 2024 assessment. Discuss model assignments. Potentially revisit the rubric in light of feedback from the summer 2024 assessment. |
| ULO1-Information Literacy | Analyze data from summer assessment and determine implications for teaching and learning. |
| ULO1-Quantitative Reasoning | Discuss the findings from the summer assessment (analyzed 400+ responses collected to pilot the indirect assessment tool) and work on the revisions and a faculty guide for the QR indirect assessment tool. |
| ULO2-Personal, Professional, and Social Responsibility | We plan to conduct member training on the rubric and revise the current version of the manual. In November, the work will consist of individually assigned tasks. |
| ULO3-Integrative Knowledge | 2023/2024 assessment statistical analysis is done; we will review the results and discuss interpretation and next steps. We would like to further examine equity gaps identified in previous assessments, and future work on equity in IK. |