Teaching, Learning & Assessment

Teaching Cooperatives - Fall 2025

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 Fall 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  September 25th,
October 9th,
October 23rd,
November 6th, and
November 20th from
1:00 - 2:00 PM and the second option: every other Wednesday, 2:00-3:00 PM starting October 8th

                                     Zoom

Culturally Responsive Teaching (Hybrid) (Lecturers only) Yhashika Lee, George Station, Salina Lopez, and Ibrahim Shelton               TBD

                                     Zoom

Developing AI-Enhanced Instruction & Course Activities Chris Beem Thursday, Sept. 18, 
Thursday, October 2, 
Thursday, October 16, 
Thursday, October 30, &
Thursday, November 13, from 2:00-2:50 PM

                                     Zoom

Service and Self-/Community Care Chrissy Hernandez and Jennifer Lovell                TBD

                                       TBD

Equity-Minded Pedagogy Renee Penalver

Monday, September 29: Course opens

Friday, October 3, 3:30-4:00 PM: Optional course orientation and technology overview

Friday, October 10, 2:00-4:00 PM: Required

Friday, October 17, 2:00-4:00 PM: Required

Friday, October 24, 2:00-4:00 PM: Optional data session

Friday, November 7, 2:00-4:00 PM: Required

Friday, November 14, 2:00-4:00 PM: Required

Friday, November 21, 2:00-3:00 PM: Optional office hours

Friday, December 5: Final deadline for all assignments; course closes

                                     Zoom

 

Discussion Groups

                    Topic                                     Facilitator(s)                                 Schedule                                                     Location(s)

Jr. Tenure-Track Faculty Support & Networking (Tenure-track faculty only)

Kelsey Nordstrom, Jimmy Guilinger, Sam Ogden, Jill Talley, and Renee Penalver                TBD

                                    Zoom

Building Community Through Dialogue Vivian Waldrup-Patterson and Rebecca Kersnar                TBD

                                    Zoom

Critical Digital Pedagogy Learning Series (Faculty, Staff, & Administration Welcome) George Station and Special Guests                 TBD

                                      TBD

Writers' & Artists' Salon  Shannon Snapp Wednesdays 11:00-12:00 PM starting 10/8/2025                                     Zoom
Pedagogy, Scholarship, & Career Development Workshop Rixing Lou, Cate Liu, and Alexis Lee                TBD

                                    Zoom

Practices in COIL Global Dialogs

Ondine Gage

Quick check in meeting: 10/16/2025 from 4:30-5:00 PM; Panel Presentations: 10/30/2025 3:30-5:00 PM; 12/5/2025 3:00-4:30 PM

                                      TBD

Faculty & Staff Spanish Conversation Group

Susana Garcia

1st meeting is on October 15th 12:00-1:15 PM

*We will select future meeting dates based on particpants availability.

                                  El Centro

 

ULO Coordinators - Spring 2025 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.

                        ULO Topic                                Facilitator(s)                               Schedule                                                 Location(s)

ULO1-Oral Communication (GE A1)  Lee Ritscher

2/20/2025, 3/13/2025, 4/17/2025 12:00-1:00 PM

Email leritscher@csumb.edu for location
ULO1-Written Communication (GE A2)               TBD

                        TBD

Email TBD for location
ULO1-Critical Thinking (GE A3) Patrick Belanger Sept 16, 2:00-2:45 PM
Sept 30, 2:00-2:45 PM
Oct 14, 2:00-2:45 PM
Nov 4, 2:00-2:45 PM
Nov 18, 2:00-2:45 PM
Email pbelanger@csumb.edu for location
ULO1-Information Literacy Sarah Dahlen Friday, 9/26, 2:00-2:50 PM, Friday, 10/10, 2:00-2:50 PM, Friday, 11/14, 2:00-2:50 PM Email sdahlen@csumb.edu for location
ULO1-Quantitative Reasoning              TBD

                        TBD

Email TBD for location
ULO2-Personal, Professional, and Social Responsibility Hojin Song 9/19 9:00-10:00 AM, 10/10 9:00-10:00 AM, 10/31 9:00-10:00 AM, 12/5 9:00-10:00 AM, and async work in between Email hosong@csumb.edu for location
ULO3-Integrative Knowledge Amanda Pullum Wednesdays 2:00-3:00 PM 
October 8: Introduction to Integrative Knowledge
October 22: IK assessment at CSUMB
November 5: Closing the loop on 2025 IK assessment 
November 19: Refining IK assessment tools
December 3: Refining IK assessment tools (con’t) and prep for spring
Email apullum@csumb.edu for location

 

ULO Coordinator Topic Descriptions

                                                   ULO Topic                                                                                                       Description   

ULO1-Oral Communication (GE A1) Discussion of bias in assessment and how to avoid it.
ULO1-Written Communication (GE A2)                                                                                 TBD
ULO1-Critical Thinking (GE A3) Our first meeting was spent discussing the interface of critical thinking & AI. We discussed what faculty are doing in their classes, and what guidance they are offering students. The remaining meetings will focus on creating a digital platform to house useful teaching materials related to CT. This builds on work completed in Spring 2025. 
ULO1-Information Literacy Still under development, but probably making some revisions to existing documents (e.g. rubric guide) based on S25 revisions to the IL rubric. Also starting to think of assessment questions for summer 2026. 
ULO1-Quantitative Reasoning                                                                                 TBD
ULO2-Personal, Professional, and Social Responsibility Continue working on ULO2 Training modules.
ULO3-Integrative Knowledge Continue to fine-tune assignment wrappers for GE assessment.

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