FacultyandStaffEventsCLTOpenHouse(opentoall) September15,9:00-10:30a.m.Kanbar102

ComelearnaboutwhatweoffertheBowdoinCommunity.

CLTBookGroup:Grit

Formoredetails,pleaseseeEricGaze’semailtotheallfacultylistonSept.11withsubjectline,“GRITbookgroup”.TheCenterforLearningandTeaching(CLT)invitesfacultytojoinusforabookgroup,readingAngelaDuckworth’sbestseller,Grit:WhyPassionandResiliencearetheSecretstoSuccess.Groupisformingnow,somefreebooksstillavailable!FMIEricGazeegaze@bowdoin.edu

ThirdThursdayTeachingLunches

JoinBaldwinDirectorKathrynByrnesandinvitedspecialguests9/21,10/19,11/16inThorne–MitchellNorthfrom11:45-12:45toinformallytalkaboutteachingandlearning.ContactKathrynByrnes,kbyrnes@bowdoin.edu

First-YearSeminarWorkshopsOpentoallinterestedfaculty.FMIMeredithMcCarroll,mmcarro@bowdoin.edu

• October20,11:30-1PM,RespondingtoStudentWritingWewilldiscussnewresearchonfacultyfeedbacktostudentwriting,workingtounderstandthetypesofcommentsthatpromoterevision.Wewillalsothinkaboutclassroomtechniquestoencourageandenablestudentattentiontofacultycomments.

• November2,11:30-1PMControversyandDebateinFirst-YearSeminarCorrespondingwithMichelleMoses’BrodieLectureonNovember2,“AllViewsAreNotCreatedEqual:Disagreement,Diversity&thePoliticsofBeingReasonableinEducationSettings”.Whatroledoweplay,asFirst-YearSeminarfaculty,infreespeechoncampus?Howdoweenableandmanagedifficultconversationsinourclasses?

BaldwinWorkshopsFMIKathrynByrnes,kbyrnes@bowdoin.edu

• September28,9-10AM,MeetingStudentsWhereTheyAre:InnovativeAccommodationsforStudentLearning(FacultyPanel)

• October11,4-5PM,WhatDoYourStudentsKnow?DesigningEffectiveFormativeAssessmentsofLearning

• November10,11-12PM,StudentPanelonLearningatBowdoin:WhatWorks,WhatDoesn’t,andWhy

• Saturday,November4,10-2PM,WhoNeedsMindfulness????(CoastalStudiesCenter)

NateMarshall December1,Time/locationTBA

“WritingforSocialJustice”PublicReadingWorkshopforStudentWriters.FMIMeredithMcCarroll,mmccarro@bowdoin.edu.

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Oneofourhelpfulreceptionists,SeanXie

Teaching Close Reading Practical strategies to ensure that students are reading closely in your First-Year Seminar. We will talk through best practices and assignment models and have an open discussion about ideas for facilitating this key component of the writing process. Lunch provided, go through line, checker will have list. RSVP by September 8 to tdonovan@bowdoin.edu

Tues., September 12 11:30--1 (come & go as able)

Thorne-Mitchell South

Fall 2017 Faculty Workshops in Writing and Rhetoric

Controversy and Debate in

First-Year Seminar TBA

Corresponding with Michele Moses’ Brodie Lecture on November 2, “All Views Are Not Created Equal: Disagreement, Diversity, and

the Politics of Being Reasonable in Education Settings”. What role do we play, as First-Year

Seminar faculty, in free speech on campus? How do we enable and manage difficult

conversations in our classes?

Responding to Student Writing We will discuss new research on faculty feedback to student writing, working to understand the types of comments that promote revision. We will also think about classroom techniques to encourage and enable student attention to faculty comments. Lunch provided, go through line, checker will have list. RSVP by October 18 to tdonovan@bowdoin.edu.

Fri., October 20 11:30-1 (come & go as able) Thorne-Mitchell South

FMI contact Meredith McCarroll, Director of Writing and Rhetoric, CLT at mmcarro@bowdoin.edu or x5056

TeachingLuncheswithBaldwinDirectorKathrynByrnes

September21,October19,November16

ThorneHall,HutchinsonRoomJoinBaldwinDirectorKathrynByrnesandinvitedspecialguestseverythirdThursday(9/21,10/19and11/16)inThorne,HutchinsonRoomfrom11:45-12:45toinformallytalkaboutteachingandlearning.

Lunchisonus!SigninattheThornecheckerstation.FMI:KathrynByrnes,kbyrnes@bowdoin.edu,721-5035

Signuphere:https://www.bowdoin.edu/truman/index.jsp?cid=162

SponsoredbytheCenterforLearningandTeaching.www/bowdoin.edu/center-learning-teaching

MeetingStudentsWhereTheyAre:InnovativeAccommodationsforStudentLearning Thursday,September28,9-10AM.Location:Kanbar102JoinKathrynByrnes,BaldwinDirector&LesleyLevy,DirectorofAccommodationstodiscusswaystosupportthelearningofallstudentsinyourclassesthroughauniversaldesignapproach.Volk(2017)explains,“Byeliminatingbarrierstolearningwithouteliminatingchallenges,everyoneintheclasscanbenefit,notjustthosewhomayhavedocumenteddisabilitiesorwhoenterwithdifferentstrengthsthanthosetraditionallyvaluedbytheacademy.”(FMI:http://new.oberlin.edu/office/ctie/)Learnhowaccommodationscanbeintegratedintoyourcourse,assignmentandclasssession.Bringexamplesofsyllabi,assignmentsorclasssessionsyouhaveorhopetoadaptthissemesterorinfuturesemesters.Signuphere:https://www.bowdoin.edu/truman/index.jsp?cid=162 WhatDoYourStudentsKnow?DesigningEffectiveFormativeAssessmentsofLearningOctober11,4:15-5:15PM,MassachusettsHall3rdFloorFacultyRoom

Formativeassessmentincludesarangeofformalandinformalassessmentproceduresthataddressmisunderstandings,givefeedbacktostudentsontheirlearning,andguidefutureinstructionaldecisions.DylanWiliam,anexpertonformativeassessment(www.dylanwiliam.org),proposed“…feedbackshouldcausethinking.Itshouldbefocused;itshouldrelatetothelearninggoalsthathavebeensharedwiththestudents;anditshouldbemoreworkfortherecipientthanthedonor.Indeed,thewholepurposeoffeedbackshouldbetoincreasetheextenttowhichstudentsareownersoftheirownlearning,”Enhancetheassessmenttechniquesyouemploytoknowwhatstudentsknow,givefocused,meaningfulfeedback,andconsiderhowtousethatinformationanddatatosupportlearningandinforminstruction.Signuphere:https://www.bowdoin.edu/truman/index.jsp?cid=162

WhoNeedsMindfulness????Saturday,November4,10-2PM,CoastalStudiesCenterLimitedtothefirst20participants,thisfour-hourretreatattheCoastalStudiesCenterwithseveralskilledfacilitatorswillofferfacultyandstaffanopportunitytoslowdown,returntoone’ssenses,expandanawarenessofhowthemindworks,andreflectonwhatthatmeansfortheworkwedoaseducators.Learningexperienceswillincludeguidedmeditation,walksinnature,mindfuleating,andmomentsofsilence.Signuphere:https://www.bowdoin.edu/truman/index.jsp?cid=162 StudentPanelonLearningatBowdoin:WhatWorks,WhatDoesn’t,andWhy

November10,11-12PM,VAC-BeamClassroomStudentparticipantsintheBaldwinProgramwilloffertheirobservationsandinsightsabouttheirfirst-handlearningexperiencesatBowdoin.ThepanelandquestionsfromtheaudiencewillbemoderatedbyBaldwinDirectorKathrynByrnes.Thepanelservestoenhanceourunderstandingasacommunityoflearnersofstudents’perspectivesonclassroomlearningatBowdoin.Signuphere:https://www.bowdoin.edu/truman/index.jsp?cid=162

CENTER FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING FALL 2017 FACULTY SESSIONS WITH THE BALDWIN PROGRAM

FMI:KathrynByrnes,DirectoroftheBaldwinProgramforAcademicDevelopment,kbyrnes@bowdoin.edu

Pleasesignupforallmeetingshere:https://www.bowdoin.edu/truman/index.jsp?cid=162

www.bowdoin.edu/center-learning-teaching

GRITBookGroup,CenterforLearningandTeaching,Fall2017FMI:EricGaze,egaze@bowdoin.eduWewillmeetonTuesdaysback-to-back3:00-4:00and4:00-5:00PMinMaineLoungeMoultonUnion.TammishasbooksinKanbar102forfacultytopickupandAllenDelongishandlingbooksforstaff.Readingassignmentsasfollows:

·October3,Part1:Chapters1-5·October31(costumesencouraged,Iwillbethegiantcarrot),Part2:Chapters6-

9·November28,Part3:Chapters10-13

AndanendofsemestercelebrationfortheentirecampuscommunityTBD.INTRODUCTORYMESSAGE:“Followyourpassion.” -EverycommencementspeakerintheworldIfthisisthemessageongraduationday,areweasfacultysomehowresponsibleforfosteringsuchpassion?TheCenterforLearningandTeaching(CLT)invitesfacultytojoinusforabookgroup,readingAngelaDuckworth’sbestseller,Grit:WhyPassionandResiliencearetheSecretstoSuccess.Duckworthprovidesmanyvaluableinsightsforeducators:

· Talenttimeseffort=skill.Skilltimeseffort=Achievement.Effortcountstwice.o Doweasfacultysufferfromthe“naturalnessbias”favoring“gifted”studentsoverthestrivers?

· Gritcanbelearned,regardlessofIQorcircumstance.o Doweintentionallyfostergrowthmindsetsinourstudents?

· Earlyinterestarefragile,vaguelydefined,andinneedofenergetic,years-longcultivationandrefinement.o Doourintroductorycoursesembracethemaximthat“Beforehardworkcomesplay.”?

Filledwithanalysisofresearch-backedstudieswewilldiscussBloom’sfindingsonthedevelopmentofskillfromtheearlyyearswheninterestsarediscoveredanddeveloped:

“Perhapsthemajorqualityofthebestmentors/teacherswasthattheymadetheinitiallearningverypleasantandrewarding.Muchoftheintroductiontothefieldwasasplayfulactivity,andlearningatthebeginningofthisstagewasmuchlikeagame.”

AndwewillexploreworkdonebycognitivepsychologistsincludingAndersEricsson’sonthedifferencebetweenpracticeanddeliberatepracticewhichinvolves:

· Aclearlydefinedstretchgoal· Fullconcentrationandeffort· Immediateandinformativefeedback· Repetitionwithreflectionandrefinement

Howcanweasfacultycreateinclusivelearnercenteredenvironmentsandassignmentsthatfostersuchdeliberatepractice?Wehopeyoujoinusforaninformativeandsometimescontentiousconversation(wewillalsoreadcritiquesofDuckworth’smessage)!Eric GazeDirectoroftheQRProgram,BowdoinCollegeCenterforLearningandTeachingChairNationalNumeracyNetworkPresident(207)725-3135