The Teaching and Learning Center Symposium: Turning Pedagogies Inside-Out Time: 10:30am-12:30pmLocation: TLC, Room 341A, Berkeley City College Presentation Schedule 10:30am-10:40am: Explanation of TLC Activities: FIGs (Faculty Inquiry Groups), POPs (Peer Observation Pools), and DIYs (Do-It-Yourself Experimental Projects) .

Spark a conversation. Visit a classroom. Ask a question. Pursue an answer. Take a risk. Build a community. Make something new.

I will briefly explain how to get involved in a new or pre-existing TLC activity for the 2018-2019 Academic Year. I will also share new collaborative professional development opportunities at BCC. You can potentially receive “micro-grants” of $250 or $500 if you are approved for a traditional TLC activity or a combination of structured and sustained TLC projects above (increased from previous years!).

Note: These funds will be distributed on a first come, first served basis, and will prioritize part-time instructors and those faculty/staff who have not participated in a TLC activity before. Of course, prior TLC participants may still apply. (Photograph by Robbie Sweeny.)

Presenter: Dylan Eret (TLC Coordinator, Humanities Instructor) 10:40am-10:55am: DART Tool: I will explain how I used Kahoot!, an online, real-time quiz platform, to get students engaged in the content but also as a way to clarify questions, prompt discussion, and assess their learning. Presenter: Jenny Yap (Library Instructor) 11:00am-11:15am: DART Tool: I will share how I used online video editing software at the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota, to help students collect, edit, and archive their immigration stories on a public site.

Presenter: Laura Ruberto (Humanities Instructor)  11:15am-11:30am: FIG Question: How do we become a trauma-informed college through an awareness of our co-workers and our students’ ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences)? What are the practices and policies we can implement so we are not re-traumatizing our students, faculty and staff? Presenters: Heather Dodge (Library), Janine Greer (Counseling), and Scott Hoshida (English)

11:35am-11:50am: DIY Experiment: We will share stories about taking BCC students from different courses to see classical and contemporary plays performed by young students of color at the Gritty City Repertory, while learning about the process of set design, production, acting, and getting involved through acting opportunities and paid technical apprenticeships for our community college students.

(Image: New World Disorder 2017).

Presenter: Lindsay Krumbein, Executive/Artistic Director, Gritty City Repertory, Oakland, CA 11:55am-12:05pm: DIY Experiment: We will reflect on participating in the campus-wide event, Out of Site: Performing Queer History (on Tuesday, April 24, 1:00pm, Atrium).  Presenter: Seth Eisen (Art Instructor) and Dylan Eret (Humanities Instructor) 12:10pm-12:30pm: Questions, Comments, and Commitments: Sign-up Sheet for TLC Activities and FIG/POP/DIY Contact List for the 2018-2019 Academic Year.

The Teaching and Learning Center Symposium at Berkeley City College (Spring 2018)

Are you interested in joining your colleagues in one of many collaborative TLC Projects?

Each TLC project submission will be considered on a first come, first served basis from September through April.

The TLC Coordinator will make several calls throughout the semester to invite faculty and staff to participate in the applied learning process. Each individual or project team member will receive between $250 and $500 (or more) for their TLC participation depending on the type of project.

The TLC Coordinator and/or the TLC Advisory Committee will evaluate and approve each TLC project in the order they are received. Priority will be given to new participants and part-time faculty members. All faculty and staff, new and seasoned, are encouraged to apply. There will be approximately 20-40 total stipends given for TLC projects (to be distributed at the end of each semester). For all of the projects below, TLC project participants, no matter how big or small the project is, are asked to participate in a culminating TLC Symposium Community Event, held before Thanksgiving or Spring Break each semester.

COMPENSATION

POP (Peer Observation Pool) = $250 per person (10+ hours commitment, 3 classes)

FIG (Faculty Inquiry Group) = $400 per person (20+ hours commitment, 4 meetings)

POP + FIG = $500 per person (30+ hours commitment, 3 classes, 4 meetings)

DIY (Do-It-Yourself Experimental Project) = $250 or more (10+ hours commitment, 3+ meetings)

Please send your TLC project request at any time between September and April to TLC Coordinator Dylan Eret at bcctlc@peralta.edu.

What is a FIG?

In FIGs (Focused Inquiry Groups), small groups of staff and faculty conduct focused research in order to improve teaching, student services, and student success at BCC. They consider outside research in effective practices, gather information directly from our students or other relevant community members (surveys, focus groups, assessment of student work, etc.), and recommend actions to improve student outcomes.

What are the goals of the FIG project?

Create a culture of collaboration Strengthen teaching and student services through inquiry and research Improve staff and faculty understanding of student learning Document the findings to plan future workshops and projects

What exactly do people do in a FIG?

Develop a critical question, e.g.o How can we make initial Assessment/Orientation better fit student needs?o Why do students struggle so much with word problems in math, and what can we

do about it?o How can we best use X technological advance in X discipline to improve student

learning?o What are the necessary components of effective contextualized

courses/sustainable learning communities, mentoring programs, etc.?o What do students in transfer class X who took the previous pre-transfer

preparation class Y wish we had taught them in class Y?o What best practices in group work should we apply in X discipline?o How can we best use fillable online forms to reduce workload and improve

communication between service areas?o How can writing across the curriculum improve student outcomes in STEM

classes? Find a few sources of existing data relevant to your topic (e.g. district data on

retention/success etc., published studies, examples of how other schools or other parts of our school are addressing your issue )

Gather data from students or other relevant people (e.g. surveys, interviews, focus groups, student work)

Look at collected & published data & make recommendations/identify paths for future research

Present findings:o Brief written report with specific recommendations and supporting data to be

posted on the TLC websiteo Brief presentation to other groups

What is a POP?

The POP is an informal structure for faculty to learn from each other by spending time in colleagues’ classrooms. It is not related in any way to faculty evaluation!

What are the required activities for POP members?

Observe three other classes for at least 30 minutes each, at least one outside of your discipline.

Welcome other POP members into your classroom. Write up your experience as a group. Participate in the TLC Symposium or larger multi-discipline POP gathering before

Thanksgiving or Spring Break, where POP members will briefly reflect, share, and have the opportunity to connect for future projects.

How much time will the POP take all together?

3 meetings + 3 or more observations + any amount of reflection/communication 10+ total hours, flexible for your busy schedule 1-page reflection

Is this a paid activity?

There are stipends of $250 available, paid by the end of each semester, with priority given to part-time instructors and new members. All faculty and staff are welcome and encouraged to participate.

What are the goals of the POP?

Share effective practices Spark future inquiry and implementation within and across disciplines Increase culture of collaboration within and across disciplines Increase understanding of student and teacher experiences beyond our own courses

ABOUT GRITTY CITY REPERTORY Gritty City Repertory is a youth theatre company in downtown Oakland.  We train youth of color aged 14-24. Our programming is 100% free for youth and their families, and most of our performers begin with NO experience - some have never even seen a play. Our typical ensemble is 12-16 actors, usually half in high school, and half 19-24. High school actors get paid $350 for each show if they continue with their training after one year in the ensemble. Grads get paid $350 for each show from the time they begin with Gritty City Rep. We rehearse and perform at the Flight Deck in downtown Oakland (an easy 2-block walk from 12th and 19th bart stations) every Tuesday and Thursday, 4:30-7:30, from August to May.  We perform two big main stage shows - one in December (rehearsing August-Dec) and one in May (rehearsing Jan-May). The ideal performer is energetic, has a spark, wants to be seen and heard (even if they’re shy!), and could really use a positive, loving community.  They may or may not have strong academics, but they are bright and intellectually curious. Our performers often talk about their ensemble as a family, a place where they feel safe and loved. They also are expected to sweat - we work hard and play hard - laugh and train and learn and get better all the time. OUR IDEAL RELATIONSHIP WITH BERKELEY CITY COLLEGE Gritty City has been thrilled to build a partnership with BCC professor Dylan Eret. We would love to build additional partnerships with other Berkeley City College instructors – teachers who will commit to bringing a group of students to both shows each season - teachers who would love us to come in and provide pre-show workshops for their class – teachers who would be excited to offer acting and technical theatre opportunities to their students – teachers who may want to integrate more theatre into their curriculum.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS Youth can participate in Gritty City Repertory in a variety of ways.

Acting Ensemble We hold auditions every May, August, and December to add actors to our ensemble of 12-16 performers.

Technical Apprenticeships Students can learn to build sets by training with our technical director Casey Fern. BEGINNING APPRENTICESHIP: Work 4 hours a week - either September-November plus load-in and strike for the December show, or February-April plus load-in and strike for the May show. Apprenticing for one show pays a stipend of $250. ADVANCED APPRENTICESHIP: This is an opportunity for folks that have completed the beginning apprenticeship and gained valuable skills.

Like the beginning apprentices, advanced apprentices work 4 hours a week - either September-November plus load-in and strike for the December show, or February-April plus load-in and strike for the May show - but instead of a stipend, advanced apprentices earn $13-$15 an hour depending on age and skillset.

Theatre Attendance Community College students can attend Gritty City Repertory shows for just $10 per ticket.

The Gritty City Rep Ensemble is unique, in that the whole company is comprised of actors of color. We attract audiences of color by producing shows that are current and relevant to our community, using theatre art to explore and highlight issues such as mass incarceration, homelessness, poverty, police brutality, and gentrification. Even our Shakespearean productions are highly relevant, such as our Haitian Macbeth, the Comedy of Errors set in Miami within an Afro-Cuban context, and 2015’s Much Ado About Nothing, set in the urban 1970’s complete with huge afros and Soul Train.