Don't Miss this Opportunity!
Participants will also receive a copy of the book,"Sustaining and Improving Learning Communities" by Jodi Levine Laufgraben and Nancy S. Shapiro and Associates.
Faculty Development Opportunities
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Myths and Magic of Learning Communities
9:00am - 12:00pm
118 Wyman Education Building
This is an open session for all faculty and staff who are interested in learning more about the "myths and magic" of learning communities. Research demonstrates that learning community participants are more likely to succeed in their academics and be more satisfied with their social and cultural experiences while attending college. Those attending this session will explore all the possibilities for developing learning communities at UWRF.
Learning Communities at UWRF
1:00pm - 4:00pm
118 Wyman Education Building
This interactive workshop is offered for faculty who are interested in developing and/or participating in a learning community at UWRF for the 2010-2011 academic year. Since this workshop assists with learning community development, faculty groups are especially encouraged to attend. If attending this session, you must first participate in the morning session (Myths and Magic of Learning Communities).
Session Presenter
Both sessions are led by Jean Henscheid. Jean is a fellow at the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, executive editor of the Jossey-Bass/American College Personnel Association publication About Campus, and director of the Core Curriculum at the University of Idaho. She also serves as editor of The Journal of The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition. Jean has authored and edited monographs, book chapters, and articles on various topics related to the college student experience and conducts workshops across the U.S. and abroad with a primary focus on learning communities, general education, curriculum design, and learning assessment. Jean led learning community programs as well as taught undergraduate and graduate courses in leadership and research methods at Washington State University and now teaches interdisciplinary first-year courses in the program she directs at the University of Idaho.
