The growth of any craft depends on shared practice and honest dialogue among the people who do it. We grow by trial and error, to be sure—but our willingness to try, and fail, as individuals is severely limited when we are not supported by a community that encourages such risks. – Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach
Are you searching for a supportive community of teaching faculty focused on resilience and improvement of teaching? Curious how to choose and use ed tech tools? Looking for an enjoyable way to re-energize your Corvallis or Cascades campus teaching?
The Resilient Teaching Faculty Learning Community is a professional development program sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL). A cross-disciplinary cohort of OSU faculty will explore solutions to teaching challenges, share strategies to build resilience in teaching, and learn ways to use ed tech tools to blend in-class and out-of-class learning.
CTL is providing $1,000 to instructors who:
- Fully participate in synchronous learning community meetings and asynchronous Canvas learning activities.
- Create plans to implement resilient teaching practices in a Winter ’27 or Spring ’27 on-campus course.
- Write a post (500+ words) about their teaching strategies for publication on the CTL blog.
- Present their ideas about resilient teaching at the final learning community meeting (showcase).
The learning community blends five required Zoom meetings with online learning activities in Canvas throughout the term starting on Monday, Oct.5. The time commitment averages approximately 90 minutes per week. The learning community will meet on Wednesdays, 12:30 to 1:50 p.m., on Oct. 14 and 28, Nov. 11 and 25, and Dec. 2.
Oregon State University fixed-term and tenured/tenure-track academic faculty who regularly teach credit-based Corvallis and Cascades campus courses are eligible to apply. Space is limited. This learning community is focused around on-campus teaching. It is not for development or redevelopment of Ecampus courses; faculty support for Ecampus courses can be found at Ecampus Faculty Support.
To be considered for participation in this learning community, please submit your application by Wednesday, September 23.
Participants will be notified regarding acceptance by September 30. Upon acceptance, the instructor, the instructor’s unit head and CTL will sign an MOU regarding FLC participation and funding. Payment will be made after all program requirements are completed.
Questions? Contact Cub.Kahn@oregonstate.edu, OSU Center for Teaching and Learning.
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