Participants will collectively determine the final agenda. The following list includes topics from past Advanced Teaching Institutes.

 

General Focus

The main objective of the Advanced Teaching Institute is to help participants improve their performance as mentors, teachers, faculty members, and agents for change in higher education. Since assessment is essential for improving performance, assessment will be practiced in different contexts and forms throughout the Institute. 

 

Mentoring

identifying criteria for a quality mentor

facilitating student growth

using the Personal Development Methodology in the context of mentoring

 

Facilitation

creating a productive learning environment

performing constructive interventions

facilitating students’ problem solving skills

mentoring student (and peer) growth

 

Scholarship in Teaching/Learning

conducting action research during the Institute

becoming a researcher in the classroom

developing projects, proposals, and papers

 

Program Assessment

understanding the relationship between
measurement, assessment, and evaluation

using a professional profile to define long-term behaviors

building program and institutional assessment systems

developing rubrics for measuring student development

 

Course Assessment

writing measurable learning outcomes

constructing assessment instruments and measures

assessing assessments

assessing activities you create

using a learning assessment journal

 

Designing Communities

principles in designing quality learning communities

building a community of scholars committed to advancing research-based practices

designing teaching/learning communities involving faculty and students