Classroom-Centered Learning Opportunities and Programs

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) serves as a focal point for faculty professional development. The Center does this by offering individual workshops, courses of study, programs, consultations, coaching and mentoring programs, as well as other activities to assist faculty and staff. In addition, it provides forums for faculty to explore and reflect on their teaching and learning in an atmosphere of support and teamwork. CETL is available for all faculty members -- full-time and adjunct faculty members teaching credit and/or continuing education courses. The CETL web page contains information about workshops and events, as well as other pieces of information. If you are interested in offering a workshop for your colleagues through the CETL, please use the contact information below.

Contact:

Dr. Natalie Kimbrough, Assistant Professor of History, CETL Director
410-918-4103 nkimbrough@ccbcmd.edu

These seminars have adapted materials created by Thomas Angelo and Pat Cross. These sessions and adapted materials are to allow instructors to gain immediate feedback about the learning that occurs in their classrooms. In addition, these seminars allow faculty members to share effective ideas about learning and teaching. Finally, these seminars introduce participants to other types of assessment that they may want to pursue.

Contact:

Dr. Donna McKusick, Dean of Developmental Education and Special Academic Programs
410-918-4247 dmckusick@ccbcmd.edu

New full-time faculty are invited to attend a learning community which meets twice per month during the academic year (September to May). Information about CCBC is provided by a variety of presenters both internal and external to the learning community.

Contact:

Dr. Natalie Kimbrough, Assistant Professor of History, CETL Director
410-918-4103 nkimbrough@ccbcmd.edu

Annually in August, the Developmental Education Advisory Committee plans a day-long symposium in which faculty and staff from each campus can present to each other the new pedagogies and innovations being used in CCBC's developmental offerings. Major presentations related to Reading, Writing, and Math are held as well as more general sessions that may be of interest to all. Major outside speakers are often featured. See the what's new section for details of this year's program.

Contact:

Dr. Donna McKusick, Dean of Developmental Education and Special Academic Programs
410-918-4247 dmckusick@ccbcmd.edu

This pilot program is an opportunity for faculty volunteers from the three campuses to develop and use culturally responsive pedagogical methods and techniques that encourage and maintain high standards and expectations to empower students to succeed. Specific attention is given to the meaning of culture and its influence on teaching and learning, pedagogical methods for teaching diverse populations, the issue of race and gender in higher education, and the Black-White Achievement Gap.

Contact:

Dr. Larry Coleman, Director of Multicultural Affairs
410-780-6382 lcoleman@ccbcmd.edu

The purpose of this institute will be to prepare and work with faculty to integrate service learning into course content. Faculty from all disciplines are welcome to participate. The institute will be an opportunity to learn about service learning and an opportunity to brainstorm about hands-on strategies on various pedagogical approaches to using service learning in a class.

Contact:

Dr. Michael Sanow, CCBC Catonsville,
410-455-4328

Bernadette Low, CCBC Dundalk,
410-285-9886

John Hutchinson, CCBC Essex,
410-780-6487

The Maryland Consortium on Adjunct Faculty Professional Development (MCAPD) is a partnership of institutions in Maryland, mainly community colleges, who have been sharing resources and ideas about adjunct faculty professional development for a number of years. Their annual conference is an opportunity for adjunct faculty from colleges and universities all over the state to come together for a day of professional development. The MCAPD web site will provide more information about this conference as well as other information about this consortium of institutions. Representing CCBC currently are Karen Paris and Judy Snyder.

Contact:

Karen Paris, Coordinator of Adjunct Faculty for Continuing Education
410-455-6980 kparis2@ccbcmd.edu

Dr. Judy Snyder, Director of Institutional Equity and Organizational Development
410-869-7109 jsnyder@ccbcmd.edu

These communities pair or cluster specific courses to provide students with enriched learning. Students gain a cross-curricular view of subjects, as they simultaneously study related courses. The books and assignments are coordinated, and the individuals involved in teaching these communities attempt to give the students a sense of connection to the course materials and to each other.

A master learner is a member of the faculty or counseling staff who attends all sessions of a class and assumes the role of a model student. Each week, the master learner facilitates a required seminar during which the other students in the class discuss such topics as effective note taking, preparing for examinations, and completing papers and other home assignments successfully.

Contact:

Dr. Donna McKusick, Dean of Developmental Education and Special Academic Programs
410-918-4247 dmckusick@ccbcmd.edu

The Division of Continuing Education and Economic Development (CEED) has an office which is responsible for assisting coordinators with the recruitment of adjunct faculty in all program areas of continuing education by opening up new recruitment sources. In addition, this office increases communication with faculty through publishing periodic online adjunct faculty newsletters, coordinating conferences, updating Adjunct Faculty materials and finding new avenues to open up adialog This office also is responsible for the supervision of the adjunct faculty contract area. The CEED Adjunct Faculty Handbook and the website are other important resources for CEED adjuncts.

Contact:

Karen Paris, Coordinator of Adjunct Faculty for Continuing Education
410-455-6980 kparis2@ccbcmd.edu

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