December 2009
Inside this issue:
Volume 1, Issue 1
Tenth Year for Academy for Teaching Excellence
Tenth Year for ATE
1
Alternative Course
Materials
Conference
1
Community College
and the Art of
Critical Thinking
2
TCC First-Time
Participation in
Oklahoma
Research Day
3
Learning
Effectiveness Plan
Under
Development
3
Partnerships Abound
3
Fall Curriculum
Changes
Back Row: LtoR; Jean Woody, ATE Coordinator,
Randall Gibson, Lucas Greco, David Charlson, Janet
Jackson, Ruby Marshall, Jeanne Urie. Front Row:
LtoR; Ben Bancroft, Neil Enis, Allen Culpepper, Kayla
Harding, Debbie Penrose, Jerilyn Thorman, Anita
Hall, ATE Coordinator.
The Academy for Teaching Excellence
(ATE) is in its tenth year of providing mentorship for faculty new to Tulsa Community
College. The mission of ATE is to improve
and enhance the professional growth of
faculty through collegially planned learning opportunities that support the institution’s mission and core values.
Examples of planned activities this semester included tours of all TCC campuses,
sessions led by directors of the many TCC
service and activity organizations, case
problems discussed pertaining to variety
of issues faced in a classroom, attendance
of the Critical Thinking Initiative conference, attendance of Why Race Still Matters Seminars, and technology sessions on
subjects such as syllabi, grades, and TED.
The next two semesters will consist of faculty observations with more learning opportunity sessions in the fourth semester.
All sessions are geared to help faculty
achieve individual professional goals, promote greater understanding of the learning process and best practices, and foster
the scholarship of teaching and learning.
4
-Anita Hall
Alternative Course Materials Conference
LRC Gives a ―TWEET‖
About Research
4
Why Achieving the
Dream Matters at
TCC
5-7
International
Scholarship Recipient
Announced
7
Upcoming Events
7
In February 2008 faculty
members formed the Alternative Course Materials
Task Force. The task force
has participated in conferences, presentations, and
initiatives to help connect
students to textbooks while
exploring innovative new
alternatives to expensive
course materials. One of
the most exciting results of
this initiative is the expanded reserve textbook
collection available to students via the Learning Resources Center. Spring
2009, staff completed
6,115 reserve textbook
loans. The task force will
host an alternative course
materials conference in
Tulsa on March 5, 2010.
Additional information
Conference site
-Mike Meisenheimer