At the end of the 2011-2012 school year, we provided the following memo to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences about our activities through the year.<\/p>\n
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MEMORANDUM<\/p>\n
To: \tBrian Conniff, CAS Dean<\/p>\n
From: \tPatrick Clark, Jennifer Cutsforth, Tara Fay, Katy Meier, Jessica Nolan,
\nJeremy Sepinsky<\/p>\n
Date: \tAugust 15, 2012
\nRE: \tPedagogy Cohort Update
\nWe are writing to provide you with the year-to-date progress of our pedagogy cohort along with our recommendations for moving forward. <\/p>\n
In the past year, our group has met more than a dozen times and has accomplished the following:<\/p>\n
Going forward, we would like to request continuing support for our cohort. \u00a0We think of this group as a learning community. and have built a foundation of trust and respect for one another in the past year. \u00a0As such, we have agreed that we do not want to add additional faculty to our cohort. We feel that a small group of faculty that remains together over time provides a more solid foundation for growth, experimentation with novel pedagogies, and peer evaluation. Thus, rather than adding additional faculty to our current group we would like to recommend that one or more additional groups be formed, based on faculty interest. \u00a0We are happy to provide your office with advice on how to structure these new faculty cohorts and to share our experience of what worked in our group. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At the end of the 2011-2012 school year, we provided the following memo to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences about our activities through the year. ———- MEMORANDUM To: Brian Conniff, CAS Dean From: Patrick Clark, Jennifer … Continue reading