TLC Bi-Weekly Newsletter for Tuesday, October 11th, 2022
Greetings, K-Staters!
We are now in the eighth week of the Fall 2022 semester, and the Teaching & Learning Center (TLC) would like to remind you of our commitment to support your efforts in teaching, mentoring, and advising. We are excited to announce the various priorities, events, and resources that are designed to advance teaching and learning at K-State. This video explains what the TLC can do for you.
Textbook Submissions
The course materials submission deadline for the Spring 2023 semester is October 15th. Click here for instructions on how to file these submissions.
TLC Highlighted Teacher
Our highlighted teacher this week is Kaleen Knopp. Kaleen is the Writing Center Director and an English/Writing Instructor at K-State’s Salina Campus. Her approach to teaching is as follows: “My students and our writing center team of peer tutors collaborate with enthusiasm as we engage individually with students to help their writing skills flourish. I feel honored to have the opportunity to work with students to strengthen their writing, as communicating effectively, thinking critically, and working together to enrich our communication allows us to grow in our personal and professional lives, to solve problems together, and to develop mutually strengthening relationships. We mentor one another and this helps us all to thrive. It is a great privilege to learn from them, to share experiences, and to explore our diverse perspectives with genuine personal interest and a desire to understand angles of vision that differ from our own.”
Click here to watch a video of Kaleen describing her teaching philosophy.
Programs & Events
We look forward to another semester of our Professional Development (PD) Series, and, again, these events will occur on Wednesdays at 12 noon via Zoom. All events are free, and no registration is required. As we finalize our PD Series, we will post the schedule on the Upcoming Events page of our website and on our social media: Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. We hope to see you there.
- Accessible Documents: On Wednesday, October 12th (tomorrow!), Angie Brunk will lead a Need-To-Know event entitled, “Creating Accessible Documents.” Click here to see the promotional video for this event.
- Teaching CHAT: On Wednesday, October 19th, we will have our second Teaching CHAT of the semester. We welcome all attendees – including those who have questions and those who prefer listening. We hope you will join us!
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB): On Wednesday, October 26th, Trevor Bell will lead a professional development on DEIB initiatives.
- Inclusive Teaching: On Friday, October 28th, the TLC will be hosting the second set of meetings for the Inclusive Teaching Book Group at 8:30-9:20 a.m. Coffee Hour on Zoom and 2:30-3:20 p.m. in person Afternoon Snack option in Hale Library 307. These meetings will cover Chapter 3: "Designing Your Course & Syllabus with an Inclusive Mindset" and Chapter 4: "Launching Your Course." of Kelly A. Hogan’s and Viji Sathy’s Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom (Morgantown: West Virginia UP 2022). Free access to the electronic version of the book is available via Hale Library. If you are interested in attending these events, please RSVP for this and future meetings (i.e., Friday, December 2, 2022 covering Chapters 5-7).
Also, if you are interested in earning a PD Certificate or in becoming a TLC Fellow for this academic year, check out the requirements on our website.
Engage the Sage Videos to Support Excellent Teaching
We would like to remind you of several video resources as part of Dr. Don Saucier’s YouTube channel, Engage the Sage, that are particularly relevant toward the middle of the semester:
- Five Things to Do Mid-Semester (8:14)
- Using Announcements as Teaching Tools (9:31)
- Making Simple Concepts More Nuanced Through Interactive Storytelling (10:22)
Our two most recent releases are also provided below:
Thank You & Encouragement
As a K-State community, we continue to offer grace and compassion to one another during these challenging times. We are grateful for your continued support of your students and colleagues and hope you take advantage of the resources available to you at K-State, including us, throughout the upcoming semester. Thank you for all you do for your colleagues and our students. And thank you for advancing K-State’s teaching and learning mission with energy and optimism.
Sincerely,