Departmental Teaching Plans

 

 

Several departments have agreed to participate in a pilot program in Fall, 2024 through Spring, 2025 to develop departmental teaching plans. These departments include Human Development and Family Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Management, and Plant & Soil Science. In this pilot program, the goal of the project is to consider how the departments currently evaluate teaching, what additional resources might be beneficial, and how they can create or build onto a plan vetted and agreed up by their faculty colleagues. Some departments on campus have already engaged in this work, such as Kinesiology & Sport Management.

This project is conducted in collaboration with the DeLTA Project (NSF IUSE 1821023) at the University of Georgia (UGA). We plan to adapt their model of designating small faculty teams to prepare departmental teaching evaluation plans. At UGA, they call this group the Catalyzing Action Team (CAT). Two faculty members from each department are paired with a TLPDC staff. The faculty team will then share this information with the department. In the UGA model, the CDACs of the involved departments are called the Leadership Action Team (LAT). The LAT group will update Chair Council to share progress with other departments as we consider broader adaption.

Questions?

For questions, please contact Mitzi Ziegner or Suzanne Tapp.