Faculty Learning Communities: 2023-2024

A faculty learning community (FLC) meets regularly to explore a teaching topic that interests them.  This interdisciplinary group researches the topic, reads together, and supports each other in making positive changes in the classroom.  Since Fall 2013, members of the VU faculty have been involved in multiple FLCs each year.

Teaching Underprepared Students and The Hidden Curriculum

Tiffany Kolba, Jenna Van Sickle

This FLC will focus on teaching underprepared students. Most of us have been increasingly encountering underprepared students in our courses. We will focus on addressing some of the main challenges,…

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Fostering Community and Student Engagement

Stacy Hoult, Natalie Krivas

Participants in this FLC will experience the solutionary process of thinking and doing, while learning how to create spaces for students to become more actively involved in community. This solutions-oriented…

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