Registration Closed

The Mid-Career Faculty Learning Community is fully enrolled for 2009-10. Information and registration for the 2010-11 academic year will be available in Spring 2010.

Description

The Mid-Career Faculty Women's Learning Community for 2009-10 will focus on issues central to the experiences of faculty women. Research from the scholarship of teaching and learning indicates that the professional and personal lives of women in academe are informed in numerous ways by gender. Students (male and female) often have different (though unstated) expectations for faculty women as compared to faculty men. Communication, learning, and teaching styles may vary based on gender and academic discipline, which in turn creates different possibilities and challenges for effective and rewarding teaching practices. This learning community will draw upon the experiences of participants in addition to research on gender, teaching, and women in academe. We will explore and support the teaching practice and professional lives of University faculty women.

Participants

This year's program is designed for full-time faculty women who are associate or full professors at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Participation is limited to 15 faculty members. Faculty members who are interested and available are encouraged to register early. A wait list will also be maintained. Wait listed faculty will be notified of their status early in the academic year.

Activities

Participants will meet eight times during the academic year. Participants must be able to attend at least six meetings to participate in the program and receive a $500 stipend. Topics and activities for each meeting will be determined by the participants and facilitated by experienced CTL teaching consultants. Given the philosophy of learning communities, participants are invited to share in the facilitation of meetings. Meetings will be held on the following Thursdays, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. The location of meetings will be scheduled shortly.

• September 17
• October 15
• November 19
• December 17
• January 28
• February 25
• March 25
• April 22

Facilitators

Anita Gonzalez is a Teaching Consultant at the Center for Teaching & Learning where she teaches in the Preparing Future Faculty Program, facilitates the Multicultural Teaching & Learning Fellowship Program, coordinates the August Teaching Enrichment Series, and provides consultations for faculty and teaching staff. She also teaches for the Master of Liberal Studies Program with a focus on contemporary culture and multicultural studies.

Kathleen O'Donovan is a Teaching Consultant at the Center for Teaching & Learning where she facilitates the Making Meaning of a Life in Teaching faculty memoir writing program, works on the internationalizing the curriculum initiative, and consults on issues such as innovative teaching, transformative learning, and cross-cultural communication. She also leads workshops for the Center for Spirituality and Healing and teaches for the Master of Liberal Studies Program.

Registration

Registration is closed for 2009-10.