{"id":225,"date":"2019-06-19T19:20:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T19:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accinsweb8366.wpenginepowered.com\/thegreatquestions\/?page_id=225"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:23:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:23:39","slug":"instructor-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/instructor-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"serif\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Teach a Great Questions Seminar!<\/strong><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teach a Great Questions Seminar!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-225","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"layouts":[{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"","column_1":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZYrEYuEuL1Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p id=\"h.p_xLduYUNdjf_j\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please contact <a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"mailto:thadzian@austincc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. Ted Hadzi-Antich Jr.<\/a> for more information.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"drop-cap\">The Great Questions is a faculty founded, lead and owned initiative. Teaching a Great Questions Seminar is an enriching and rewarding experience both inside and outside of the classroom. Any ACC faculty member who <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/a\/austincc.edu\/file\/d\/1qdzWFbeeZ1s7SHi9xosgBcvwz_QvnQ9F\/view?usp=sharing\">qualifies<\/a> to teach a Humanities class and who completes our Great Questions Faculty Training is eligible to teach <a href=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/huma-1301\/\">HUMA 1301: The Great Questions Seminar<\/a>. Thanks to a generous grant from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teaglefoundation.org\/How-We-Grant\/Project-Profile\/Profiles\/The-Great-Questions-Seminar-An-Alternative-Studen\">The Teagle Foundation<\/a> we have trained over 100 ACC faculty to teach HUMA 1301: The Great Questions Seminar during the since 2018. Our faculty travel to professional conferences all over the country to share the great work we are doing with others while bringing home lessons learned to help improve our efforts to bring exceptionally high-quality liberal arts education to community college students at ACC.<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-470 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/teach2-150x150.png\" alt=\"Faculty and students in a conference room\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/teach2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/teach2.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"drop-cap\">A large part of a Great Questions faculty member\u2019s role is the mentorship of students. Great Questions faculty review student\u2019s journal\u2019s and meet privately with each of their students twice a semester to discuss the student\u2019s academic, career and personal goals. Faculty mentorship and advising is a key<br \/>\ncomponent of leading HUMA 1301: The Great Questions Seminars. Through teaching this course faculty learn more about our diverse student body, which helps them be more effective instructors in their home discipline. We continue to recruit qualified, brilliant and compassionate faculty who are eager for a challenging and rewarding teaching experience. Completing this training also qualifies one for enrollment in the <a href=\"https:\/\/tled.austincc.edu\/faculty-support\/fellowships-and-funding\/fellowships\/acc-course-redesign-fellowships\/great-questions-fellowships\">Great Questions Course Redesign Fellowship<\/a>, where you can apply what you have learned to a redesign of your own course.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"h.p_1dQ1api4jpxk\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>If you are an ACC faculty member who would like to join a Fall 2023 training cohort, please let us know <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd8qgcHVnt8CBt3Vv2xqEKNFD1dRU9APbBWA94i1QZOGOVzMA\/viewform\">here<\/a>*.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"text-align: right;\">(*YOU MUST BE LOGGED INTO YOUR ACC ACCOUNT FOR THIS LINK TO WORK.)<\/span><\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-468\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/teach4.png\" alt=\"Group photo of faculty\" width=\"1113\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/teach4.png?w=1113&amp;ssl=1 1113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/teach4.png?resize=300%2C107&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/teach4.png?resize=768%2C274&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/teach4.png?resize=1024%2C365&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1113px) 100vw, 1113px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"","column_1":"<h3 class=\"serif\">\u201c<strong>I have found the teacher training for the Great Questions Seminars at ACC to be <\/strong><em>one of the most rewarding <\/em><strong><em>experiences<\/em> that I have had at ACC.&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"serif\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8211; Linda Mackey Professor, Philosophy <\/strong><\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#faf8f6","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"","column_1":"<h3 class=\"serif\"><strong>&#8220;&#8230;to me \u201cThe Great Questions Seminars\u201d are one of the very few events that has <\/strong><em>made me feel like a scholar again.&#8221;<\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"serif\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8211; Juan Molina Professor, Mathematics<\/strong><\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#faf8f6","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"","column_1":"<h3 class=\"serif\"><em>&#8220;We teach best when we are learning<\/em> <strong>as we teach and the learners will, if we let them, also serve us as teachers. We have to be a community of learners and a community of teachers.&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"serif\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8211; Bill Martin, Ph.D. Developmental Writing <\/strong><\/p>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#faf8f6","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"one_column","heading":"","column_1":"<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"h.p_xLduYUNdjf_j\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please contact <a class=\"dhtgD aw5Odc\" href=\"mailto:thadzian@austincc.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. Ted Hadzi-Antich Jr.<\/a> for more information.<\/strong><\/h3>\n","background":"Color","background_color":"#FFFFFF","background_gradient":{"gradient_start":"","gradient_end":""},"background_image":false,"text_mode":"dark","id":""}],"hero_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image_content":{"ID":466,"id":466,"title":"Socrates","filename":"Socrates.png","filesize":730483,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/Socrates.png?fit=2000%2C681&ssl=1","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/instructor-experience\/socrates\/","alt":"","author":"13","description":"","caption":"","name":"socrates","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":225,"date":"2019-06-21 21:53:34","modified":"2019-06-21 21:59:42","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2000,"height":681,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/Socrates.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/Socrates.png?fit=300%2C102&ssl=1","medium-width":300,"medium-height":102,"medium_large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/Socrates.png?fit=768%2C262&ssl=1","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":262,"large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/Socrates.png?fit=1024%2C349&ssl=1","large-width":1024,"large-height":349,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/Socrates.png?fit=1536%2C523&ssl=1","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":523,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2019\/06\/Socrates.png?fit=2000%2C681&ssl=1","2048x2048-width":2000,"2048x2048-height":681}},"image_description":"","readability":["true"]}],"sidekick":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PdLPK9-3D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":948,"url":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/journey\/","url_meta":{"origin":225,"position":0},"title":"JOURNEY","author":"matkinson","date":"May 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"HUMA 1301 Great Questions Seminar is only the beginning of your Great Questions Journey at Austin Community College.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":944,"url":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/thegreatquestions\/faculty-fellowship\/","url_meta":{"origin":225,"position":1},"title":"FACULTY FELLOWSHIP","author":"matkinson","date":"May 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Great Questions classrooms help students raise questions that are important to us as human beings and emphasize works within various academic disciplines that help us to become more thoughtful about those questions. 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