Creating a High Trust/Low-Stress Atmosphere for Students (June 2019 CRT)
[5-minute read] Our 2018-2019 calendar emphasizes developing an understanding & responding to the context of your classroom. We start with an inspirational quote,… Read More
Master Syllabus Update
This message was sent to faculty on May 8, 2019 from Ron Johns, Associate Dean of Assessment & Evaluation. All: As you know, the master… Read More
Foster Student Confidence (May 2019 CRT)
[3-minute read] Our 2018-2019 calendar emphasizes developing an understanding & responding to the context of your classroom. We start with an inspirational quote,… Read More
Proposed Changes to Professional Development Requirements for All Employees
This information was shared with employee association members on Thursday, May 2, 2019. The professional development requirement policy for ACC employees is under revision. A… Read More
Another Step Toward Efficient Transfer
The University Partnership Summit: Faculty Conversations was held on Friday, April 12, 2019 for the purpose of increasing faculty engagement and leadership in Austin… Read More
Request: Testing Center Feedback
The content of this post is a copy of what Yam Tolan, Faculty Senate President, sent out to all faculty on April 14, 2019. The… Read More
How ACC professors are Using VoiceThread
VoiceThread offers a natural online interaction that lends itself to students presenting & defending their work before experts and peers. Read More
Pre-learning with videos for less lecture
by – Cynthia Vega This past year I have focused on ways to decrease the traditional lecture style and increase student engagement in classroom… Read More
Practice What We Preach
by – Amy Velchoff Project ACC was founded on the belief that Active & Engaged Learning is important, which I can affirm from my… Read More
Relational Repair in the Classroom
by Hilary Lynch Besides teaching course subjects, professors also manage the relational climate in their classrooms. One session at the Lilly Conference in January 2018 emphasized how professors can better manage these relationships, especially when stress creeps into the classroom. Dr. Pamela Szycygiel, Assistant Professor of Social Work at UNC Pembroke, shared how relationships are main catalysts for change, and our academic environments “have a lot of relating going on.” People learn, grow, and change in the “context of interpersonal and person-to-environment exchanges.” We will work with students who have had negative and unrepaired relationships with authority figures. Some students need to “work on new relationships” and have new positive experiences with those in supervisory roles. As we teach academic subjects, we can also teach students how to repair working relationships when tensions and anxieties surface. Read More