TEP: Teaching Excellence Program
The TEP at Humber College is a two-year program to support the development of new full-time faculty.
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residentialGeneva Park
Micro teach sessions |
first year
Weekly sessions, seminars
Classroom visits Cooperative learning Community of practice |
second year
Educational project
Leadership project Teaching portfolio |
My journey started at a 3-day residential program at Geneva Park at Orillia, Ontario. It was a relaxed environment to interact with other faculty members and lay some solid ground work for my teaching tenure. It had several sessions all carefully designed to encourage and engage new faculty to reflect on their teaching practices and learn new theories/strategies.
"Andragogy" was everybody's mantra.
I got the opportunity to deliver two micro-teach sessions and also review other faculty's presentations. The constructive feedback I received had set a tone for me to reflect more critically on my teaching practices and make changes. It also helped validate the delivery methods and strategies used.
The first year included 3-hour weekly sessions involved discussion and several activities on various topics including but not limited to:
The second year is focused on completing two projects and the e-portfolio (this website)
Leadership project - More...
Educational project - More..
"Andragogy" was everybody's mantra.
I got the opportunity to deliver two micro-teach sessions and also review other faculty's presentations. The constructive feedback I received had set a tone for me to reflect more critically on my teaching practices and make changes. It also helped validate the delivery methods and strategies used.
The first year included 3-hour weekly sessions involved discussion and several activities on various topics including but not limited to:
- Theories of learning
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Collaborative and cooperative learning
- Authentic assessment methods
- Technology in education
- Diversity and inclusion
- Mental health
The second year is focused on completing two projects and the e-portfolio (this website)
Leadership project - More...
Educational project - More..