2024-25 TLC Events

2024-25

Events this year will highlight the following themes: 

  • Effective pedagogical approaches & classroom management in our "new normal"
  • Generative AI 
  • Student success
  • Inclusive teaching practices & establishing a community of belonging

If you require accommodations for equal access to any of the events below, please contact the Office of Accessibility Services via email at access@geneseo.edu, or call 585-245-5112 at least one week prior to this event.

 

Have a topic you'd really like to work more with that isn't listed here, or a speaker you'd like to hear from? Let the TLC know: tlc@geneseo.edu. We value your input! 

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Completed Programs & Materials

Fall 2024

Wed. 11/19, 10am. TLC End of Semester Check-In for Faculty and Staff

How are you, our faculty and staff colleagues, doin? In reflecting on your role engaging students, how has the semester gone so far? What has gone well? What has been challenging? This discussion-based TLC session was organized with the simple goal of making time to connect with one another as we enter the final stretch of the semester. Facilitated by Laura Swanson from Counseling Services.

11/19-21. CIT & TLC: Making Brightspace a Better Space (3 Sessions)

CIT’s Educational Technology team & the TLC would like to invite you to participate in focus group conversations centered on the Geneseo Brightspace experience. These crucial conversations will focus on what Brightspace currently does well for your courses, and where you encounter problems or barriers. Together we’ll explore how can we make it easier for our students to succeed in this online environment.

Fri. 10/11 & 11/8, 9:30am. TLC Reading Group: Distracted, by James Lang

Join colleagues for a discussion centered around Distracted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It (2020), by James M. Lang. Our book group this fall will meet virtually, in order to expand access. There will be 2 sessions:

  • Friday, 10/11 @ 9:30am: conversation focused on Part I
  • Friday, 11/8 @ 9:30am: conversation focused on Part II
     

This invitation is open to all. You do not need to have read the relevant portion of the book in order to join us in either meeting.

A limited number of copies of this book are available for participants through the TLC. 

About the book: 
"Distracted argues that the debates we are having about the distracting power of our devices point us in the wrong direction. Rather than thinking about how to ban distractions from our easily distractible minds—since our minds have always been easily distractible—we should focus our work on creating learning environments that support and sustain attention.

The book draws deeply from research in education and the science of attention to support its arguments, as well as from classroom observations and the works of poets and philosophers alike. The book’s accessible writing style and diverse and unexpected array of sources will help teachers think about the challenge of attention in creative ways, and spark entirely new directions for research and conversation about the role of attention and distraction in the education of our students."

Wed. 10/30, 9:30am. Data Dashboard Discovery Series: Secrets of Scheduling

Planning an event for students? Trying to find a time for faculty and staff to meet? Bring a laptop to the first in our TLC series of Data Dashboard Workshops (presented by our Office for Institutional Research & Effectiveness) to discover the power of our schedule dashboards!

Thurs. 10/24, 1:00pm. Election Preparedness Conversation

With the General Election approaching, this dialogical TLC event will cover topics such as important application/registration deadlines, ways for students to vote, knowing your rights as a voter, opportunities for civic engagement in our college community, and on-campus resources before and after the election. Faculty and staff will have the chance to ask questions to ensure they feel confident and prepared to support and empower our students this election season.

We will meet via Teams to allow greater flexibility for participation.

This session will be facilitated by members of the Election Preparedness Taskforce: 

  • Hanna Brant, Associate Professor of Political Science & International Relations
  • Nicholas Palumbo, Assistant Dean of Students for Leadership & Service
  • Laura Swanson, Staff Counselor
Wed. 10/23, 3:00pm. More Advice on Advising from the Institutional Advising Council

Since there are always surprises during advising, the TLC and IAC (Institutional Advising Council) are offering a second session for any advising issues or topics that we didn't address in the first session!  Drop in for as short or long as you like to discuss tricky advising cases, troubleshoot hiccups, and connect with colleagues during this busy time. This is a hybrid event, so you may opt to join in person or via Teams.

Wed. 10/16, 3:00pm. Advice on Advising from the Institutional Advising Council
Advisement Holds are posted to students' accounts on October 21 - join the TLC and Institutional Advising Council in a conversation about best practices, common student challenges, FAQs from advisors, and resources to support you and your students during course registration. This is a hybrid event, so you may opt to join in person or via Teams.
 
Wed. 10/9, 2:30pm. AI Flight School: Getting off the Ground with Copilot

This hands-on workshop is an opportunity to explore Microsoft Copilot, along with other common generative AI tools in popular use today. Come test how well this tool actually does in real-world, daily applications. Learn to recognize what AI results might look like, and how they might change based on the prompt you provide. Get ideas for how generative AI might even make some of your routine tasks a lot easier. 

This workshop is cofacilitated by Laurie Fox (CIT), Matt Pastizzo (Institutional Research), Paul Schacht (Center for Digital Learning), and Alexis Clifton (TLC). 

Feel free to bring your laptop, or plan to use the machines in the computer lab. 

Wed. 10/2, 2:30pm. CircleIn Information Session

In this meeting, Dana Thomas, Chief Operating Officer at CircleIn, provided a demo of CircleIn's Student Engagement Platform. He provided examples of how CircleIn can be adopted into your classroom and highlighted measurable outcomes.

Tue. 9/10, 2:30pm. TLC Faculty Mentoring Information Session

This virtual session, co-hosted by Karleen West and Alexis Clifton, will provide information for those planning to serve as a faculty mentor this year. We will specifically describe the experiences and expectations for TLC Faculty Mentors, who are outside the home department and the evaluation process for their mentees.

This session will also be useful if you are serving as a faculty mentor in any other capacity on campus, such as within your own department, or are interested in becoming a mentor sometime in the future.

Resource shared: Geneseo Faculty Mentoring Resource Guide

Mon. 9/9, 3:30pm. TLC Teaching Squares Information Session

This session will provide an overview of the Teaching Squares program. Join us to learn more about how this peer observation group format works, and how you'll have the opportunity to reflect on and grow your own teaching practices.

Who Should Attend? 

  • Anyone who has completed the F24 Teaching Squares Interest Form
  • Anyone who is teaching a Geneseo class this semester and interested in learning more

Who Is Eligible to Participate in a Teaching Square? 
Anyone teaching a Geneseo class this semester, inclusive of all ranks and/or titles on campus

There will be time at the end to coordinate with your Square colleagues, if you have already signed up.

Fri. 9/6, 12:30pm. TLC Speaker: Avan Jassawalla, "Organizing and Managing Team Projects"

Prof. Jassawalla, Management professor in the School of Business, will share her experience, research, and teaching strategies for organizing and managing classroom team projects. This will include discussion on how instructors can help prevent issues such as social loafing (team member slacking off) and groupthink (avoiding constructive conflict) and improve team effectiveness through use of early team building and a peer evaluation system. Prof. Jassawalla's research is aimed at helping students develop their collaboration and teamwork competencies.

Join us for this virtual presentation and conversation about how team projects can be more productive and engaging in your own classroom applications.

Slides from this presentation can be accessed here. Additional supporting materials, including prompts for building a Team Charter and a Peer Evaluation form, can be requested from Dr. Jassawalla. Please reach out to her with any questions: jassawal@geneseo.edu

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