The Teaching Circles Program provides faculty with an opportunity to gain new insight into their teaching through a process of reciprocal classroom observation and self-reflection.
Learning from others + building your community + sharing at lunch = Teaching Circles. A small group of faculty from across campus will form a “teaching circle” and invite one another to observe their classes. Once observations are complete – they will then meet over lunch (with a gift card courtesy of the CAE) to discuss what they’ve learned about their own practice through the observational process. No evaluation. No feedback. No record. Just the opportunity to reflect on your teaching in the company of thought-provoking colleagues, all while enjoying an equally exciting lunch.
Teaching Circle members commit to three activities:
- Attending an initial organizational meeting to meet their group members and discuss logistics (approx. 1 hr)
- Visiting each of the other circle members’ classes once in the months of October to December (approx. 3 x 1 hr visits)
- Meeting again, this time over lunch, in December for a follow-up reflection (1 hr)