{"id":76698,"date":"2022-05-30T12:54:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T16:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/cae\/?page_id=76698"},"modified":"2025-08-27T14:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:16:41","slug":"teaching-circles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.niagaracollege.ca\/cae\/programs\/teaching-circles\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Circles Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div  class=\"layout-bar content-bar\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff\">\r\n\t<div class=\"r\">\r\n     <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\r\n<div class=\"introduction nob dg l\">\r\n   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.<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learning from others + building your community + sharing at lunch = Teaching Circles.&nbsp;<\/strong>A small group of faculty from across campus will form a \u201cteaching circle\u201d and invite one another to observe their classes. Once observations are complete \u2013&nbsp;&nbsp; they will then meet over lunch (with a gift card courtesy of the CAE) to discuss what they\u2019ve 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Teaching Circle members commit to three activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-check\">\n<li>Attending an initial organizational meeting to meet their group members and discuss logistics <em><strong>(approx. 1 hr)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visiting each of the other circle members&#8217; classes once in the months of October to December <em><strong>(approx. 3 x 1 hr visits)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meeting again, this time over lunch, in December for a follow-up reflection <em><strong>(1 hr)<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div><a href=\"#top\" class=\"invisiskip\"><span>Back to Top<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n<div  class=\"layout-bar content-bar lblue\" style=\"background-color:#ebf6fd\">\r\n\t<div class=\"r\">\r\n     <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-calendar\"><\/i> Upcoming Programs<\/h4>\n\n\n\r\n<div class=\"alert is-style-yellow ileft\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"alert-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-p-large\">Fall registration for Teaching Circles is open! Registration closes on September 22nd at 5pm (EST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-p-large\">Contact Elyse Lappano elappano@niagaracollege.ca for more information.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div><a href=\"#top\" class=\"invisiskip\"><span>Back to Top<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\r\n\n\n\r\n<div  class=\"layout-bar content-bar neg blue\" style=\"background-color:#00164d\">\r\n\t<div class=\"r\">\r\n     <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-question-circle\"><\/i> Questions?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions about the Teaching Circles Program, please e-mail Educational Developer, Elyse Lappano at <a href=\"mailto:elappano@niagaracollege.ca\">elappano@niagaracollege.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div><a href=\"#top\" class=\"invisiskip\"><span>Back to 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