Teaching Triads
Teaching Triads are organized in the fall to give faculty an opportunity to talk about their teaching on a regular basis with a small consistent group. Most groups are compiled of one new faculty member, a second year faculty member, and a tenured faculty member. If you would like to belong to a triad, please contact Jesse Kavadlo.
Together, you’ll meet throughout the semester, and maybe the year, as often as you agree upon, face to face and/or online, so that each of you can talk about your classes, semester, and teaching.
Below is a list of possible tasks and topics. It is organized as both
1) a sample schedule and
2) organization based on objectives.
Please meet with your Triad and determine which, if not all, of these activities will work for you as a group.
| October |
Reflect on one’s own teaching and share discoveries
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- Visit the Center for Student Engagement (in DUC)
- Take the “Teaching Tendency” survey (coming soon)
- Consider the following discussion prompts with your Triad:
- Who has been your greatest influence in teaching, and why?
- Describe a time when you made a difference.
- How can you plan to make a difference more often?
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- Take the “Teaching Tendency” quiz (coming soon)
- Consider the following discussion prompts with your Triad:
- Who has been your greatest influence in teaching, and why?
- Describe a time when you made a difference.
- How can you plan to make a difference more often?
- Share your least favorite assignment, or biggest student challenge, with your Triad. Ask the other members how they would manage the assignment/situation.
- Reflect on the semester: What went well in class? What would you like to change for next time? Do you think your students agree with you?
- Complete your evaluation of the observation process and share with your observer
- Reflect on your semester with your Triad members
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| November |
Support students and be involved on campus |
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| December |
Share with your colleagues |
- Re-read the REAL highlights and determine what tools can be applied to your spring courses.
- Reflect on the semester: What went well? What would you like to change for next time? Do you think your students agree with you?
- Complete your Apple Teacher Certification
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- Consider the following discussion prompts with your Triad:
- Who has been your greatest influence in teaching, and why?
- Describe a time when you made a difference.
- How can you plan to make a difference more often?
- Think about the current political climate: How is it influencing what we do here at Maryville? What positive conversations can or have taken place when topics surrounding diversity enter the classroom? Watch this TED Talk.
- What do you believe is the value of educating yourself on current events, and view points from multiple cultural backgrounds?
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| February |
Collaborate with one another |
- Think about the current political climate: How is it influencing what we do here at Maryville? What positive conversations can or have taken place when topics surrounding diversity enter the classroom? Watch this TED Talk.
- What do you believe is the value of educating yourself on current events, and view points from multiple cultural backgrounds?
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- Read the observations sheets and participate in a peer observation with your Triad members.
- Schedule a pre-observation meeting
- Participate in a observation (giving and receiving)
- Schedule a post-observation meeting
- Complete your evaluation of the observation process and share with your observer
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| March |
Further individual learning to incorporate into your classroom and Triad. |
- Read the observations sheets and participate in a peer observation with your Triad members.
- Schedule a pre-observation meeting
- Attend a student event
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| April |
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- Participate in a observation (giving and receiving)
- Schedule a post-observation meeting
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| May |
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- Complete your evaluation of the observation process and share with your observer
- Reflect on your semester with your Triad members
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As the CTL helped new faculty create and join Teaching Triads—groups of three faculty members of differing levels of experience at Maryville—we’ve also invited adjuncts to participate in their own teaching triads. Right now, we have five adjunct Teaching Triads, with the possibility of continuing to grow as the year goes on.
Adjuncts faculty:
If you or someone you know has not yet become a member of our Canvas Teaching Community page, please send and email to Laura Ross.
Triad groups have proven successful for our Adjunct faculty as well as our Full-Time faculty. 100% of Part-Time faculty who participated in the teaching triad program in Fall 2017 ranked the experience as extremely effective on teaching practices.
- cultivate relationships
- talk about teaching challenges and triumphs
- learn from one another
- create a professional development schedule that works for you
- participate in conversations at a convenient location for you (your home, over the phone, Skype, coffee…)
