2023 Annual Teaching and Learning Showcase In-Person / Online
Please join us for this day-long showcase of Montclair's teaching and learning excellence. Presenters include faculty, staff, and some of their students sharing their projects, practices, and pedagogical experiments, and fostering cross-disciplinary conversations. Sessions will run from 9 am - 4 pm, and you are welcome to attend as many of the sessions as you'd like. A detailed schedulewith room and Zoom information is available here.
Coffee and lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. In-person attendees will also have the opportunity to visit our showcase lounge and meet with representatives from Advising, CAST, the CWE, ITDS, OFE, and Sprague Library to ask quick questions and to learn about resources available to support them in their teaching. If you are attending in person, please complete this short survey by April 26 to let us know if you will be joining us for lunch.
In-person sessions take place in the ADP Center (University Hall Suite 1122) .
Courtney Glore Crimmins is a Faculty Developer in the Office for Faculty Excellence and serves as OFE's Adjunct Liaison. She is also an Adjunct Faculty member in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, where she teaches German. Her approach to teaching is based in collaborative, project-based learning. In both the face-to-face and online courses she teaches, students work together in small learning groups, explore authentic digital resources, and use technology to learn the language. Courtney has a Ph.D. in Germanic Language and Literature from the University of Michigan.
Dalilah Smith-Santos joined the OFE in January of 2023 after seven years working for the MTA in the Real Estate Department where she served in several capacities, most recently as the Facilities Management Administrator. Prior to working at the MTA, Dalilah worked for the Children’s Aid – Next Generation Center supporting this NYC organization in providing services to help children in poverty succeed and thrive. Ms. Smith-Santos received her B.S in Public Administration from John Jay College.
Professor and Executive Director of the Office for Faculty Excellence, has been at Montclair State University for 25 years. Her areas of research expertise include higher education pedagogy, teaching writing, assessment, and public higher educational practices.
Kate Kelly, LSW, uses the pronouns she/her/hers and teaches undergraduate and graduate classes as an adjunct in the Social Work and Child Advocacy Department. Her experience in higher education includes teaching in person and asynchronous classes, advising students and instructing students in fieldwork at various institutions. Her specific interests include designing courses and developing and adopting strategies and activities that promote classroom engagement and student success.
Throughout her professional career in the nonprofit sector in Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Kate focuses on strengthening and creating more integrated communities and improving access to affordable housing and ending homelessness. Her expertise includes project management, public policy, organizing, advocacy, and communication, working to expanding access and organizing. She holds an MSW from the University of Connecticut and a BA from the University of Notre Dame. She lives in Verona with her family.
Catherine Keohane is Associate Director for Teaching and Learning for the Office for Faculty Excellence. Catherine has a Ph.D. in English from Rutgers University. She has designed and taught upper- and lower-division literature, humanities, and composition courses, and has experience teaching in multiple modalities. She has presented on student engagement at MLA, and has begun to develop open-educational resources that work to mitigate financial barriers to students’ success while also serving students' sense of belongingness.