Community of Practice on Belonging: Thursday group Online
Research shows that a sense of belonging positively impacts students' motivation, engagement, retention and overall well being. By promoting belonging, instructors can ensure students feel respected and connected, and able to bring their authentic selves into the classroom. While this may sound appealing, how exactly do instructors foster belonging in their courses? This is something our Community of Practice, open to instructors of all ranks and disciplines, will explore this academic year.
For the spring semester, we will meet in two groups: Thurdays and Fridays. Please pick the one that works best for you each month.
- Date:
- Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Time:
- 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
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.