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Our Guiding Purpose: We are guided by the academic success of all students. Ultimately, the measures of our success are improvements in students’ persistence, achievement, and graduation rates—particularly students who are the first in their families to go to college and those from groups historically under‐served in higher education.
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Dear colleagues and friends,
I am delighted to share that the Washington Center is currently hosting an international visiting scholar, Wajeehah Aayeshah, this month. Wajeehah is developing a framework for the Pedagogy of Kindness.
To find out more about her work, we invite you to join her for a free virtual workshop on Thursday, February 8th from 12:00 to 1:30 Pacific (3:00 - 4:30 Eastern). An invitation with Zoom registration details will be sent out soon.
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Wajeehah Aayeshah (she/her) is a Lecturer in Curriculum Design at the Arts Teaching Innovation (ATI), University of Melbourne. An academic geek, she develops meaningful learning experiences and investigates co-creation of teaching and learning. Her research explores designing safe pedagogical spaces that are inclusive, interesting, and kind. Her current project 'kindness in pedagogy' explores kind academic practices.
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Please read on for additional opportunities to engage in professional learning, including ...
- This Monday (1/22/24) Evergreen faculty will leverage their experience teaching without grades to facilitate a discussion about alternative grading practices in a free virtual workshop.
- Deadlines are fast approaching for regional events in the Pacific Northwest and Great Lakes areas.
- Visit the national resource directory for learning community programs.
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Connect through the collaborative! |
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FREE WORKSHOP on January 22nd
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Grading vs. Learning: What to do when traditional grading structures interfere with learning
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We will find out what puzzles you face when considering adopting an alternative grading scheme, from the scale of the individual assignment to the structure of an entire course. We will share strategies that we use at Evergreen around feedback, revision, and metacognition. We will also learn from your experiences and envision how these strategies and experiences might be integrated into your own teaching.
Krishna Chowdary, The Evergreen State College
Nathalie Yuen, The Evergreen State College
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The National Learning Communities Collaborative -- a cohort of practitioners, researchers, and organizations -- has developed a national resource directory for living-learning community, residential college, coordinated studies, and linked-course learning community programs. The directory is searchable by state, region, and institution type. We encourage faculty and practitioners of learning communities to utilize this directory for community building, resource sharing, and mutual learning.
To update an existing entry or to add your institution to this directory, please visit the
National Learning Community Directory Submission Form.
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Early Bird Ends February 1st!
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Learning community practitioners in Washington State or the Pacific Northwest region are invited to attend the Integrative Learning Curriculum Planning Retreat hosted by the Washington Learning Communities Consortium and the Washington Center, May 9-10 at Dumas Bay Centre in Federal Way, WA. Early bird rates available until February 1! [learn more]
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This year’s theme is “You Don’t Need to Re-Invent the Wheel...Paying it Forward: The Value of Collaboration When Starting or Growing Your LC Program.” The deadline for submissions is Feb. 10, 2024. [learn more]
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