Washington Center Collaborative Newsletter |
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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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Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter! For nearly 30 years, The Washington Center has been synonymous with our signature summer institutes. These intensive, team-based action planning institutes have improved undergraduate education on a multitude of campuses. Many of you have been part of these transformative experiences, either as team participants or resource faculty. Throughout these years, we've honed our expertise in implementing and supporting change initiatives lead to durable change.
While we won't be hosting an institute here at Evergreen this summer, we're excited to announce an alternative: The Washington Center's campus-based action planning institute.
This campus-based alternative brings the essence of our renowned summer institute directly to your campus. Simply assemble a dedicated team that in an issue that matters to your campus, and our experienced resource faculty will expertly coach you through our proven process to develop a two-year action plan.
With a focus on fostering strong teams and dedicating structured time for planning, this institute empowers your team to enact meaningful change for your campus.
If you have a campus project in need of dedicated time and support, we're here to assist! Are you gearing up for an accreditation visit, undertaking general education reform, implementing guided pathways, or revitalizing a first-year experience? Almost any initiative aimed at improving equitable outcomes for undergraduate students is a perfect fit.
Interested in learning more? Please contact us to set up a free 20 minute consultation with me.
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Visit the Learning Community Program Directory
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Connect through the collaborative! |
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What are the strategies you use to create and adapt learning experiences for incarcerated students?
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In her book, Emergent Strategy: Shaping change, changing worlds, adrienne maree brown offers a visionary approach to change in a rapidly changing world. As teachers, one of our greatest hopes is that our students leave our classrooms believing in their ability to navigate those rapid changes, and build satisfying lives. In this two-part series, we bring the principles of Emergent Strategy to carceral classrooms, exploring how they offer both students and teachers a richer, more connected experience.
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Two-part Workshop Series for Prison Education Practitioners
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May 15 11:30am-1pm ET | 8:30am-10am PT
May 22 11:30am-1pm ET | 8:30am-10am PT
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FREE WORKSHOP on March 22nd
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Embodiment Online: Bringing Our Bodies to Zoom |
It can be hard to connect with each other on Zoom. It can be hard to connect with ourselves, on Zoom. To feel that we are really all there. Let’s experiment together with inviting our bodies into the frame. We’ll try out a variety of brief movement and awareness building activities, aligning each with underlying theory and discussing how and when to use them with students. The focus is on quick interventions that can fit in and around other online class activities, to enhance social presence and restore attention. We’ll play together, stretching the limits of those little squares we spend so much time in.
Timothy Corvidae, The Evergreen State College
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Panel Session: Recruiting to Gen Z Students to Learning Communities |
Thursday, March 28th
4-5 pm EST via Zoom
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Join us for a brief panel presentation and discussion hosted by Learning Community professionals with expertise in recruiting Gen Z students to Learning Communities. We will share marketing strategies, communication plans, and collaborative partnerships that help facilitate the recruitment of an excited, engaged group of students. [register here]
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“Innovating and Integrating for the Future of Assessment."
April 1 - 5, 2024
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National Assessment Week, celebrated annually during the first week of April, is a collection of assessment events that take place across the nation under a unified theme. [learn more]
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NLCA Community of Practice |
Friday, April 12
3-4 pm EST via Zoom
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You're invited to engage in an informal monthly gathering of Learning Community Administrators, Faculty and Staff where we will discuss challenges, issues, and best practices with others across the NLCA.
This Community of Practice will meet via Zoom on the second Friday of every month from 2-3 pm central time. No homework! Each meeting will focus on a relevant topic - all you need to bring is you and your lived experience as an LC professional.
Our first gathering on April 12 will focus on administrative challenges, issues, best practices, and any other topics of interest. Our May 10th session will focus on LC teaching and learning-related topics.
Please register to attend one, some, or all of our upcoming Community of Practice gatherings. [register here]
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Workshop: Best Practices for Promoting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Faculty and Staff |
Tuesday, April 23
3-4 pm EST via Zoom
Dr. Sue Maxam, Pace University
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Just as with students, mental health challenges have increased exponentially over the past few years for faculty and staff on college campuses across the nation. This is due to, in large part, work-related stress, emotional depletion, limited resources/support, poor work-life balance, job insecurity, organizational culture, increased involvement in student mental health, etc. Therefore, institutional leaders have increasingly prioritized the mental health and well-being of faculty and staff (in addition to students). This session will explore best practices that can be adapted personally and campus-wide. It will also focus on ways learning communities can support staff/faculty wellness. [register here]
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Save the Date: National Learning Communities Conference |
The NLCC 2024 planning committee welcomes proposals from educators, researchers, administrators, and practitioners engaged in teaching, creating, implementing, assessing, and sustaining high quality learning communities.
Propose your session at NLCC 2024 Proposal Form by May 1, 2024. Direct all inquiries to nlcc@harpercollege.edu.
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