Reflective Practice Group 
2000-2001 Executive Summary

Co-Directors:    Mary Ann Cessna, Dir. Center for Teaching Excellence,  John Woolcock, Chemistry,  Laurel Black, English,  Terry Ray, Finance and Legal Studies, Diane Klein, Special Education and Clinical Services

  • 110 Faculty members in 97% of 40 Departments and all 6 Academic Colleges

  • 2 Student Affairs Professionals

14 Cross-Disciplinary Teaching Circles 

  • Developing Portfolios for Promotion

  • Reflective Practice Portfolio

  •  Grant Writing

  • Digital Teaching Portfolios

  • Information Literacy

  • Using Technology and Web CT in Classes

  • Service Learning

  • Critical Thinking with an Focus on Changing Cultural Environment

  • Student Retention (Punxsutawney Campus)

  • Classroom Techniques for Collaborative/Interactive Learning

  •  Course Portfolios for Studio Courses

  •  Classroom Management

  • Gender Studies in the Classroom

  • Faculty Forum (Armstrong Campus)

10 Departmental Teaching Circles

  • Chemistry (2 circles)

    •      General Chemistry

    •      College Chemistry

  • Criminology

  • English (Eat and Talk)

  • Health and Physical Education

  • Nursing and Allied Health Professions (2 circles)

    •      Service Learning in Nursing

    •      Classroom Teaching

  • Physics

  • Special Education and Clinical Services             

  • Technology Support and Training

    Workshops and Conferences

    23 September 2000                                                      65 participants
    Designing and Using Rubrics to Assess Student Learning
              Dr. Rosemary Radzievich

    15-17 March 2001              18 faculty attendees, mostly RP members
    Tenth Annual Conference for the Advancement of College Teaching and Learning  
    (State College, PA)

    31 March 2001                                                              25 participants
    Develop Your Own Rubric-Guaranteed:  A Hands-on Workshop           
            Drs. Christine Kesner and Diane Klein

     RP Large Group Meetings

August 24, 2000
Organizational Meeting #1
Co-directors: Drs. Mary Ann Cessna, Laurel Black, Diane Klein, John Woolcock, and Terry Ray

August 31, 2000
Organizational Meeting #2 - Teaching Circle Commitments 

October 5, 2000
 Helping Hard-to-Reach Students
Drs. Carmy Carranza & Sally Lipsky, Learning Center 

November 2, 2000
Effective Assessment Strategies
Dr. Diane Klein, Special Education and Clinical Services

December 7, 2000
 Constructivist Teaching at the Post-Secondary Level
Dr. Tom Lord, Biology

February 1, 2001
 Conferencing with Your Students
Dr. Laurel Black, English

March 1, 2001
 Working with Your Students as Research Partners
Dr. Devki Talwar, Physics

April 5, 2001
 Evaluation, RP Portfolio and Planning for 2001-2002
Dr. John Woolcock, Chemistry

May 3, 2001
 Annual Recognition Banquet

Scholarly Outreach

 RP Group was one of eight national case study sites selected in J.F. Wergin and J.N. Swingen's monograph Departmental Assessment:  How Some Campuses Are Effectively Evaluating the Collective Work of Faculty, American Association for Higher Education, 2000.

 RP Group was one of three case study sites selected by Charles Walker, St. Bonaventure University, for participation in a grant funded by the American Association for Higher Education to study Faculty Vitality and Well-Being. 

18 January 2001  J. Roth, M. A. Cessna, J. Davis and V. Lee, The Student Learning Outcomes Initiative, Making Student Learning Central: Principles and Practices, Association of American Colleges and Universities, New Orleans, LA.

 Carnegie Teaching Academy Campus Conversations Phase 2, Five departments participated:  Chemistry, Nursing and Allied Health Professions, Special Education and Clinical Services, Technology Support and Training, and Theater and Dance