Feedback is a Gift Formative Dialogues on Teaching: Non-Threatening Peer Coaching
Abstract
Formative Dialogues on Teaching is a program which encourages faculty-to-faculty observation of and conversation about teaching. The list of certified faculty Colleagues is published as “someone to talk to” about teaching. Faculty members who wish a dialogue will contact a Colleague and have them observe their teaching and then discuss their observations. Rather than being summative, this confidential process provides teachers with opportunities to engage in formative peer coaching for improved teaching and learning. At the end of the session, learners will be able to: describe the difference between summative evaluation and formative dialogues, list advantages of formative discussions about teaching between colleagues, and prepare for and discuss teaching observations. Those in attendance will obtain certification as a Colleague in the Formative Dialogue Program at Andrews University.
Biography
Gail Taylor Rice is a professor in the School of Allied Health Professions at Loma Linda University, where she also directs faculty development and the formative dialogues program. She has held professorial positions at three universities in seven schools and has graduate degrees in nursing, public health education, educational psychology and higher education administration and leadership. Gail is on the faculty for the Harvard Macy Institute and presents regularly for the annual USC Keck School of Medicine’s Innovations in Medical Education conference. She presents workshops, seminars and courses for organizations and campuses worldwide and has published books and articles for peer reviewed journals on various topics relating to creative, effective teaching in higher education and health professions education. Her book, "Hitting Pause: 65 Lecture Breaks to Refresh and Reinforce Learning," from Stylus Publications, LLU, will be available November 2017.
Location
BUL251
Start Date
8-17-2017 10:00 AM
End Date
8-17-2017 12:20 PM
Feedback is a Gift Formative Dialogues on Teaching: Non-Threatening Peer Coaching
BUL251
Formative Dialogues on Teaching is a program which encourages faculty-to-faculty observation of and conversation about teaching. The list of certified faculty Colleagues is published as “someone to talk to” about teaching. Faculty members who wish a dialogue will contact a Colleague and have them observe their teaching and then discuss their observations. Rather than being summative, this confidential process provides teachers with opportunities to engage in formative peer coaching for improved teaching and learning. At the end of the session, learners will be able to: describe the difference between summative evaluation and formative dialogues, list advantages of formative discussions about teaching between colleagues, and prepare for and discuss teaching observations. Those in attendance will obtain certification as a Colleague in the Formative Dialogue Program at Andrews University.