The UW Teaching Academy established the Collegium on Large Class Instruction in 2000. The Collegium offers faculty, particularly those who instruct large classes, an opportunity to come together and discuss challenges they face and improvements they would like to implement in their teaching. Participants of the Collegium attend workshops and learning sessions, and actively converse with each other, faculty facilitators, and undergraduate students in open, engaging conversations. In addition to practical issues of classroom management and supervision of teaching assistants, we explore active learning strategies, technology, and diversity as they relate to large class instruction. Each faculty participant comes with a teaching issue, challenge, or problem that he or she would like to address. Throughout the Collegium, faculty are encouraged to think about and articulate how the various sessions come to bear on their own teaching concerns.

Who is Eligible to Apply:
Tenure-track (Professor, Associate, Assistant Professors) faculty and Full-Time Lecturers whose class size is considered “large,” are encouraged to apply. All interested individuals are required to fill out a web Q survey, which serves as the application form. Please be sure to respond to all questions.

https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/tacademy/47764

The dates for the Collegium are Thursday, April 10 - Saturday, April 12, 2008.

Location:
The Collegium is held off campus at the Charles Lanthrop Pack Experimental Forest. For more information, please refer to: http://www.cfr.washington.edu/facility.pack/

Deadline:
Applications to the 2008 Collegium on Large Class Instruction must be submitted by Friday, February 22, 2008. All applicants will be notified of their acceptance by March 7, 2008.

For more information, please call Christine Sugatan in Undergraduate Academic Affairs at 206-616-7175.

*Please note that the Collegium occurs during two days that may be days of instruction for you. If you are teaching during the scheduled Collegium, we suggest that you plan an activity for students that does not require your attendance in class. We very strongly encourage Collegium participants to be present for the entire retreat.