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Committee on Teaching A standing committee of Union College dedicated to excellence in teaching |
Membership
The Committee on Teaching
(COT) consists of one member from each of the four divisions, appointed
for a three year term, and the director of the Educational Studies
program. The members of the COT take turns chairing the committee,
ordinarily for one year terms.
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Division 1: Humanities |
Division 2: Social Sciences |
Division 3: Natural Sciences |
Division 4: Engineering & Computer Science |
Educational Studies |
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Lorraine Morales Cox Visual Arts term ends June 2008 |
Tomas Dvorak
(Chair-Select) Economics term ends June 2009 |
Mary K. Carroll Chemistry term ended May 2008 |
Andrew J. Rapoff
(Chair) Mechanical Engineering term ends June 2008 |
Patrick
F. Allen Union Graduate College standing member |
Charge
1. To develop and implement a program of faculty development in the area of teaching in order to help ensure that faculty reach their full potential as teachers.
2. In the pursuit of the above objective, to increase the opportunities for faculty to engage in productive discussions among themselves on how to invigorate the teaching enterprise as it takes place within, but also without, the classroom.
3. In the pursuit of the above objectives, to pay special attention to the needs to address the problems and needs of beginning teachers, especially those who are members of groups historically under-represented at Union.
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¶¶¶ Current Year Events ¶¶¶
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Fall 2007
Education in Action: Service Learning at Union |
Winter 2008
Mini-Terms: Global, Innovative and Diverse? |
Spring 2008
Diversity in
the Classroom |