Peer Feedback and Teaching Retreat
April 15 and 16, 2024
Please join us for the CLT鈥檚 2-day retreat dedicated to Peer Feedback and Teaching 鈥� a series examining topics and support in peer feedback! Each session invites you to consider a different aspect of giving and/or receiving supportive development-centered feedback. Morning sessions are online and afternoon workshops will be in-person.
Description
Welcome to the CLT鈥檚 Peer Feedback and Teaching Retreat. The two days of sessions are dedicated to topics and support in engaging in peer feedback! Each session invites you to consider a different aspect of giving and/or receiving supportive development-centered feedback.
. Information about the retreat and individual sessions is described below.
Format
Depending on your availability and specific interests, you are welcome to attend individual sessions or the full suite of sessions. This dedicated time will allow you to think about the ways that you might engage in formative feedback from peers that can support and strengthen your teaching.
There are two types of sessions:
- Building Sessions (online): Each morning will consist of shorter sessions that invite you to build on your understanding of the various forms that peer review can take and how these forms may be helpful in your own teaching and course(s).
- Circle Workshops (in-person): The afternoon sessions are 2-hrs in length and provide an opportunity to engage in practices of formative peer feedback with fellow attendees. Attendees will be offered the opportunity to share their own teaching materials and/or teaching experiences with each other during the session.
Who should attend?
These sessions are intended to be a place of discussion and learning for those who are both new and familiar with peer feedback of teaching. This includes:
- Individual instructors seeking professional development based in peer development and formative peer evaluation, and/or seeking to connect with peers from across AV俱乐部 interested in engaging in formative peer review
- Individuals who are taking on the role of reviewer as part of procedures in their individual Faculty
- Limited-term faculty who are seeking support in documenting their teaching effectiveness.
Goals
Participation may provide you with:
- Experience within a formative peer review process that is based in equitable practices and grounded in principles of reflexivity, humility, relationality, and collaboration.
- Familiarization with peer review practices and instruments to increase comfortability and proficiency in roles of both reviewer and reviewee.
- An opportunity to engage with peers and offer critical feedback and friendly critique
- Time, space and support for individual reflection on teaching practices and strategies
Schedule with Descriptions
Monday, April 15, 2024
| Time and location | Title and Description |
|---|---|
9鈥�10 a.m. Online |
Information session: Holistic Evaluation of Teaching at AV俱乐部: An OverviewIn this information session, we will provide an overview of the new holistic evaluation of teaching policy at AV俱乐部 and describe how evidence from peers plays a part in outlining your teaching effectiveness. Included in the discussion, we will pose the question to attendees: 鈥渨ho is a peer when we talk about peer feedback on teaching and learning?鈥� |
1:30鈥�3:30 p.m. Killam Library, Room B400 |
Circle WorkshopThis workshop is an opportunity to gain practice in formative peer review/feedback. Participants will engage in important preparatory & collaborative practices to develop collegial, humble and culturally responsive orientations to peer feedback/review within both roles of reviewee and reviewer. This session is informed by reflexive observational approaches to peer feedback/review. Participants will have the chance to engage with one another鈥檚 teaching or teaching artifacts.Prepare by bringing a teaching artifact with you (syllabus/assignment instructions, rubrics/lesson plan, etc.) OR with a teaching & learning story to share that contains a common challenge you face and how you鈥檝e dealt with it. |
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
| Time and Location | Title and Description |
|---|---|
10:30 a.m.鈥�12 p.m. Online |
Peer Observation: What to Consider and Available Tools for In-Person and OnlinePeer review of teaching may include in-class observations and/or providing feedback on a variety of teaching artifacts and practices. Within this, there are many aspects of teaching that may be of interest. It is important to discuss and decide what it is you want your peer to observe or review (as the instructor) and how you might go about collecting information (as an observer). In this session, we will look at various dimensions of teaching that you may seek feedback on and some tools and strategies already available that might help when it comes time to collect and present data on your teaching. During the session, we will also review some of these differences and the approaches you may take to engage in the peer review process for online teaching. We will also briefly touch on some options for remote observations of teaching for face-to-face teaching. |
Facilitators
Kate Crane, Educational Developer (Online Pedagogy)
Elizabeth Gillis, PhD (she/her), Associate Director (Acting), Educational Developer (Curriculum)
Intended Audience
- Faculty
- Staff
- Graduate Students (all except in-person workshops)
This event is open to those external to AV俱乐部.
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