Mellon NW5C Roundtable on Best Pedagogical Practices

Hosted by Reed College
January 21-22, 2011

This faculty roundtable on best pedagogical practices is part of a series of gatherings for faculty members at Reed College, Lewis and Clark College, University of Puget Sound, Whitman College and Willamette College that will be held during 2010-11. These five colleges have received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to explore the potential for more collaboration between their institutions on faculty development, student enrichment, and resource sharing. If this first year of roundtable discussions is successful, the Northwest 5 College will apply to Mellon for a longer-term implementation grant. These roundtables are meant to help the group develop a sense of what kinds of collaboration across these institutions would be most beneficial and desirable to the faculty. The topics of the roundtables at the other four institutions are: Student-Faculty Research (Lewis and Clark), Community-Based Learning (U. of Puget Sound), Teacher-Scholar Career Development (Willamette), and Interdisciplinary and Cross-Disciplinary Programs (Whitman). As a reminder, presenting faculty and staff members will receive a stipend of $500.

All meetings are scheduled to take place at the Parker House. The hope is that all Reed participants will attend the common gatherings, such as lunch and dinner, so that informal conversation and connection can continue outside of the scheduled presentations.

Each session will last one hour, with about 20-30 minutes of presentation followed by 30 minutes of discussion.

Schedule of Presentations and Social Gatherings