Faculty Developement Project

Announcing BRIDGING THE COLLEGES

• A Faculty Development Seminar for Community and Senior College Faculty in the Bronx
• What are the academic literacies students need to succeed at CUNY?
• What are the broad purposes of courses in the General Education curriculum?
• How can collaboration among faculty in the CUNY Bronx schools smooth the transition from community to senior college?
• What can we learn from visiting each other’s classrooms?
• What can this collaboration teach us about the values we bring to our classrooms, the differences in our disciplines, and the ways we teach?

Join 12 CUNY faculty in a new initiative, Bridging the Colleges, during the 2009-2010 academic year. Explore the above questions in an interdisciplinary, inquiry-based seminar in which we examine theories and practices related to literacy development across the curriculum and design curriculum projects with colleagues from sister schools.

Schedule

4-7 PM on the following Mondays:

• October 19, November 16, December 14, February 8, March 15, April 12 (location will rotate)
• May 14: Final Presentation
• Seminar leaders: Professor Linda Hirsch, Hostos & Professor Robert Whittaker, Lehman

Stipend

• $1,500.00
• Open to all full-time faculty at Bronx Community College, Hostos Community College, and Lehman College. Experience in Writing across the Curriculum and/or General Ed courses preferred.  
• Applications due by September 25, 2009 

For a fuller description of Bridging the Colleges, go to http://www.lehman.edu/academics/general-education-test/college-project.php