The USC Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET) announces a Faculty Learning Community pilot, a community of practice open to all faculty. Members of the year-long Faculty Learning Community will divide into self-selected cohorts to tackle challenges in teaching large-enrollment courses (75+ students).

This interdisciplinary experience is designed to be a space where faculty share ideas, seek support from one another for problem solving, and discuss effective practices. Each cohort in the community will produce a project that will be shared with USC colleagues at the April 11 CET Faculty Showcase.

The Faculty Learning Community includes a series of facilitated monthly Zoom meetings held on Mondays from 1:30pm – 3:00pm Pacific time. The community will be limited to 24 participants.

Participants will be expected to

• Teach a large-enrollment course in Spring 2022
• Attend monthly meetings
• Self-select a community cohort to work with throughout the academic year
• Actively participate and collaborate with colleagues in their cohort
• Complete a project, selected and created by the cohort
• Present the completed project to USC community during the April CET Faculty Showcase

Dates and agendas of Live Zoom Sessions 

Monday from 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Pacific Time

• August 30: Needs assessment
• September 27: Sharing of research and literature review
• October 25: Cohort decision on project topic and design
• November 22: Facilitated workshop time
• January 10: Peer presentations, critique and feedback
• February 7: Facilitated workshop time
• March 7: Finalize presentations and projects
• April 11: CET Faculty Showcase presentations

For questions about the CET Faculty Learning Community program, contact Ingrid Steiner at ingridst@usc.edu