Join the Institute for Teaching & Learning and Bouncing Back from COVID-19 to spend the day with Kevin Gannon.
Kevin Gannon is the Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Professor of History at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. He is the author of Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto, published in April, 2020, as part of the Teaching and Learning in Higher Education series from West Virginia University Press. He is a regular contributor to the Chronicle of Higher Education, and his work has also appeared in outlets such as Vox, CNN, and The Washington Post. In 2016, he appeared in the Oscar-nominated documentary 13th, directed by Ava DuVernay. You can find Kevin online at his blog, thetattooedprof.com, and on Twitter: @TheTattooedProf.
Schedule: Keynote Presentations
All sessions will be held on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 in McKay Auditorium in Beeghly College of Education.
Virtual attendance option: Sessions will be live streamed online, but virtual audience participation is not supported.
Listening Is Not Enough: Sustaining a Culture of Belonging
Audience: All Student Affairs, Co-Curricular, and Student Supporting Staff Members
Time: 8:00-9:30a
Refreshments: Continental breakfast
Incentives: All in-person attendees will be entered into a raffle at the end of the presentation -- 3 winners will get their choice of a standing desk, FitBit, or Apple Watch.
Description: When we say we listen to our students, they often wonder if we really hear them. This session explores the research on students’ sense of belonging to suggest ways in which we all can create a campus environment that welcomes, supports, and retains students. Using an equity and justice lens, we’ll examine strategies that campus units can implement to create a culture of belonging in which all of our students have the opportunities and resources to be successful. RSVP
A Pedagogy of Hope in the Classroom
Audience: All full- and part-time faculty and instructors
Time: 2:00-4:00p (Presentation will last about an hour, with time afterwards for Q&A & book-signing)
Refreshments: Light refreshments
Incentives: All in-person attendees will receive a copy of Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto and be entered into a raffle at the end of the presentation -- 4 winners will get their choice of 1 of 2 standing desks, a FitBit, or Apple Watch.
Description: While it may seem counterintuitive to talk about a pedagogy of hope in our current, fraught times, hope is the very foundation of student success. In this sense, hope is the product of agency and pathways. For our students to feel genuine hope that they will be successful in their time with us, they have to believe that success is in their power to achieve (agency), but also be able to discern what routes they need to take to reach it (pathways). This session will ask participants to imagine their own approaches to teaching and learning within this larger framework of creating hope for students. We’ll look at some of the most significant barriers to learning—such as not feeling a sense of belonging, or “mismatched” approaches to the learning climate—and identify specific strategies and practices to mitigate them. Finally, we’ll consider how embedding our pedagogy in an ethic of hope can help us find solidarity and community with our colleagues and sustain us in doing the hard work of teaching. Session will include a book-signing. RSVP
Schedule: Invited Group Sessions
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How Institutional Leaders can Support a Pedagogy of Hope
Audience: Leaders in Academic Affairs, College Deans, Academic Chairpersons
Time: 10:00-11:30a
Description: This session will focus on how campus leaders can support faculty and staff engaged in the mission-critical work of creating inclusive and equitable teaching and learning spaces. We’ll discuss ways to approach the work of improving persistence, retention, and learning outcomes by tangibly supporting those directly engaged in it, and strategies which both affirm and sustain it.
Lunch & Learn
Audience: Members of the Academic Senate Teaching and Learning Committee
Time: 12:00-1:30p
Finding Your Agency as a New Professional Q&A
Audience: Graduate Students in the Masters of Counseling: Student Affairs Track
Time: 4:30-5:30p