Spring 2026
Alternative Grading Series
Join us on zoom to learn about creative and empirically supported ways to grade student
work. All meetings will be 1:00-2:00 on Wednesdays in February.
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February 4 - Discussion of the article "Grading is Broken" from the Chronicle
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February 11 - Gamified Learning with Karen Kortz
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February 18 - Ungrading with Brianna Cox
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February 25 - Grading subjective work, Panel Discussion
Register here
"The Opposite of Cheating" Book Club
Join us for an easy-going book club on "The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity
in the Age of AI" by Tricia Bertram Gallant and David A Rettinger. Over 5 meetings,
we will read and discuss this "positive and practical" book that (provocatively) recognizes
cheating as "normal and natural student behavior" and helps educators reframe academic
integrity as a pathway to intentional and authentic learning.
Wednesdays from 4:00-5:30 on Zoom
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February 4 - Introduction and Chapter 1
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February 11 - Chapters 2 and 3
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February 18 - Chapters 4 and 5
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February 25 - Chapters 6 and 7
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March 4 - Application
Register Here
Faculty Fellow events on SoTL
Karen Kortz, CTE's Faculty Fellow on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) will be offering workshops and
a Faculty Learning Community for the last semester.
Workshops:
Introduction to SoTL?
📆Monday, 2/2/26
⏰2:30-3:00
or
📆Tuesday, 2/3/26
⏰9:15-9:45
📍Zoom
🌟Worth 2 CTE Knights Points
This short 30-minute workshop will introduce the concepts of the Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning (SoTL). It is designed for faculty who want to learn the basics and those
who are deciding if they want to engage in SoTL further.
SoTL Workshop
📆Friday, 2/27/26
⏰10:30-12:30
📍Zoom
🌟Worth 6 CTE Knights Points
This 2-hour workshop will describe the concepts of the Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning (SoTL) and give faculty time to discuss their own ideas for projects. It
is designed for faculty who want to learn strategies and gain advice to engage in
SoTL further.
Register for Workshops Here
SoTL Support Group FLC
📆⏰Wednesdays, 2:30-4:00
or
📆⏰Thursday, 1:30-3:00
📍Zoom
🌟Worth 15 CTE Knights Points
Do you have an ongoing SoTL project or plans to start one? Join this group to have
the support of peers and be held accountable for continuing your work. Over five meetings
we will set goals and deadlines, share ideas, and support each other in our SoTL projects.
You will leave with a SoTL project or progress report to present at the CTE Spring
Symposium and elsewhere and a network of peers at CCRI who are interested in SoTL.
Register for FLC Here
Don't forget, you can fill out an Implementation Plan if you want to use anything you learn from any professional development in your classes
for 4 CTE Knights points.
You have until Spring Symposium in May to earn 35 points for a Green Level Certificate
or 70 points for a Gold Level Certificate!
Disaggregated Data Requests
In February 2022, I (Rachel) was able to see my course data for General Psychology
(a course I have taught many times here at CCRI) disaggregated by race and ethnicity.
The results were surprising and difficult for me to face. Despite that, I’m very glad that I did it, and I’m looking forward to trying some
new strategies in my courses to try to close the equity gaps I found.
If you’d like to check out your own course data, request a meeting to get started.
This is a confidential process and is for your professional development only. Results
are not shared with chairs, deans, or the VPAA.
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supports continuous development and champions high-impact, equitable teaching and
learning practices for our diverse student body.
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We Respond and Lead
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