I felt uncomfortable at those sessions critiquing or criticizing a colleague's work. I have a hard time with the word "critical."

A Learning Community is where 30 students taking two of the same classes live on the same floor or building. There are many different Learning Communities to choose from and all offer classes required or sought after by new students. Any new freshmen student can sign up to participate in a Learning Community. Information about Learning Communities is mailed out in March. (Back to top) See similar questions...

The characteristics are the same as the Standards for Staff Development. The National Staff Development Council's revised Standards for Staff Development reflect what NSDC and the broader staff development community have learned about professional learning since the creation of the original standards in 1995. Staff development standards provide direction for designing a professional development experience that ensures educators acquire the necessary knowledge and skills. See similar questions...

The National Staff Development Council (2001) recently revised its standards for staff (professional) development (http://www.nsdc.org/standards/). There are 12 standards, divided into three categories: context standards, process standards, and content standards. See similar questions...

Approaching Diversity through Learning Communities, by Emily Decker Lardner, Co-Director, Washington Center. Diversity work on campuses takes many forms, and at their best, learning communities build on this existing work. Learning communities can be designed to invite students from under-represented groups into the academy, and to help them stay and be academically successful." DiversityWeb is a project of AAC&U's Office of Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives (ODEGI). See similar questions...

Yes! However, there are some that are only open to certain academic programs. For example, the Whitman School of Management Learning Community is not open to students in The College of Arts and Sciences. Please contact our office or consult an academic advisor in your home school or college if you have questions about your academic requirements. See similar questions...

We welcome ideas for new learning communites from students, faculty, and staff. Please contact our office to explore the possibilities. See similar questions...

No. Learning communities are optional. However, first-year students are randomly assigned to a residence hall space unless they choose a residential learning community. See similar questions...

Sure! Please email our office, or call us at 315-443-2079, and we will put you in touch with one of our LC students. See similar questions...

Students typically meet their bus at a major airport in their region of study. You are responsible for all travel costs getting to and from your bus community at the beginning and end of the semester as well as over mid-term break. Some students go home over break, others stay in hostels or go camping. See similar questions...

The SelfDesign Learning Community (SDLC) is a government-certified learning option in British Columbia, formally identified as a Group 1 Independent School. As well, though all our learners live and learn in their own homes, SDLC is not considered "homeschooling" by the Ministry of Education but rather a government-funded and certified "Distributed Learning" (Internet-based) program. See similar questions...

Virtually all residential freshmen will live in a residence hall where their classmates from their first year seminar course in the Fall semester also live. About one-quarter of the class opts into one of the offered themed learning communities. Information about the themed communities is available on the web and a brochure with highlights is mailed to all accepted new students during the Spring semester. See similar questions...

You will most likely find out in mid-July. If you are selected, your class schedule will automatically be adjusted by the Registrar's Office to ensure that you are enrolled in the appropriate section of the first year seminar course Augustine and Culture Seminar (Traditions in Conversation and Modernity and its Discontents) and the one-credit workshop, if applicable. Likewise, your housing assignment will reflect your selection into a program. See similar questions...

The themed Learning Communities are designed to enhance the experience of the student in an area in which the student has a special interest. The themed communities also assist students during their first year in discovering the links between the learning that students experience inside the classroom with their learning experiences outside of the classroom. Students participating in the programs have been very happy with their choice to participate. See similar questions...

A Learning Community is an exciting way to take two classes that are linked around a common theme. Since you have two or more faculty teaching, you get differing points of view, which makes the class very stimulating. See similar questions...

Details on becoming a Challenger Learning Center community can be found here. Communities interested in opening a facility can expect the entire effort to take approximately 24 to 48 months. The process is divided into three main stages: Exploration, Application, and Development. Challenger Center invites you to learn more about the process. Use Rover, our interactive map, to find contact information for the Regional Director who works with your state. See similar questions...

Community Learning Centres (CLC) have been established in 16 countries as of 2002, as potential grass-roots-based institutions for the delivery of literacy, basic and continuing education and other community development activities. Please see http://www.unescobkk.org/education/appeal/topic01.htm for more details. See similar questions...

By taking the position of the "Lead Learner" - first setting an example and second by creating an expectation. If you can find just three minutes a day (that is all it takes from Monday through Friday, September through May) so can your colleagues. Please tell them that you are every bit as busy as they are and you can find three minutes each day. Administrators rarely are too busy. They are too pre-occupied with other things. It is your responsibility to provide some sense of priorities. See similar questions...

Color: "Every color you have ever seen, and a few you haven't." Solid colors prevail. Bay, chestnut, gray, roan, palomino, black, etc. (Rarely pintos, no appaloosas.) Appearance: Large eyes, long mane and tail, good solid body, strong, yet refined legs, high headset (proud) when in action, rounded croup and low tail set. Termino": The natural showy outward rolling of the front limbs when the horse is moving foreword. Pasos are born with this characteristic. See similar questions...