Affective CURRICULUM & FACULTY professional development
Evidence abounds that affective curriculum transforms student’s college identity, self-efficacy and sense of belonging, all of which leads to retention and completion. How can faculty who have been trained in their cognitive disciplines learn the activities and see modeled an affective curriculum?
In order for faculty to understand the experiential pedagogy of the Foundation Course, they need a hands-on experience of the content because faculty’s formal education doesn’t usually include experiential pedagogy. The Faculty Experiential Learning Institute (FELI) is a five-day version of the Foundation Course curriculum designed for community college faculty, staff and administrators. Teachers who go through the FELI find the skills they learn there useful not only in the classroom, but in their personal and broader professional lives as well. The theme of the FELI is “Reconceptualizing Education.”
The FELI was transforming, exhausting and enlightening. It took my communication skills and my leadership skills to the next level. –FELI Faculty Participant
After the FELI I was more willing to take chances in the classroom, and be more vulnerable to students. It helps me connect to the students, to put myself out there, and expose myself in terms of humanity so they show more of themselves.— FELI Faculty Participant
Evidence of Effectiveness
Faculty Professional Development Outcome Studies