Professional Practice
1.5 Contributing to a culture of continuous learning, reflective practice, peer support, and inter-professional collaboration
The Professor of the 21st Century plays an integral role in modelling professional practice within the discipline of teaching. The following links are resources that professors can consult for ongoing professional collaboration and reflective practices.
Reflecting on your Teaching Practice
- Advice for Implementing Best Practices from Professional Development Sessions
- Joy Ride More Teaching Tips for Reflection Rejuvenation and Renewal
- Scholarship of Teaching: Enhancing the quality of your teaching through Reflective Practice
- Six Things that Make College Teachers Successful
- What the Best Online Teachers Should Do
Scholarship of Teaching
The following is a list of resource sites, articles and journals on the Scholarship of Teaching for ongoing professional development:
- Academica Forum
- Center for Teaching Vanderbilt University
- College Teaching
- Essays on Teaching Excellence
- Faculty Focus
- Idea Papers
- Journal of Educators Online
- Online Cl@ssroom
- Reflective Practice
- Speaking of Teaching
- Teaching in Higher Education
- The Journal of Effective Teaching
- Transformative Dialogues: Teaching & Learning eJournal
Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Information Sessions
- Professional Graduate Programs Info Session: How are They Different? Presentation by Western University (January 30 2018)
Teaching Feedback for Continuous Professional Development
Feedback from micro teaching sessions, teaching triads, and mid term student feedback reports enable professors to receive ongoing, constructive feedback on their current teaching practice. Use the forms below in your face-to-face, hybrid and online learning environments.
- Course Questionnaire Template
- Formative Course Feedback
- Mid Term Student Evaluation Feedback Template
- Start Stop Continue Template for Student Feedback
- Using Student Evaluations to Improve Teaching
- What is a Teaching Observational Session?
College Strategic Framework & Policies
To ensure the health, safety and security of all students, faculty and staff, and the proper and fair operation of the College as an academic institution and employer, ensure you are familiar with the College’s policies.