Teaching and Learning Advisory Group (TLAG)
The mission of the Teaching and Learning Advisory Group (TLAG) is to guide Learning and Teaching Services (LTS) on how to foster teaching excellence at Algonquin College.
The group focuses on identifying and addressing faculty training and professional development needs by:
- Consulting with students and faculty for feedback on their teaching and learning experiences
- Defining key terms and concepts related to teaching and learning at the college
- Researching educational practices at other institutes
- Communicating LTS services to departments and faculty members
- Investigating the professional development needs of faculty
- Advising LTS on the creation of comprehensive and targeted teaching development opportunities
- Examining niche teaching and learning needs
- Encouraging enthusiasm for teaching and learning
Ongoing Projects
Background and Results
In the winter of 2019, the Teaching and Learning Advisory Group (TLAG) was created, and one of their first recommendations was the development of a college-wide teaching training needs survey to capture the voices of LTS’s clientele. The survey was launched in August 2019. A formal report was published in December, 2019. You can read the report and recommendations here.
We thank everyone for their contributions to this project. We are still working on implementing what you told us. Here’s an overview of what we’ve accomplished, and what we still have to do:
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We need more awareness of training opportunities. |
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Improve the PD experience of ‘other-than-full-time’ faculty. |
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Include more relevant training themes to the different types of learning that occurs. |
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More diverse topics. |
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Introduce new modalities and more broad scheduling. |
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If you have any questions about this group, please reach out to Farbod Karimi at karimif@algonquincollege.com.