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Building Community

Building Community. Getting Off on the Right Foot for Success Bruce Imber & Greg Luce, Bucks County Community College. Introductions. Who are we? Who are you?. Goals for this session. Introduce the value of building community Share ideas, best practices, and experiences.

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Building Community

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  1. Building Community Getting Off on the Right Foot for Success Bruce Imber & Greg Luce, Bucks County Community College

  2. Introductions • Who are we? • Who are you?

  3. Goals for this session • Introduce the value of building community • Share ideas, best practices, and experiences

  4. Common classroom issues • Attendance and “disappearing” students • Distractions (cell-phones and texting) • Lack of student interaction (participation and feedback) • Disruptive students • Student differences at community college (diverse backgrounds, experiences, learning styles and skill levels) • What else do you experience?

  5. How can community address these issues? • Community building contributes to or enhances: • Collaborative & cooperative learning • Respect and responsibility • Increased motivation & commitment • Engagement & ownership

  6. It starts with the First-day • Setting the stage for a welcoming classroom • Introductions & learning names • Explaining expectations • Teaching how to be a successful student

  7. Introductions & learning names • Quickly learning student’s names helps create a connection and demonstrates your respect for the students • Allowing students to meet each other builds a sense of belonging and a network

  8. Taking students’ pictures

  9. Establish expectations • Shared decision making • name and negotiate class norms • Manage discussions • Avoid monopolizers • Encourage participation from all • Teach students to be students

  10. Obstacles to consider • Room set-up • Student resistance • Handling disagreements • Social loafing

  11. How do you build community on the first day and beyond?

  12. Works Cited Nevins, K. J. "Building Community in the College Classroom." Building Community in the College Classroom. Web. 28 Feb. 2012. <http://www.bethel.edu/media/university/faculty/engaged-teaching/media/BuildingCommunity-knevins.pdf>. Provitera-McGlynn, Angela. Successful Beginnings for College Teaching: Engaging Your Students from the First Day. Madison, WI: Atwood Pub., 2001. Print. "TEACHING TIPS." Honolulu Community College. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. <http://www2.honolulu.hawaii.edu/facdev/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm> Eggleston, T. J., & Smith, G. E.. “Creating community in the class: The use of ice-breakers and parting ways”. Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology Online. Web. 29 Feb. 2012 <http:www.teachpsych.org/otrp/resources/eggleston04.pdf> “Getting Results - Module 1: Creating a Community of Learners” The League for Innovation in the Community College. Web. January 3, 2012 <http://www.league.org/gettingresults/web/p/module1.pdf> Bell, Annette “A Model for the Creation of Meaningful Community College Learning Experiences,” Introduction to Creating a Learning-Centered Environment.” Tompkins Cortland Community College. Web. January 3, 2012 <http://www.dialogueonlearning.tc3.edu/model/.../introduction-grp.htm> Thorton, Tracey. “Icebreaker Activities,” University of Texas-Dallas, School of Arts and Humanities. Web. 3 Jan 2012. <http://www.utdallas.edu/ah/rhetoric/tips/icebreakers.html> Gross Davis, Barbara. "Encouraging Student Participation in Discussion," Tools for Teaching, Jossey-Bass Publishers. 1993 n.d. Web. 3 Jan 2012. <http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/participation.html> Povlacs, Joyce T. "101 Things You Can Do the First Three Weeks of Class," Teaching at UNL, Vol. 8, No. 1, August 1986. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Web. 3 Jan 2012. <www.unl.edu/gradstudies/current/dev/teachingtools/101things.shtml> "Ice Breakers - NIU - Orientation and the First-Year Experience." Northern Illinois University, Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management. Web. 3 Jan 2012. <http://www.niu.edu/orientation/firstyear_conn/res_Icebreakers.shtml> Peterson, Deb. “Top 10 Ice Breakers for Adults: Don't Like Silly Games for Adults? There Are Other Choices.” About.com. Web. 3 Jan 2012. http://adulted.about.com/od/icebreakers/tp/toptenicebreakers.htm Billington, Dorothy. "Seven Characteristics of Highly Effective Adult Learning Programs." New Horizons for Learning. John Hopkins University School of Education, n.d. Web. 3 Jan 2012. <http://education.jhu.edu/newhorizons/lifelonglearning/workplace/articles/characteristics/index.html>.

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