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Teaching & Learning Collaborative

The Teaching & Learning Collaborative (TLC) at SUNY Adirondack provides dedicated instructional support for credit and noncredit teaching faculty by offering online teaching support, training, workshops, self-paced resources and a dedicated faculty resource space.

The TLC Resource Room is available from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Faculty are invited to use computers, collaboration space, copier/scanner/printer and basic classroom supplies in the TLC, located in Adirondack Hall, Room 144.

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Faculty support and resources

The TLC Brightspace Faculty Guide* includes step-by-step instructions and links to how to videos. The Brightspace Updates for Faculty and Staff document* has the latest information about changes to faculty tools in Brightspace.

*Faculty login required.

Faculty support drop-in hours (no appointment necessary) are offered each week via Zoom or in person. Drop-in hours are subject to change, so please check the TLC Events Calendar for  dates and times. 

TLC Coordinator Doris Ostrander is available to consult with faculty on best practices in teaching and learning. These consultations are offered on a limited basis. Faculty needing technical support with Brightspace are encouraged to attend Doris’ faculty drop-in hours.
 

Additional faculty support resources and best practices are available in the TLC Faculty Development community on Brightspace (faculty login required).

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Faculty development opportunities

The TLC Events Calendar lists on-campus workshops, faculty drop-in hours and other professional development events for faculty. This also includes free faculty development webinars from the SUNY Center for Professional Development (CPD) and other SUNY campuses. For more information, please contact Doris Ostrander or your division’s TLC faculty representative.

Tip: In the upper-right corner of the calendar, you can switch between Week, Month and Agenda views.

Each year, the TLC, in collaboration with the Vice President of Academic Affairs, hosts Faculty Development Day.

Past keynote speakers include:

  • Amy Baldwin, Ed.D.
  • Emily Bovier, Ph.D.
  • Robert Talbert, Ph.D.
     

 

The SUNY Center for Professional Development (CPD) offers a wide variety of certificate programs and courses for faculty.

Faculty can find additional information about these SUNY events, including calls for proposals, in the TLC Faculty Development community on Brightspace (faculty login required). The dates of SUNY webinars, conferences and symposia are listed on the TLC Events Calendar as they are announced.

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