The Engaged Teacher: From Concept to Classroom

Resource type: Microcredential
Intended for: New faculty, emerging practitioners

Contributors: Megan McFarland, Grant Scribner, Kendra Woodstead

The Engaged Teacher: From Concept to Classroom Microcredential offers faculty the opportunity to explore, experiment, and enhance their teaching practices with personalized support.

This 10-hour program encourages participants to delve into teaching ideas sparked by past experiences, new insights, or persistent challenges. Through guided exploration, collaborative consultations, and reflective practice, faculty implement and refine strategies tailored to their disciplines and classrooms. Upon completion, participants earn an OAI Teaching Innovator digital badge and receive recognition as Featured Engaged Teachers in OAI’s monthly newsletter, showcasing their commitment to meaningful teaching innovation.

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In this module, explore foundational and specialization resources from PSU’s Office of Academic Innovation to spark ideas, address challenges, and identify new strategies to enhance your teaching practice.

  • Discover new teaching strategies and approaches to address challenges, barriers, or curiosities in your classroom.
  • Reflect on current practices and identify opportunities for growth and innovation in your teaching.
  • Select and share articles that inspire or support your chosen area of focus for implementation.

In this module, expand your knowledge by selecting and exploring an external resource of your choice to deepen understanding of a new teaching strategy or area of interest.

  • Identify an external resource that aligns with your chosen teaching strategy or area of interest.
  • Gain deeper insights into your selected topic through independent exploration.
  • Share evidence of the resource and its relevance to your teaching context in the artifact submission page.

In this module, connect with OAI staff to discuss your area of interest and collaborate on crafting an implementation plan tailored to your teaching goals.

  • Engage in a consultation with OAI staff to discuss the chosen teaching strategy or area of interest.
  • Collaborate to develop a personalized implementation plan tailored to your teaching goals, using provided templates and examples.
  • Submit evidence of correspondence and the completed implementation plan in the artifact submission page.

In this module, implement your new teaching strategy or idea. Put your plan into action to enhance your teaching practice and prepare for reflection.

  • Implement a new teaching strategy or idea developed in the previous modules.
  • Apply the implementation plan to a real teaching context to explore its impact.
  • Prepare to share insights and results from the implementation.

In this module, reflect on your implementation experience and share insights, challenges, and future implications for your teaching practice.

  • Reflect on the implementation process, including successes, challenges, and key takeaways.
  • Articulate insights gained and their implications for future teaching practices.
  • Share a written, audio, or video reflection to document and communicate the experience.