The Mission of the CTLA
The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment cultivates communities of inquiry and practice to promote excellent teaching, learning, and scholarship in the liberal arts. We nurture the learning environment of Grinnell College by fostering conversation and reflection at the intersection of pedagogy, the scholarship of teaching and learning, instructional design, and academic technologies. We advance practices of teaching and learning that are accessible, inclusive, and grounded in the best available evidence.
Community Friday, April 3: “The Best Thing I Do as an Adviser,” with Danielle Lussier, Kate Ferraro, Jonathan (Nate) Wells, and Stephanie Jones
HSSC A1231
noon—1 p.m.
Lunch buffet will open at 11:45 a.m.
Please RSVP by March 31 at this link: Community Friday RVSP for April 3
One of Grinnell’s celebrated identities is our individually advised curriculum: faculty and staff working with students to help them plan for their futures and navigate their presents. Because academic advising happens one-on-one, behind closed doors, the moves that advisers make are therefore largely unseen. What actions do advisers take that they find particularly effective — either for their students, or for themselves? Let’s gather and find out!
This session will begin with a panel of advisers — Danielle Lussier, Kate Ferraro, Jonathan (Nate) Wells, and Stephanie Jones — who will each share a nugget from their practice. Then we hope to capture all the ideas shared by everyone in the room during robust table conversation. Let’s bring advising out into the open and share and celebrate what each of us feels works best.
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