A professional learning community is a group of practitioners that meets on a regular basis to share expertise and collaborate to improve their teaching. POGIL Learning Communities are designed to support new practitioners throughout their first years of implementation, to identify available resources to promote sustainability and improve pedagogical practices, and to build connections to the POGIL community.
Communities of 3-5 practitioners will participate in
10 one-hour sessions during the academic year, led by an experienced POGIL facilitator. Participants will be introduced to the professional development and networking resources provided by the POGIL Project and engage in collaborative discussion to address
- facilitation challenges and successes
- process skill development and assessment
- barriers and catalysts to implementation
- student responses to POGIL
- other relevant topics as they arise.
Participants will engage with Leaders and disciplinary/topical guests at
4 all-cohort meetings throughout the academic year:
- T July 25th 2023 (orientation meeting)
- W Oct 25th 2023
- Th Jan 25th 2024
- Th Apr 25th 2024
To sustain participation, practitioners will benefit from:
- a network of experienced practitioners who will be available for discipline- or level-based questions
- a community of peers that you can continue to connect with beyond the program
- a $250 scholarship to an advanced POGIL workshop. (Minimum of 75% participation required)
- a copy of "POGIL: An Introduction to Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning for Those Who Wish to Empower Learners" - Edited by Shawn Simonson, as well as other POGIL resources
- documentation for continuing professional development credits
Participants will have attended a POGIL workshop by the end of July 2023 and have intentions to use POGIL activities in their classroom in the upcoming academic year.
Applications are due by the end of Friday, June 2, 2023.
Selected Participants will be notified by June 7 and affirmation of participation will be due June 30, 2023.
