Teaching Triangles
Building connections to enrich teaching & learning
The Teaching Triangles Program is designed to enrich teaching and build community through a structured, non-threatening process of classroom observations and shared reflections. This is not an evaluation.
About the Program
The Teaching Triangles Program is designed to enrich teaching and build community through a structured, non-threatening process of classroom observations and shared reflections. This is not an evaluation.
A Teaching Triangle is a group of three faculty from different disciplines who:
- engage in reciprocal classroom or online visits
- share teaching material
- reflect on classroom or online teaching activities
- chat with colleagues at a lunch meeting
Teaching Triangles are designed to create a safe, mutually-supportive, energizing environment for sharing the joys and challenges of teaching.
The cornerstones are:
- Appreciation of quality teaching skills in ourselves and our colleagues
- Self-referential reflection to acknowledge and improve our own teaching methods and techniques
- Mutual respect of our colleagues and our students in a variety of classroom settings
Program Highlights
- This program captures the best aspects of peer evaluation — observation and discussion — while eliminating the elements of judgment and evaluation.
- Participation in Teaching Triangles is a way to learn from and with colleagues.
- This project involves approximately 5 hours of your time in one semester.
Benefits
By participating in Teaching Triangle you will have an opportunity to: observe, analyze, & celebrate good teaching
- Increase your understanding of and appreciation for the work of colleagues
- Formulate a plan for enhancing your own teaching based on your observations and the shared reflections of your Square Partners