{"id":42208,"date":"2017-02-08T17:43:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T17:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=42208"},"modified":"2017-02-08T23:53:53","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T23:53:53","slug":"faculty-learning-community-examines-global-issues-apply-now-for-2017-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/02\/08\/faculty-learning-community-examines-global-issues-apply-now-for-2017-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Learning Community examines global issues; apply now for 2017-18"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: Faculty are invited to apply now for the 2017-18 Globalizing Curriculum learning community. See details below.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Austin Community College faculty who teach a broad variety of disciplines are discovering how each can incorporate lessons on some of the world\u2019s most pressing issues.<\/p>\n

Members of college\u2019s Globalizing Curriculum Faculty Learning Community have spent the past year exploring ways to teach about global issues \u2013 specifically, human rights \u2013 in the context of their subjects. Through monthly discussions and presentations by global-studies experts, they develop expertise to share with students and faculty peers.<\/p>\n

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The Faculty Learning Community group has enhanced my appreciation for the vital connections we have with people around the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThe Faculty Learning Community group has enhanced my appreciation for the vital connections we have with people around the world,\u201d says Russ Blanchard, adjunct professor of English.<\/p>\n

ACC\u2019s Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning<\/a> (FCTL) introduced learning communities to give faculty across disciplines a chance to collaborate on teaching strategies and practices. Members select a focus, meet for a year, and prepare a project to share with colleagues or a broader audience.<\/p>\n

The Globalizing Curriculum FLC is a collaboration of ACC\u2019s International Programs Office and the University of Texas at Austin Hemispheres<\/a>, which secured grant funding for the group. ACC members receive visiting scholar status at UT, including access to university libraries.<\/p>\n

Jackie Childress, adjunct professor of business and technical communications, says because of her participation in the group, her students better understand how human rights issues impact doing business in the United States and abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaking accounting and business principles and concepts and seeing their real-world application has caused my students to think critically when they hear or read about an American company outsourcing jobs to nations whose human rights simply do not exist,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Adds Lillian Huerta, director of service learning and professor of student development, \u201cThe opportunity to engage in in-depth dialogue with your peers and human rights experts cannot be missed if you are committed to creating engaged thinkers and citizens of the world.\u00a0 There has never been a better time to take part in these types of dialogue.”<\/p>\n

2016-17 Globalizing Curriculum Faculty Learning Community<\/h2>\n

Samuel Echevarria-Cruz, professor of sociology; faculty facilitator
\nJill Bosch\u00e9, assistant adjunct professor of English and student development
\nRuss Blanchard, adjunct professor of English
\nJacqueline Childress, adjunct professor of business and technical communications
\nMichelle Crabtree, assistant adjunct professor, Adult Education; English for Speakers of Other Languages
\nKristina Flores, assistant professor of mathematics and developmental math
\nSally Holl, associate professor of geographic information systems
\nLillian Huerta, director of service learning and civic engagement; professor of student development
\nMichael Hydak, adjunct professor of foreign languages
\nSusan Glover, adjunct professor of developmental writing
\nDarla Johnson, adjunct professor of dance
\nMatiur Rahman, professor of chemistry
\nAaron Reynolds, adjunct professor of history
\nAllison Trahan, adjunct professor of business and technical communications<\/p>\n

Apply now for 2017-18<\/h2>\n

The FCTL is accepting applications for the 2017-18 Globalizing Curriculum learning community. Applications are due March 31 and participation is capped at 10 members. For more information or to apply, visit the Faculty Learning Community: Globalizing Curriculum<\/a> webpage.<\/p>\n

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