{"id":15921,"date":"2014-12-08T09:54:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T14:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/?p=15921"},"modified":"2021-08-13T10:16:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:16:29","slug":"get-ready-teach-first-fysm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2014\/get-ready-teach-first-fysm\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ready to teach your first FYSM"},"content":{"rendered":"

This program is no longer running. Please contact the EDC for other professional development opportunities.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

First-Year Seminar (FYSM)<\/a> courses are small classes (usually with 30 students) designed to give students the opportunity to discuss and research topics of interest in a core subject area. Because of their small sizes and emphasis on interactivity, FYSMs represent a different teaching challenge than the traditional lecture. This winter, the EDC wants to help you get ready for that challenge with its First-Year Seminar Institute<\/em>!<\/p>\n

Designed for graduate students, instructors, and faculty new to the experience of teaching first-year seminars, the First-Year Seminar Institute<\/em> will introduce you to effective practices for designing and facilitating such courses. The instructional approach will model the effective practices for creating an active, collaborative learning environment that participants will be studying. Facilitated by Morgan Rooney, Samah Sabra, and Anthony Marini, this focused, compact program provides the opportunity to work with educational developers and fellow FYSM instructors to develop a syllabus for an upcoming course. Upon completing this program, participants will be able to:<\/p>\n