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Service Learning & Civic Engagement: Service Learning is a method of teaching and learning that enriches academic life and life-long learning by engaging students in meaningful hands-on service to the community while gaining valuable knowledge and skills that integrate with course objectives. Service learning focuses on critical reflective thinking and experiential learning that address local needs and foster civic responsibility. (Campus Compact) Contact Prof. Sarah Hoiland, Email: SHOILAND@hostos.cuny.edu

Point (Peer observation Improvement Network for Teaching): The point of peer observations is to foster reflection on what is the primary purpose for the existence of any college—teaching and learning. As faculty, feedback is offered through peer observations, student evaluations, and grade reports. Peer observation is the only one of those three that offers witnessed information that supports a recommendation for growth. Contact Prof. Diana Macri, Email: DMACRI@hostos.cuny.edu

Team-Based Learning: Team-Based Learning is an opportunity for students to work on assignments in class in teams on a regular basis rather than the sporadic “turn to your partner and work on this assignment in class”. At Hostos, the members of the focus group on incorporating working with groups in the classroom or team-based learning have met to share the reason, purpose, strategies, and best practices for students working in groups or teams. Several members of our focus group have experienced success with team-based learning and have made presentations and shared their students’ collaborative projects. We have only begun to scratch the surface on improving the technique of teaching using groups in the classroom. Contact Prof. Sandy Figueroa, Email: SFIGUEROA@hostos.cuny.edu

SoTL: The Hostos CTL Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) group arose from a conversation among four faculty members from different departments who were interested in documenting their approach to teaching -through an inquiry lens. Contact Prof. Nelson Nuñez-Rodriguez, Email: NNRODRIGUEZ@hostos.cuny.edu

Writing Group: The Hostos Writing Group provides a collegial support-system for faculty as they work toward publication. All faculty are invited to submit their work for review, regardless of where they are at in their writing. Contact Prof. Jacqueline DiSanto, Email: JDISANTO@hostos.cuny.edu