Faculty Learning Communities
The Center for Teaching and Learning would like to invite you to join a group of faculty for regular, biweekly discussions about teaching and learning. In these groups, called Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs), we take on important pedagogical issues of your choosing by discussing readings and sharing our own experiences.
The FLC program is open to anyone who teaches full-time, whether on a contract or tenured/tenure-track. The program resembles a book- or journal club, focused on a specific topic or topics of mutual interest related to teaching and learning. Participants will be expected to complete the (brief) readings and make a good faith effort to attend all of the in-person meetings, which will be scheduled approximately every two weeks throughout the term.
Whether you're looking for new ideas about teaching and learning; a supportive environment in which you can encounter, explore, practice new classroom techniques; a supportive and inspiring community of peers; or a forum to read and discuss recent scholarship, we'd love to welcome you to one of our FLCs.
2025–2026 Offerings
In Fall 2025 the CTL will sponsor two Faculty Learning Communities:
New Faculty | Meets every other Friday, 1–2pm, starting August 27
Faculty in their first two years at Brandeis are warmly invited to join their peers and the CTL Director for an hour of unstructured conversation, celebration, and commiseration about the successes and challenges that everyone experiences as they make their way in a new career phase and/or at a new institution. Members of the learning community are encouraged to suggest topics, shared readings, and special guests to the rest of the group, and the CTL will do its best to bring those resources to the table. You are welcome to bring your own lunch; coffee and light refreshments will be available.
Artificial Intelligence | Meeting schedule TBD
Faculty who would like to join a community of fellow instructors dedicated to exploring and experimenting with pedagogical uses of generative AI are encouraged to join this group. Sessions will include a mix of show-and-tell, as participants and special guests demonstrate assignments, chatbots, and other AI workflows they are developing for their courses, and discussion of readings, as we attempt to reason through and develop some best practices for our respective disciplines and schools.
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Community Engaged Pedagogy Faculty Learning Community
Community engaged pedagogies (CEP) integrate community engagement - e.g., site visits, problem based learning, applied research projects, internships, etc. - into courses as key components of student learning.
There are many ways to center community engagement in a course, depending on the discipline, the learning goals, the size of the class, the academic preparation of the students, and the partnership or project type.
This Faculty Learning Community will support participants in considering how they might include CEP in their courses, in any discipline.
Over six highly interactive and collaborative sessions, we will consider best practices, ethical issues, and resources—at COMPACT and beyond—for faculty interested in this high impact approach to teaching and learning. Participants will receive a stipend of $500 upon completion, and will be well prepared to apply for CEP grants for their courses.
Please email Sara Shostak with any questions.
Faculty Learning Community for Writing Intensive Courses (FLC-WI)
Do you wish that you had a community of writing instructors with whom to share ideas and discuss the challenges of teaching writing? All faculty who teach classes that incorporate writing are invited to apply to participate in a spring 2025 faculty learning community, which will meet ~2 times per month. Up to 5 participants will be selected based on interest, disciplinary diversity, and availability, and will receive a $500 honorarium upon completion of the semester. By bringing together WI instructors from across the curriculum, we can provide mutual support, develop innovative and literature-based pedagogy, and ultimately better serve our students. Instructors of Writing Intensive courses outside the University Writing Program (UWP) will be given priority, but UWP instructors will be considered if space allows.
Please email Elissa Jacobs (UWP) with any questions.
Fall 2023 FLC participants
LATTE page for Fall 2023 FLC
| Participant |
Department / Program |
| Chunzi Chai |
Chinese Language Program, GRALL
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| Jennifer Cleary |
Theater Arts
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| Katrin Fischer |
University Writing Program
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| Hollie Harder |
French and Francophone Studies
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| Pito Salas |
Computer Science |
| Rebecca Sausville |
Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies |
| Mariam Sheibani |
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies |
| Sara Shostak |
Sociology & Health: Science, Society, and Policy (HSSP) |
| Aida Wong |
Fine Arts, East Asian Studies, & Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies |
Spring 2023 FLC participants
LATTE page for Spring 2023 FLC
| Participant |
Department / Program |
| Dar Brooks-Hedstrom |
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies & Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies |
| Brad Garvey |
Music |
| Christine Grienberger |
Biology, Neuroscience Program |
| Ashley Miller |
Economics
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| Julia Sauve |
Legal Studies
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