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LTI-CUL-005
Conduct joint multi-day summer training institutes for active learning integration
Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearwith adaptationFour-year to four-yearwith adaptation
Mechanism
A summer institute of a few days or a month puts faculty from both sectors into the same room on teaching. Community college courses end up designed for the kind of instruction students meet at the university.
Preconditions
Funding for stipends or course release for faculty from both campuses.
Owner, by role
Director of Faculty Development / Academic Provost
Who can act
Both institutions jointly
Effort
Medium, 6 months to first visible effect
Outcome metric
Shared faculty training hours; post-transfer performance in STEM courses
Failure modes
High faculty workloads or inadequate stipends can lead to low participation, particularly among community college adjunct faculty.
Contra-indications
None stated
Related practices
- LTI-CUL-004 Secure joint transfer-focused grants to fund collaborative curriculum alignment