Teaching and Learning Lab
New for 2024-25: Faculty Circles
Faculty circles invite you to pursue professional development at a time that works on your schedule. Let us know what your interests are, and we will handle the details of putting together a learning group, setting up the time and place, and providing content from campus experts and outside resources that will enhance your growth as a teacher, scholar, and faculty member. Click here to register!
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Learning Circles meet approximately once per month over the course of a semester (or so). Register here and let us know when you're available. Want to take on a topic that isn't listed? Use this form to propose new circles! |
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| AI Dive: A Learning Circle for Beginners | |
| Your Syllabus as a Tool to Promote Student Equity, Belonging, and Growth | |
| Ungrading, Grading, and Alternative Assessments | |
| Universal Design for Learning | |
| OER and FER: Eliminating Textbook Costs for Students | |
| Teaching with Beginner's Mind: A Trip Back to Faculty Orientation for Experienced Instructors | |
| Data Literacy (facilitated by Chris Choncek) |
| Quenching Burnout | A one-hour weekly debrief on teaching with colleagues to support you and help resolve your classroom challenges | |
| Recovering Deskatarians | You don't have to eat lunch alone at your desk every day! Once a week, make time for yourself and enjoy a casual lunch with a colleague. | |
| Downtown Destinations | Spend one hour a week trading fluorescent lights for fresh air and enjoy a walk around downtown with a small group of colleagues. |
View our Canvas Site for Curriculum Development
Welcome to the Teaching and Learning Lab at Point Park University! We exist to help faculty teach as well as they can to ensure that students can learn as well as they can. We strive to foster mindsets that fuel your curiosity and creativity and we build our work around the central belief that a lifetime spent learning is a lifetime well spent. Drop by LH 205 to ask us about our many campus-wide projects, including how we can support your success in the classroom through connections to the Center for Learning and Student Support, the Honors Program, and the University Advising Center.
Mission Statement
At the Teaching and Learning Lab, we're committed to fostering learning environments that are fueled by the energy and challenge of dynamic, experiential learning. We achieve that by helping faculty to incorporate the best classroom approaches available across every discipline and by helping students identify what resources they need to get the most out of the time they spend at Point Park University. Our faculty and our students engage in social, emotional, psychological, and embodied work every time they enter a classroom, submit an assignment, or attend a campus event. By recognizing how these experiences situate teachers and learners as collaborators in a shared project, the TALL nurtures the intellectual and personal development of every member of our campus community.
Objectives
- Collaborate with faculty to ensure curriculum is rigorous and aligned to Point Park's mission and values.
- Support innovation and teaching excellence at Point Park through experiential learning and dynamic pedagogies such as Project-Based Learning and High-Impact Practices.
- Coordinate professional development opportunities for faculty and staff with an emphasis on equitable and inclusive practices.
- Facilitate discussions and initiatives for new ideas in academic excellence, as well as provide resources and support for the Point Park community.
The John Fallon Travel Fund provided academic-related travel scholarships for students enrolled in either the Point Park Honors Program or the School of Communication. During its time, the JFTF supported students' travel to multiple locales and sponsored international study abroad, conference presentations, and other high-impact learning experiences.
Contact Us
Location: 205 Lawrence Hall
Hours: Please contact Dr. Sarah Perrier at sperrier@pointpark.edu for consultation by appointment. To learn more about assessment at Point Park, please visit our Assessment of Student Learning page, or log on to Canvas to visit our Center for Inclusive Excellence or University Assessment pages.