Hi Everyone,

Thanks for sharing your availability. Since there’s no one good time that works for our collective, we’ll hold two initial meetings as a way to on-board this group and begin to build some community. Grace McKee will follow up this email with calendar invites containing Zoom links. Hope to see you at one or both of these gatherings.

Friday, February 14, 11am-12pm (central)

Wednesday, February 19, 1:30-2:30pm (central)

Agenda

Introductions and Share One Topic/Idea That Your “Center” is Exploring this Year
An Overview of ACM Consortial Groups and Hearing What You Hope to Get From This Community
How, if at all, is your center supporting faculty thinking about A.I.’s role in teaching and learning?
Recapping ACM’s Experiences Offering an Online/Asynchronous Crash Course in SoTL (What we learned / Insights for the Future)
Upcoming ACM FaCE Grant Programs/Opportunities
Would you like to meet as a consortial group on an ACM campus? Yes? (When June / July / Aug / Sept)

Looking forward to talking soon,

Lisa

Lisa Jasinski, Ph.D.

President, Associated Colleges of the Midwest

From: Lisa Jasinski <ljasinski@acm.edu>
Date: Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
To: acmteachingandlearningdirectors@lists.acm.edu <acmteachingandlearningdirectors@lists.acm.edu>
Cc: Grace McKee <gmckee@acm.edu>
Subject: Let's Have a ACM Conversation About Teaching and Learning

Dear Colleagues,

One way that the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM) supports our member colleges is by fostering community – online and in-person – with peers.

With the help of my ACM team, we’ve developed a new group (and list-serv) that singles out individuals who are directly involved with leading teaching and learning programs and initiatives on our member campuses. Some of you have the title of “Director” and others of you have a broader portfolio of duties, of which, supporting pedagogical excellence, growth, and learning is just one part.

From my conversations with some of you in my first year at the ACM, I’ve heard a hunger to more deeply and regularly connect with your counterparts. We’re happy to help facilitate that. Why don’t we start with a virtual meeting and we can go from there!

Let’s Find a Time to Meet

I created a poll for this meeting. I included times for dates between February 12-28, here is the link:

https://whenisgood.net/7y37j4j. Please reply by next Thursday 2/6.

When we meet, I’d love to learn more about your current programming, something new you are trying this year, and any topics/issues/challenges that you don’t have the time/energy/expertise to tackle (this might be a place where ACM can help).

Depending on your interest and appetite, we could plan to check in once or twice a semester virtually, use this list-serv to exchange questions and ideas, or even plan to get together in-person to connect and learn from each other.

Looking forward to a conversation,

Lisa

Lisa Jasinski, Ph.D.

President

Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM)

515 N. State Street, 14^th Floor, Chicago, IL 60654

Phone: 312.561.5925 | Fax: 312.263.5879 | Website: ACM.edu

Associated Colleges of the Midwest Member Institutions