Submissions in this category focus on innovative practices that serve students in the classroom, through co-curricular experiences, or through College services written from the perspective of a scholar practitioner.
Montgomery College recognizes that the costs of college impact our students our students’ success well beyond the classroom. Food insecurity and homelessness impact our students’ ability to succeed in the classroom on an immediate basis by impacting learning, attendance, and access to learning materials, and in the longer term, impact retention and completion. During […]
Montgomery College was awarded an ATD OER grant to develop z-degree pathways for the General Studies Degree. For MC Open and the General Studies Program, Open Educational Resources (OER) are an opportunity to : Promote student success by encouraging faculty to redesign courses using Open Educational Reso urces(OER) and pedagogies that engage, connect, and […]
Thinking about applying for an Innovation Grant but not sure what project to propose? Here are some examples of what others are doing across the country to help improve student and institutional success: New Challenges to Active Learning Initiatives What makes a successful, active learning course, beyond faculty training and a well-designed classroom? This […]
By Professor Elizabeth M. Benton, Chair, Rockville English Department and Professor Rebecca Eggenschwiler, Collegewide Coordinator, PACE Program The Montgomery College English and Reading Department launched an innovative pilot program in spring 2012, called Program for the Advancement to College English (PACE), to change the trajectory of developmental student completion in college-level English courses. Since the program’s […]
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Ground Up Interdisciplinarity: A Multifaceted Pedagogical Approach to Business Studies for College Freshmen
By Professor Ali Alavi The integration of interdisciplinarity in learning continues to generate a great deal of interest in academia. Educators are innovating experiential learning activities for their students to explore topics in their programs of study in larger, richer, and multifaceted contexts, thereby accomplishing the learning outcomes of their courses more effectively while allowing […]
“The Flap of a Butterfly Wing”: From Incarceration to College Access
By Sharon Anthony, Elizabeth Benton, Schai Schairer, Jarvis Slacks In August 2021, then-president of Montgomery College, Dr. DeRionne Pollard recommended that several deans meet with Ms. Schai Schairer, a graduate of Montgomery College who had started a nonprofit organization that focused on working with incarcerated women at the Maryland Correctional Institute for Women (MCIW). By […]
Math and Art in Islamic Geometric Patterns: Creating and Teaching in Collaboration
By Rebin Muhammad, Ph.D. In first grade when I was in Iraq, I took my first art class. Given that my parents weren’t well-educated, and my dad was embroiled in the Iran-Iraq war, art had never been a part of our home life. I do not recall that we ever had colored pencils while I […]
With Time to Listen, a Montgomery College Professor Finds New Voice
By Esther Schwartz-McKinzie, Ph.D. I offer this advice for my colleagues who are eligible to apply for a sabbatical project at Montgomery College but have not done so yet: Ask yourself where you need to grow and do it. Sabbaticals create opportunities for personal expansion and self-challenge that are unique among the professions. I have […]
Some Departing Thoughts: On the Privilege and Responsibility of Inclusive Teaching
By Professor Tuere Marshall, Professor of English, retired As I retire this summer from my faculty position in the English department, reflections on my teaching career are flooding in. The seed for teaching was first planted during those twelve years of my early education when my teachers up through high school were nuns of the […]
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