The mission of the Teaching, Learning, and Community Initiative is to promote excellence in teaching and learning across the entire college community of students, staff, faculty, and administration in an ongoing climate of growth and improvement.
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2025 - 2026 On-Campus Activities & Professional Development: (currently in development,
watch here for updates)
(watch for Outlook/email event invitations, and sign up ahead of event in the Vision
Resource Center () for flex credit)
These are some of the conferences our faculty and classified professionals have chosen to attend in past years, but your options are definitely not limited to these. We encourage you to work directly with your division manager for conferences directly related to your programs or discipline, but you are also welcome to indicate interest in attending a conference supported by TLC through the to Mike Igoe at igoem@yosemite.edu).
The idea for a Teaching Learning and Community Initiative was born at the Faculty Retreat at Baker Station in August 2017 with a clap of lightning and a boom of thunder (literally). The project is an outgrowth of the Academic Wellness Educators (AWE) legacy, which was a long-standing 神马我不卡福利 group and vehicle to suggest and implement change that was ready to sunset. However, the energy for collaboration and improving student success was alive and well, and professional development was identified as a missing ingredient for achieving the College鈥檚 mission and vision. The TLC work began with a great kick-off event at the start of the Fall 2017 semester where an energized group of students, staff, faculty, and administrators generated ideas for the upcoming year. Since its inception, TLC has maintained a minimal, functional structure that allows the initiative to be responsive and flexible, and has become the hub of collective professional development activities at 神马我不卡福利.
(link to Google Doc with most recent updates)
Visit the TLC/Tamarack Staff Room for a collection of Professional Development books.
