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Faculty Resources Video Links

Mirta Ramirez-Espinola — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:40:23 -0700

Greetings, Faculty!

We are pleased to inform you that the video links in the textbook, Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching English Learners with Diverse Abilities,used in ESL-436N, ESL-440N, ESL-445N, and ESL-446, will be enabled effective 4/29/2024! These resources are valuable tools intended to contribute to the success of our students.

For…

Teacher Certification Information

Mirta Ramirez-Espinola — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:38:30 -0700

⚠️ Important! Your Degree Does Not Guarantee Certification: Do you know your State's Certification Requirements? ⚠️

Important! Your Degree Does Not Guarantee Certification: Do you know your State's Certification Requirements? ⚠️

Hello Class,

Once you have earned your education degree from GCU, you will still need to obtain your…

Academic Affairs Culture Climate Survey

Mirta Ramirez-Espinola — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 09:48:59 -0700

Greetings Faculty,

GCU values your feedback and appreciates all the work you do.  In a continuing effort to grow and enhance your experience at Grand Canyon University we encourage you to complete the Academic Affairs Culture Climate survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/gcuacademicsurvey2024

As an added convenience you can also complete…

Canva Presentation ESL/SLIFE

Mirta Ramirez-Espinola — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 08:46:02 -0700

https://www.canva.com/design/DAF2szap9V0/yfqFklc9n48qxHT5QVmL1w/edit?utm_content=DAF2szap9V0&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton

textbook Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching ELs w/ Diverse Abilities

Mirta Ramirez-Espinola — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:57:24 -0700

Greetings, Faculty!

We are pleased to inform you that the video links in the textbook Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching English Learners with Diverse Abilities, used in ESL-436N, ESL-440N, ESL-445N, and ESL-446, will be enabled effective 4/29/2024! These resources are valuable tools intended to contribute to the success of our…

Dos and Don'ts of AI

Mirta Ramirez-Espinola — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 08:32:43 -0700

Interested in ESL Topics "CHAT" 3-27-2024

Mirta Ramirez-Espinola — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 09:25:54 -0700

ESL Topic SLIFE Strategies and other discussions

Hello,

I will host a TEAMS meeting at 1 pm on March 27th, 2024, at 1 pm central time.

AZ time will be 11 am.

Topic: SLIFE (A review). Thoughts, Idea shares, etc.

*I want to hear or share any concerns, strategies, or ideas to support our teachers in teaching students identified as SLIFE.

We can…

Ads in the courseroom!? Ew.

Kerri Nottingham — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:10:52 -0700

WHY are there ads in our courses? Is anyone else seeing this?
Who would ever authorize this or think this is appropriate or acceptable, especially given the disputes with the federal government regarding the status of GCU as for-profit or not? Personally, I find it deeply offensive and I don't want anything like this shown in my classes. How can…

Summary of Current Course Content Knowledge

Erin Maloney — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 05:47:09 -0700

Hi!

For the Summary of Current Course Content Knowledge forum, it does not count towards student participation, correct? I saw conflicting responses, so I wanted to confirm.

Also, what is the faculty expectation in this forum? As faculty, does this "count" towards our own faculty participation expectation? What is the expectation/best practice for…

Participation Tracking Methods

Eric Querio — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 14:21:03 -0700

Hello All!

I wanted to share a method that I have been using to easily track in-person attendance using a relatively automated and adaptive approach. I developed and started using this system as an Instructional Assistant (IA) for large introduction classes. As it can be difficult to easily keep track of large classes accurately, I found that using…