On Monday, May 9^th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Statistics, Prof. Nalini Ravishanker, met with ECE certified Statistics Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Special guest speaker, Michael Saccucci, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Statistics, UConn Stamford (formerly at Consumer Reports) spoke to the group about his work at Consumer Reports and statistics and data science in practice.  After a short break, instructors shared with each other about the courses they are teaching this year.

UConn Statistics Courses offered through Early College Experience.

On Tuesday, May 24^th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Engineering, Ross Bagtzoglou, met with ECE certified CE Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Professor Sarira Motaref, Assistant Director of Faculty Development shared HuskyCT updates and an overview with Instructors. Later, Professor Shinae Jang, Director of Undergraduate Studies, hosted a Neurodiverse Initiative Follow up Discussion: Allowing and Encouraging Creativity in the Statics course.  After a short break, the group met with Prof. Bagtzoglou to discuss their experiences teaching CE2110 in the high schools.

UConn Civil Engineering Courses offered through Early College Experience.

On Wednesday, October 19th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinators for American Studies, Laurie Wolfley and Prof. Matt McKenzie met with ECE certified American Studies and U.S. History Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Chris Vials, Professor, English, and Director of American Studies at UConn presented to the group about “Fascism and American Studies”provided resources to help facilitate teaching the topic in the ECE AMST and U.S. History classrooms. Later, Aya Marczyk, Curriculum Development Fellow from Yale University’s Fortunoff Video Archive For Holocaust Testimony engaged with Instructors on the topic of Race and Citizenship and provided a Curriculum Overview.

A recording of the workshop and additional resources can be referenced by certified AMST and HIST Instructors on the ECE HuskyCT sites for American Studies and U.S. History.

UConn American Studies and History Courses offered through Early College Experience.

On Friday, October 14th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Philosophy, Mitch Green, met with ECE certified PHIL Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Professor Green shared opportunities for ECE/Philosophy Instructors and students including details about the Ethics Bowl, online courses, APA membership, Squire Foundation, and journals. Later, the group shared their experiences leading philosophical discussions in their classrooms and participated in an exercise on paper grading. After lunch Prof. Green lead a discussion on Applied Philosophy of Language: slurs, dog whistles, gaslighting, and fig leaves and spoke on new directions in Epistemology: Knowledge, understanding and wisdom, with special reference to the epistemic value of fiction.

UConn Philosophy Courses offered through Early College Experience.

On Tuesday, October 18th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for English, Associate Professor, Scott Campbell, met with ECE certified English Instructors for their annual fall professional development conference.

The group discussed Studio Pedagogy: Creative Experimentation and Making Contact with the World: Field Research/Documentary in First Year Writing Courses.  

UConn English Courses offered through Early College Experience.

On Wednesday, October 19th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Human Rights, Sandra Sirota, Director, Human Rights Close to Home and Assistant Professor in Residence, Experiential Global Learning & Human Rights met with ECE certified Human Rights Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group discussed The Human Rights Framework in Social Movements and how to incorporate these ideas into their classrooms. Later, Guest Speaker, S. Garnett Russell, Associate Professor of International and Comparative Education at Teachers College, Columbia University shared a presentation and discussed her book, “Becoming Rwandan”, and lead a conversation focused on teaching about the aftermath of genocide.

UConn Human Rights Courses offered through Early College Experience.

On Wednesday, April 27^th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Art, Prof. Cora Lynn Deibler, met with ECE certified Art Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The day began with introductions and a roundtable discussion about the critiquing process and innovative solutions for both remote and in person critiquing. Later instructors took turns sharing one piece of student work from their courses and collaborated on a group critique. After a short break the instructors discussed “Imagination and Play—How Sketchbooks Fit into Art 1030” and shared the sketchbook assignment that generated the best student responses.

UConn Art Courses offered through Early College Experience.

On Thursday, April 7^th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Biological Sciences, Dr. Tom Abbott, and Lab Coordinator Dr. Chris Malinoski, met with certified BIOL 1107: Principles of Biology I and BIOL 1108 Principles of Biology II Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group shared how they are teaching the courses in their high schools this year and covered general ECE business discussing texts, labs exercises, exams, and grading. Later special guest, Dr. Morty Ortega, from UConn’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment shared his research on “Socioecology and evolution of the South American camelids” in an interactive presentation with teachers.

UConn Biological Sciences courses offered through ECE.

On Tuesday April 12th, UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for German, Prof. Anke Finger  met with certified UConn German Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

The group discussed Art in the German Language Classroom and German Instruction during and after COVID-19.

UConn German courses offered through ECE.

On Tuesday, May 10^th , UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Human Development and Family Sciences, Shannon Weaver, met with ECE certified HDFS Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Special guest speakers from UConn’s HDFS Department, Brian Chapman and Laura Donorfio spoke to the instructors on Aging. Later, the group shared about the courses they are teaching this year.

UConn HDFS Courses offered through Early College Experience.