The Teaching Skills Workshop (TSW)

The TSW is an 18-hour course for instructional improvement which is based on the concept of micro-teaching. Micro-teaching is a process by which teachers can learn by giving very short lessons to other teachers and receiving feedback on the basic skills demonstrated in those lessons. Each participant presents a series of 15-minute presentations.

The chance to practice teaching, along with the feedback provided by the group, allows even experienced instructors to learn from what they do every day. The workshops are offered on weekends so that those who work during the week will be able to attend. That is six hours a day over three days during the fall semester.

Click the following links to see a video excerpt of the a Microteaching Lesson and Feedback session: Video 1, Video 2.
 

Participant Fritz Costa delivers a mini-lesson.	Team members provide Fritz with verbal and written feedback, using alternative feedback techniques.	A close-up of a visual aid provides an alternative method for delivering feedback for a lesson.	Colleagues provide written feedback to David Stears during the Lesson Cycle.
Participant David Stears discusses the objective for his lesson.	William "CC" Ryder participates in a group feedback session.	Facilitator Rick Howe and participants observe a lesson, assuming the role of "student" and observer.	Rick discusses a lesson with instructor, prior to regrouping for lesson critique