The theme of the Learning Community is Education of the Self in a Democratic and Pluralistic Society . The faculty are working to weave their disciplines together as they cover the various topics with the students. Courses covered in the two-quarter program are Foundations of Education, Introduction to Special Ed, Child Development, Cognitive Learning, Instructional Technology, Elementary Ed practicum, Students at Risk, and Behavior Management. The students and faculty meet together on Monday and determine a topic for the week. Some small group work takes place on Tuesdays and Thursday, Wednesday there are practica in the schools, on Friday the cohort comes together again as a group.
Students seem to be engaged and faculty are enthusiastic.
Participation in the Learning Community would mean repeating those courses. Woodring has hired a Psychology Graduate student to design an evaluation of the Learning Community which can be implemented during spring quarter to help the College determine whether to begin another cohort next fall. Sheila Fox, Woodring s site visit coordinator, spoke about the continuing accreditation visit, and explained how the documentation will be organized. Sheila stated that she hoped that the PEAB members could review this documentation in small groups, as part of the March meeting, in order to give us feedback about such things as the ease of finding information, the clarity of that information, etc. Bob Guard distributed the report of the Subcommittee.