Hi TfP’ers, 

Randolph CC hosted Professional Development Day for the full-time instructors at the beginning of the semester. We had the opportunity to conduct a brief seminar titled “Building Thinking Classrooms” to our non-mathematics colleagues. The sessions were very well received. At the end of the day, we got public recognition from our colleagues for how much they liked our message.    

In the allotted time we randomly assigned attendees to groups as they walked in the door. They were given a task, then they shared their results. This physical demonstration was followed by a review of the teaching practices found in Peter Liljedahl’s book, Building Thinking Classrooms.     

Multiple colleagues have approached us to let us know that they want to start to try some of the teaching practices we discussed. 

The TfP team here at RCC thought you might be interested. 

Have a great day!     

Carrie Lineberry Ritter, PhD (She, Her, Hers)

Professor of Mathematics and Statistics