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Since 2010, TCC has been developing a Faculty Learning Community program based upon the Miami University model in order to foster professional growth and community-building on our campus. Grants from the Washington State Board of Community & Technical College, as well as promotion and sponsorship from many departments on our campus, have allowed the program to grow and thrive.

From the Miami University model, we use this definition of a Faculty Learning Community: "a cross-disciplinary faculty and staff group of six to fifteen members ... who engage in an active, collaborative, yearlong program with a curriculum about enhancing teaching and learning and with frequent seminars and activities that provide learning, development, the scholarship of teaching, and community building" (Cox, 2004).

During the 2011-12 academic year, six different FLCs are running on our campus, each with a different theme and emphasis.

More information about our specific FLC groups, past and present, can be found in the links at the side. Resources for those currently involved in FLCs or those interested in forming a new one are available, as well.



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