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Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Competency

Valencia educators will continuously examine the effectiveness of their teaching, counseling, librarianship and assessment methodologies in terms of student learning.  They also will keep abreast of the current scholarship in the fields of teaching and learning.

For the SofTL, all indicators are needed to truly demonstrate this Essential Competency. This Essential Competency can be efficiently demonstrated though an Action Research Project.

Indicators

• produce professional work (action research or traditional research) that meets the Valencia Standards of Scholarship

• build upon the work of others (consult literature, peers, self, students)
• be open to constructive critique (by both peers and students)
• make work public to college and broader audiences
• demonstrate relationship of SofTL to improved teaching and learning processes
• demonstrate current  teaching and learning theory & practice

Indicators provide examples of how competencies can be demonstrated in an Individualized Learning Plan.

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