The Academic Office and the Faculty Association
The purpose of the Jacob Spori Teaching Summit is to promote instructional success and
to review instructional challenges; to encourage our teachers to stretch beyond the limits
of their own disciplines and teaching
styles; to promote self-appraisal and confidence
building; and to celebrate our teaching heritage inherited from Jacob Spori and many other
great teachers.
The Jacob Spori Teaching
Summit will be patterned after the successful format of the Great Teacher's Seminar.
There will be no experts invited from the outside and the schedule will use a rigid
minimal structure. The success of the Great Teacher's Seminar is based on the
premi
se that faculty themselves are the essential resource needed to strengthen each other
in their teaching professions. College faculty tend to be more receptive to instructional
input from other teachers. Faculty from different disciplines, representing various
interests and experiences, create instructional ingenuity. Share previous summit
participants' experiences on the Faculty
Response site.
Thirty faculty
are invited to participate in the summit each semester. Check out the
dates and times of
upcoming summits by clicking here.
After assembling on the campus on Thursday at noon, the group will eat their lunch as they
travel to the Teton Basin. A detailed outline of each summit's
activities may be
viewed on the Jacob Spori Summit Schedule. The first day's activities will feature
introductions and teaching successes from all of the participants.
Structured games and activities will take place after supper. Friday's
agenda will highlight classroom challenges and practical, creative
solutions. The evening hours will be open, featuring a variety of options
available around the community and the mountain slopes! Saturday's schedule
will focus on teaching models that originate from the thoughts and creative expressions of the
participants. The summit will come to a close with a lunch as the group returns to
campus by 1:00 PM on Saturday. Lodging, meals, and snack breaks will be provided
throughout the 3-day summit.
Faculty are invited to
indicate their interest in attending the Jacob Spori Teaching Summit through their faculty
association Division Representatives. Requests can be made by phone, or e-mail.
The participants will be notified so that they c
an make arrangements in their teaching
schedules and class activities for the time they will be away from campus. You may
also submit your request to attend the summit by sending an email directly to
Van Christman, David
Ward, or Phil Packer.
Please contact your Division representative.