A group of faculty members sit around a table sipping soft drinks, eating pizza, and sharing ideas about using rubrics to evaluate student work. The workshop is over and the presenters are packing up, but no one wants to leave when they have so many great ideas to share (or gripes to air).
This is my favorite part of our whole teaching workshop series: hearing my colleagues talk and laugh and learn even after the formal workshop is over. We've had some terrific presenters and engaging topics, but I like to see participants hanging around long after the session is over. We come here to build our own teaching skills but we're also building a community of colleagues who support and encourage one another--even when workmen crank up their power tools so we have to raise our voices to be heard.
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