Teaching Center

The Nashville State Community College Teaching Center supports all faculty in pursuit of instructional excellence. With a focus on enriching student learning experiences, The Teaching Center creates and curates training opportunities, promotes professional development opportunities, and shares information that positively impacts the classroom.

📅 Upcoming Events & News

Date	Time	Event	Type	Location/ Link	Details
Fri, Jan 23	9:00am-9:50am	Collaborating in the Workplace: A Guide for Building Better Teams Professional Learning Community Introduction	PLC	Session Link Passcode: Spring2026	See Session Description Here Presenter: Harlan Pease, Associate Professor, Communication Studies and English, Teaching Center Fellow
Fri, Jan 23	11am-11:50am	21st Century Skills - Are you including them in your courses?	Research-based Presentation	Session Link Passcode: Spring2026	See Session Description Here Presenter: Kurstin Bush, Asst. Prof. of Education and Teaching Center Fellow
Fri, Jan 30th	9:00am-9:50am	Collaborating in the Workplace: A Guide for Building Better Teams Professional Learning Community Introduction	PLC	Session Link Passcode: Spring2026	See Session Description Here Presenter: Harlan Pease, Associate Professor, Communication Studies and English, Teaching Center Fellow
Fri, Jan 30th	10:00am - 10:50am	How I Help my Students Learn to Succeed	Workshop	Session Link Passcode: Spring2026	See Session Description Here Presenter: Rachel Lewis, Assistant Professor of Biology/Teaching Center Fellow
Fri, Jan 30th	11:00am - 11:50am	Ignite Your Semester: Collaborative Goal-Setting Workshop (and PLC)	Workshop	Session Link	See Session Description Here Presenters: Audrey Cross, Assistant Professor of Learning Support and English/Teaching Center Fellow
Fri, Jan 30th	1:00pm-1:50pm	OER for All! (All first-year students, that is)	Panel Discussion	Session Link Passcode: Spring2026	See Session Description Here Presenters/Panelists: Amy Blum, Assistant Professor, English; Audrey Cross, Assistant Professor, Reading; Brian Curtis, Associate Professor, English; Devora Manier, Associate Professor, ESOL; Dr. Kristen Bradley, Associate Professor, English; Shane McCoy, Instructor, English
Fri, Feb 6	9:00am-9:50am	Collaborating in the Workplace: A Guide for Building Better Teams Professional Learning Community Introduction	PLC	Session Link Passcode: Spring2026	See Session Description Here Presenter: Harlan Pease, Associate Professor, Communication Studies and English, Teaching Center Fellow
Fri, Feb 6	10am-10:50am	Motivating Students Using Multimodal Methods	Experience-based presentation	Session Link Passcode: Spring2026	See Session Description Here Presenters: Maayan Ornath, Instructor in Arts and Humanities
Fri, Feb. 13	9:00am-9:50am	Collaborating in the Workplace: A Guide for Building Better Teams Professional Learning Community Introduction	PLC	Session Link Passcode: Spring2026	See Session Description Here Presenter: Harlan Pease, Associate Professor, Communication Studies and English, Teaching Center Fellow
Fri, Feb 13	10:00am-10:50am	Rewiring Resilience: Supporting Gen Z Students in the Age of Anxiety	PLC	Session Link Passcode: Spring2026	See Session Description Here Presenters: Jennifer Goncalves, Associate Professor, Early Childhood Education; Neely Ann Sheucraft - Associate Professor, Communication Studies/Teaching Center Fellow, Audrey Cross - Assistant Professor, Reading Support/Teaching Center Fellow
Fri, Feb. 13	1:00pm-2:15pm	Revisiting Trauma-Informed Pedagogy: An Introduction	Research-based Presentation	Session Link Passcode: Spring2026	See Session Description Here Presenter: Dr. Shane A. McCoy, Instructor of English

📢 Important Action Items & Deadlines

Professional Development: New Semester, New Purpose

Thank you to the presenters, panelists, and participants of our January 2026: New Semester, New Purpose professional development. We appreciate your active engagement and hope you feel prepared to begin the semester with purpose!

To Earn a Badge:

Attend 8 professional development sessions presented by The Office of Online Learning or The Teaching Center during the 3-day conference, January 13-15th
Enroll in the “Teaching Center Hub” in D2L
1. Click Discover in the top left corner of the D2L home page
2. Type in “Teaching Center Hub”
3. Click Enroll
Complete the reflective survey
1. Enter Teaching Center Hub
2. Click “Content” tab on the top left corner
3. Under the Table of Contents on the left side of the screen, locate “January 2026 Professional Development: New Semester, New Purpose”
4. Click the “January 2026: New Semester, New Purpose Reflective Survey" link
  1. Upon completion of the reflective survey, receive your badge!