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.

Nashville State Community College: Upcoming Events & News

📅 Event Calendar: Spring 2026

Date	Time	Event	Type	Location/ Link	Details
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 of Communication Studies and English and Teaching Center Fellow
Fri, Feb 6	11:00am-11:50am	Ignite Your Semester: Collaborative Goal-Setting Workshop (and PLC)	Workshop	Session Link Passcode: Spring2026	See Session Description Here Presenters: Audrey Cross, Assistant Professor of Learning Support and English/Teaching Center Fellow
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 of Communication Studies and English and 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
Fri, Feb 20	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 of Communication Studies and English and Teaching Center Fellow
Fri, Feb 20	10:00am-10:50am	Rewiring Resilience: Supporting Gen Z Students in the Age of Anxiety	PLC	Session Link Zoom 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 20	11:00am-11:50am	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 27	10:00-10:50am	Why Teach NSCC 1010?	Experience-based Presentation	Session Link Zoom Passcode: Spring2026	See Session Description Here Presenter: Jessica Rabb, Professor of Biology/Teaching Center Faculty Fellow
Fri, Feb 27	10:00am-10:50am	Rewiring Resilience: Supporting Gen Z Students in the Age of Anxiety	PLC	Session Link Zoom 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 27	11:00am-11:50am	Ignite Your Semester: Collaborative Goal-Setting Workshop (and PLC)	Workshop	Session Link Zoom Passcode: Spring2026	See Session Description Here Presenter: Audrey Cross, Assistant Professor of Learning Support and English/Teaching Center Fellow

📢 Important Action Items & Deadlines

Call for Proposals: Spring 2026 Semester Professional Development Sessions

Submissions should propose Zoom sessions that are 25-50 minutes long, short videos, podcast interviews, or other formats and that address (but are not limited to) topics such as: