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  

đź“… Event Calendar: Summer 2026 

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Event 

Type 

Location/ Link 

Details 

Tues, June 9

11:00am CST 

TBR Tech Talk Tuesday: The Future of Work with AI — What Skills Actually Matter Now 

TBR webinar 

Faculty will leave with practical ideas for shifting from product-based tasks to process-based learning—helping students use AI to strengthen thinking, not replace it. 

  

You will leave with: 

  • A clear understanding of how AI is reshaping your work 
  • A redesigned task you can apply immediately 
  • Practical strategies to prepare students for an AI-influenced workforce 

Tues, June 9

1:00pm CST

Innovations in Online Proctoring: New Featurs for the Respondus Monitor

Webinar

Respondus is at the forefront of online proctoring innovation, with new features being released each quarter. Don't miss this webinar where you'll see the latest enhancements for LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor, including using MS Word and Excel during a secure exam, recording only the screen during an assessment, supporting a second camera, flagging handheld devices, and much more.

Tues, June 9 

2:30pm-4:30pm 

TBR CITL Greenhouse Open Office Hours 

TBR Office Hours 

TCAT and Community College faculty can drop in anytime to share best practices and what works in the classroom, bring challenges, get support, and leave with new ideas to try. Held bi-weekly, every other Tuesday.

Wed, June 10

1:00pm CST

LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor: Protect the Integrity of Online Tests

Webinar

This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor even more effective and easy to use.

Thurs, June 11

1:00PM CST

Future Trends Forum: on AI-Aware Teaching

 

Open Forum

How might we best teach with artificial intelligence in higher ed? In this week's Future Trends Forum, the authors of a new book on what they term AI-Aware Teaching: Annette Vee (University of Pittsburgh), Marc Watkins (University of Mississippi), and Derek Bruff (University of Virginia).

Tues, June 16

Noon CST

LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor: Protect the Integrity of Online Tests

Webinar

This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor even more effective and easy to use.

Wed, June 17

1:00pm CST

Credentials That Count: What Students Say About AI, College Costs and the Path to Work 

Webinar 

The webcast will take a wide view of student success but ultimately focus in on three factors reshaping the value of a credential to students: the rise of artificial intelligence on campus, the hidden and visible burdens of college costs, and the urgent student demand for work-integrated learning. 

Thurs, June 18 

Noon CST 

Building a Student-Centered Classroom 

Webinar 

Learning Objectives 

  • Analyze Power Dynamics: Identify and dismantle traditional, teacher-centric barriers to create a classroom that cultivates genuine student agency. 
  • Design Inclusive Habits: Create actionable classroom routines and systems that center student identities, interests, and diverse learning needs. 
  • Leverage Responsive Practices: Implement practical tools to co-author curriculum and classroom culture alongside your students. 

 

Wed, June 24

1:00pm CST 

What High-Quality Online Programs Get Right (and Where Many Fall Short) 

Webinar 

Key Messages / Takeaways: 

  • High-quality online programs operate as coordinated systems, not isolated efforts 
  • Many institutions overestimate alignment due to lack of program-level visibility 
  • Quality requires intentional structures, not just good intentions 
  • Institutions can begin exploring quality immediately using structured frameworks like the Scorecard 

 

Wed, July 8 

1:00pm CST 

When AI Joins the Course Design Team: An ID’s Journey Through Faculty AI Adoption 

Webinar 

Why Attend This Session? 

  • Master the Amplification Principle – Learn why AI amplifies what’s already there. Discover how to amplify excellence instead of problems through intentional framework use. 
  • Navigate Difficult Conversations About Quality – Gain strategies for addressing “artificial instructors” in online courses while respecting faculty autonomy and maintaining institutional standards. 
  • Implement Multi-Level AI Transparency Statements – Draft transparency statements at assignment, course, personal, and departmental levels that build trust and set clear expectations for AI use. 
  • Take Home Immediately Scalable Tools – Leave with editable prompt templates, framework reference tables, assessment strategies. 

 

Thurs, July 23

11:00am CST

Cultural and Civic AI Literacies

 

Webinar

Most people experience AI as something that happens to them. Cultural and Civic AI Literacies flip that script. They ask whether AI sees your community clearly, whether it carries the perspectives and histories that matter to the people using it, and what becomes possible when you stop being a passive consumer and start putting AI to work in service of something bigger than efficiency.

 

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Thank you, 2024-2026 Faculty Fellows, for Your Dedication to The Teaching Center!

The Teaching Center would like to recognize and thank our Faculty Fellows cycling out of The Teaching Center after Spring 2026 semester.

Thank you to Neely Ann Scheucraft, Kurstin Bush, and Audrey Cross for your service to The Teaching Center and your colleagues at Nashville State!

You have spent significant time and energy helping to shape The Teaching Center in positive ways, making it a collaborative space focused on professional development that enriches student learning experiences. We appreciate your dedication and look forward to continuing to work with you in new ways.

 


 

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Nashville State Community College

TheTeachingCenter@nscc.edu 

W-78, White Bridge Campus  

 

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Kimberly Leifker 

Director of the Teaching Center 
kimberly.leifker@nscc.edu 

W-78, White Bridge Campus