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Collaborative Currents: Integrating Community-Building into the English Classroom

Connection in the English Classroom

  • Higher Education
  • Event
  • On-demand
  • English – First-Year Composition
  • Composition Lunch & Learn
  • 45 Minutes
  • On-Demand Video

Description

No man (or student) is an island; in fact, each class is an ecosystem.  The classroom, virtual or on-ground, is an interconnected environment where everyone's input and well-being affect the whole.  Watch this session to learn specific teaching methods that promote collaboration to help your students feel more connected in the English classroom.

About Your Speaker

  • Andrea Franckowiak -

    Andrea Franckowiak

    Andrea Franckowiak is an Associate Professor of English at Dyersburg State Community College, located in the corner of Northwest Tennessee. She has worked at DSCC for 22 years. She teaches Composition I and II, World Literature, and the freshman seminar course, both on-ground and online. She is the Chair of the English Department, Coordinator of the freshman seminar course, Director of the Academic Success Centers, which offers tutoring services, review sessions, workshops, and a Midterm Recovery program. Andrea is passionate about student success and the positive impact that well-developed courses and programs can have on students; more so, she loves being in the classroom. Andrea is an educator, a trainer, a course and curriculum designer, a program architect, and a presenter on a local, state, and national level.