Reimagining Collaborative Teacher Meetings Through Appreciative Design

David Atterberry College

This presentation describes how an Intensive English Program (IEP) administrator applied techniques from the fields of organization development and design to empower instructors to create their own collaborative meeting formats. Attendees will learn how to implement this creative, bottom-up approach in diverse teaching contexts to increase instructor engagement and satisfaction with collaborative meetings.

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM 11/23, 2024 Fall Conference, Saturday Nov 23rd
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