April 2009 ISW group photo 

The ISW is a peer-based, participatory, learner-centred workshop that is designed to encourage personal growth and reflective practice.  Participants are expected to commit to teaching 3 mini-lessons in a small group and to providing thoughtful feedback to their peers.  Trained facilitators will share teaching skills and facilitate the group feedback process, but are peers in the process rather than experts.  Participation in the workshop should be voluntary.  

Here is an Introduction to the ISW (from the ISW handbook).

Past participants give rave reviews of the ISW and offer advice to future participants:

"This workshop is extremely rewarding."

"Be prepared to have long days with 2 hours homework each night."

"Wipe your schedule completely clean for the whole workshop."

"Relax and don't stress about performance in your teaching."

"Clear the three days so you have no other commitments and enjoy."

     "Try to enjoy exploring the many different learning opportunities in the workshop."

If you've already taken the ISW and are interested in facilitating go here. 

The following files may be useful to past ISW participants, other UNBC faculty, staff and/or grad student instructors:

Interactive Teaching Techniques 

• ISW Manual pp. 55-60, 71-79
• Classroom Structures Which Encourage Participation
• Active Learning
• Cooperative Learning References
• Improving Your Lecturing

Learning Styles

• ISW Manual pp. 61-70
• Implementation of Learning Styles
• Quick Learning Styles Assessment
• Learning Styles References 

•      Kolb Learning Styles Inventory

• ISW Manual pp. 61-63 
• Teaching to Kolb Learning Styles
• Kolb Classroom Activities
• Kolb Instructional Techniques

   

Resistant Learners

• Dealing with Difficult Participants
• Large Classes  

Global Citizenship

• Bringing out the best with a Diverse Group of Students
• White Privilege - Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
• Engaging Men in Gender Initiatives

Lesson Plan Templates

• ISW Manual pp. 33-42
• Lesson Plan A
• Lesson Plan B

Feedback

• ISW Manual pp. 83-86

• More Structured Feedback

• Feedback 2
• Feedback 6
• Feedback 11
• Instructional Aids Feedback
• Instructional Techniques Feedback
• Questioning Feedback
• Questioning Feedback 2

• Less Structured Feedback

• Commend Recommend
• Helped Hindered
• One Minute Paper
• Sunniest Spot

April 2009 ISW notes

• PDF Learning Styles Flipchart Notes Part I and Part II
• Teaching Techniques

December 2009 ISW notes

• Teaching techniques for different learning styles:
• Global - Sequential
• Active - Reflective
• Visual - Verbal
• Sensing - Intuitive

August 2010 FDW

• Photos and notes from the Facilitator Development Workshop held at UNBC, August 23-27, 2010.  

An event held in collaboration between UNBC, NWCC, NLC, CNC and BCIT.