{"id":132489,"date":"2026-09-24T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=132489"},"modified":"2026-09-24T08:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:07:04","slug":"next-teaching-circle-is-oct-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/next-teaching-circle-is-oct-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Teaching Circle is Oct. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are bringing back the Teaching Circle! For those who are newer to OWU, these are lunch gatherings to share ideas, strategies, or challenges and connect with colleagues. You do not need to sign up\u2013just come if you are able. But if you would be interested in particular topics, please fill out this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfHz7mwv7cFrwdafjnSeIXkm23cAuZb2r8oAnXoVuVEpOEjyA\/viewform?usp=dialog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfHz7mwv7cFrwdafjnSeIXkm23cAuZb2r8oAnXoVuVEpOEjyA\/viewform?usp%3Ddialog&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1790215034321000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1LtUZGMPZeEKhZ5aXGKAcO\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Teaching Circle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> form, and I will try to find a faculty member willing to help facilitate peer conversation on that topic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Questions? Contact<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:bjbird@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barb Bird<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Topics for Oct. 1: <\/strong>Big idea topic: <\/em>Alternative grading practices. <em>Small, immediate idea topic<\/em>: strategies to get students to read\/prepare without creating huge grading piles. <em>Persistent topic<\/em>: One great learning moment that happened in the last 4 weeks.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b><i>Logistics:<\/i><\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dates: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First Thursday of the month, 12-1: Oct. 1; Nov. 5, Dec. 3\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Location: Slocum 201<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pizza lunch with snack bars and chips<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>OWU Sponsor: Ohio Wesleyan University<br \/>\nContact: Barb Bird at <a href=\"mailto:bjbird@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bjbird@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are bringing back the Teaching Circle! For those who are newer to OWU, these are lunch gatherings to share ideas, strategies, or challenges and connect with colleagues. You do not need to sign up\u2013just come if you are able. But if you would be interested in particular topics, please fill out this Teaching Circle [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2425,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facultystaff-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132489"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132538,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132489\/revisions\/132538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}