Professional Development to Support Faculty
“I have taken part in the Gateway Community of Practice for a few years now, and I feel that my teaching has benefited immensely. Many of the successful activities I mentioned that I have been doing, I learned in earlier Gateway sessions. It is very satisfying to see how successful strategies have been building one on top of another, making my teaching continually more effective.” (2019-2020 Gateway Fellow)
Since 2016, ten IU Columbus and Ivy Tech Community College Columbus faculty members have participated in the Gateway to Completion Teaching and Learning Academy (TLA). Educators implement best-practice improvement strategies in their gateway courses then document and share their experiences. Data such as grade distribution, retention, and course satisfaction are examined to assess the effectiveness of the strategies implemented.
The Gateway Leadership Team designs professional development programming each academic year and encourages Ivy Tech Community College Columbus and IU Columbus faculty to learn about best-practice instructional strategies.
Faculty and staff who routinely attend Gateway sessions and implemented improvement strategies in their courses or their work earned Gateway Fellows status.
A total of 24 faculty and staff have earned Gateway Fellows status.
Term | Gateway Fellow | Education Partner | Academic Discipline |
2018-2019 | Mellie Andres | IU Columbus | First Year Seminar - Nursing |
2021-2022 | Steven Coffman | Ivy Tech Community College | Business and IT |
2017-2018; 2018-2019; 2019-2020; 2020-2021; 2021-2022 | Susan Cox | IU Columbus Ivy Tech Community College | English |
2018-2019; 2019-2020 | Riah Coley | IU Columbus | First Year Seminar – University College |
2017-2018 | Terry Dibble | IU Columbus | English |
2017-2018; 2018-2019; 2019-2020; 2020-2021; 2021-2022 | Elisabeth Hegmann | IU Columbus Ivy Tech Community College | English |
2019-2020 | Nell Hill | Ivy Tech Community College | English |
2021-2022 | Bradley Howard | IU Columbus | Anthropology |
2019-2020; 2020-2021; 2021-2022 | Karen Garrity | IU Columbus | Education |
2018-2019 | Sally Jamerson | IU Columbus | Excel in Data Analysis |
2018-2019; 2019-2020; 2020-2021 | Sanjita Kar | Ivy Tech Community College | Psychology |
2017-2018; 2018-2019; 2019-2020 | Tamara Miller | IU Columbus Ivy Tech Community College | Math |
2018-2019; 2019-2020; 2020-2021; 2021-2022 | Becky Morse | Ivy Tech Community College | Math |
2017-2018; 2018-2019; 2020-2021; 2021-2022 | Steve Mohler | IU Columbus | Business |
2018-2019 | Patrick Nevins | Ivy Tech Community College | English |
2021-2022 | Joan Poulsen | IU Columbus | Psychology |
2018-2019; 2021-2022 | Roshun Radford | Ivy Tech Community College | English and Communications |
2020-2021 2021-2022 | Cyrus Screwvala | Ivy Tech Community College | Math |
2021-2022 | Lisa Siefker Bailey | IU Columbus | English |
2017-2018 | Stephanie Vertrees | IU Columbus Ivy Tech Community College | Communications |
2020-2021 | Brenda Vogel | IU Columbus | Development |
2020-2021 | Frank Wadsworth | IU Columbus | Business |
2020-2021; 2021-2022 | Kate Wills | IU Columbus | English |
2019-2020; 2020-2021; 2021-2022 | Nahir Loyo Zambrano | Ivy Tech Community College | Science |
Teaching and Learning Academy Fellows and Gateway Fellows have contributed to a growing body of knowledge. Read a summary of their work.
