Faculty Proposal for Learning Community Form

If you would like to create a new learning community, please complete a Proposal for Learning Community form. The form is a fillable PDF, so you can work on it and save the form to your computer.  Once completed, email it to your department chair for approval.  CC your teaching partner and their department chair as well so they can also approve the proposal.  Once approved, your chairs can forward their form to the Title V department (MZH-204-D) for processing.  We will work with your chairs to secure official approval, and will notify you after approval with the next steps.

Want to learn more?

If you are interested in teaching a learning community and are looking for information to help you get started, the resources below may help.  These links will aid you in exploring the benefits of learning communities, brainstorming and planning ideas, and integrating curriculum between linked classes.  In addition, several web sites are provided to show you thematic learning communities already being offered at other schools.

Benefits of Learning Communities

• Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education: Learning Communities 
• College Parents of America: Should my College Student Consider a Learning Community? 

Brainstorming and Planning

• Designing a Learning Community in an Hour  
• Maricopa Community College District: Integrated Learning Communities - Getting Started  
• De Anza College: Faculty Strategies for a Successful Learning Community  

Integrated Syllabus Example

• San Diego City College 

Learning Community Themes at Other Colleges

•  Anne Arundel Community College 
•  Chandler-Gilbert Community College 
•  Lane Community College 
•  McHenry County College 
•  Middlesex Community College 
•  Skagit Valley College 
•  University of Georgia