Strategies for Creating a Classroom Community of Practice

This Collaboratory session will focus on engaging students through the creation of a classroom community of practice (COP). Three strategies for building a COP, inspired by inclusive teaching practices, will be shared and discussed among attendees.

Dr. Kate Paesani is Director of the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota. She is also affiliate faculty in French and provides research and curriculum consultation for the CLA Language Center. She regularly teaches the methods seminar for new graduate students in French, German, and Spanish, as well as undergraduate courses in French linguistics and culture. She also conducts research on multiliteracies curriculum and instruction and teacher cognition and professional development.