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= = Columbus State Professional Learning Community Pilot Wiki Erinn Bentley and Judith Livingston

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This wiki was created to share resources related to a pilot study conducted during the spring 2013 semester at Columbus State University by Judith Livingston (Department of English) and Erinn Bentley (Department of Teacher Education). This study was supported by an Interdisciplinary Initiative Grant provided to both faculty members by The Faculty Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.

The Interdisciplinary Initiative Grant recognizes the value of faculty time and expertise in developing new initiatives in teaching and learning. To that end, Dr. Livingston and Dr. Bentley developed a professional development opportunity for a group of colleagues: part-time instructors of English 1101 and 1102. Additionally, The Interdisciplinary Grant aims to bring together faculty and students from two or more academic departments to achieve narrowly focused goals or objectives. In this case, faculty members drew upon scholarship in the fields of teacher education and rhetoric/composition to modify and implement a professional development model, the Professional Learning Community (PLC). The overarching goals of this study were to better understand the part-time instructors' development needs and how the PLC model addressed those needs.

Within this wiki are additional pages providing more detailed information regarding this study's purpose and context, the PLC model, and participants' feedback. Below are brief descriptions and links to additional pages.

Wiki Table of Contents

 * Pilot Study Information. Please visit this page to learn more about the purpose of this pilot study. A brief discussion of the study's context and participants is also included.
 * @Professional Learning Communities. This page provides an overview of the PLC model as well as references to other PLC resources.
 * @Columbus State PLC. This page describes how the PLC model was implemented and modified for use in the Columbus State University pilot study.
 * PLC Feedback and Recommendations. This page provides participants' responses to their experiences with the PLC model.
 * Research and Implications. On this page, Dr. Livingston and Dr. Bentley explain how this pilot study is contextualized within their professional scholarship.