This is an archive of the website for the Cluster Pedagogy Learning Community, a grant-funded faculty development project at PSU from 2019-2022. While all of the content has been preserved here, some features may no longer work and some links may be broken.

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Manisha

Manisha

I am a person who have to be in a class and talk with my professors and friends. Couple semesters were very tough for me but still managed to learn so many things and experience new things.

I worked as an EMT for 7 years.

Jenn K

Jenn K

I worked as an EMT for an ambulance company and we responded to emergency calls in both Vermont and New Hampshire. I became an EMT so I could have interesting things to write about later in my life. LOL.

I was able to teach a Running Composition class and discovered that I was in better shape than most of the students!

Pete Miller

Pete Miller

We had group runs and I found myself hanging back to help those who had trouble staying up. I once did a one on one run with a student and he was way ahead of me until we hit a big hill, then he folded. All of this gave students (and me!) plenty of material to write about, which was the point of it all.

I used to work with Special Ed. students and it was one of the most rewarding jobs I’ve ever had.

Sara Donahue

Sara Donahue

I still run into previous students and it always makes me feel good when they remember me and are happy to see me.

For a year, my classroom was knee deep in a swamp

Betsy Ayotte

Betsy Ayotte

I taught elementary aged school children about the ecology of south Florida for a conservation organization called The Conservancy

Everyone learns differently, so it’s ok to do things another way. Whatever works for you.

Shelby

Shelby

Some people are auditory learners. Some visual, etc. Find what works for you.

Participating in PD this summer learning Hexagonal learning

Lynne Bates

Lynne Bates

I don’t know anything about how it works as of yet.

One of the students from my first time teaching plays ultimate frisbee and we have played in tournaments together.

Mike D

Mike D

I have been playing ultimate frisbee since before he was born.

I promise my students I will know all their names by the end of the first week or I will give them extra credit.

Pam

Pam

I have found that connecting with students right away is a great way to make them feel valued.

I try to apply a UDL lens to all of my courses, including the theory and the methods.

Beth Fornauf

Beth Fornauf

I was hired for a position to be the “UDL person” years ago but didn’t really know what it was. So I had to learn it and ended up working for the nonprofit that developed it for a while, an am very committed to continuing to work at it and support work to improve it, and I think it is essential for teachers I work with.