Faculty Peer Coaching: Partnerships to Support Equitable, Engaging and Rigorous Classrooms in Higher Education

• In Event: Inclusion and Culture in Faculty Teaching, Evaluation, and Development

Abstract

This participatory action research project explores the processes and outcomes of a faculty peer coaching initiative in higher education. Fifty self-selected faculty partnerships committed to a series of professional learning sessions focused on investigating effective instructional practices and the processes of peer coaching. Alongside the professional learning sessions, partners engaged in a model of peer-coaching that included conducting peer observations with pre-and post-conferences as well as a larger community of practice that met twice a semester throughout the academic year. Themes that emerged focused on student engagement, equitable teaching practices, building faculty relationships across disciplines, faculty learning and growth over time and the vital presence of trust-building and psychological safety in peer coaching.

Authors

• Kristin Nicole Rainville, Sacred Heart University
  Presenting Author

• David G Title, Sacred Heart University
  Presenting Author

• Cynthia G. Desrochers, California State University - Northridge
  Non-Presenting Author