{"id":1070,"date":"2025-01-03T15:42:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T15:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/?page_id=1070"},"modified":"2025-12-08T15:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:20:59","slug":"teaching-pairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/inclusive-pedagogy\/teaching-pairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Pairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p>Faculty are invited to connect across disciplines through the<strong>&nbsp;Teaching Pairs&nbsp;<\/strong>program!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration Deadline: Friday, January 30, 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/docs\/LTRC-pairs.jpg\" alt=\"Two people looking at each other sitting at a table in front of a laptop.\" class=\"wp-image-1084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/docs\/LTRC-pairs.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/docs\/LTRC-pairs-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/84\/docs\/LTRC-pairs-220x220.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In this program,&nbsp;faculty pair up to observe each other in their teaching, with each participant gaining the opportunity to observe and be observed.&nbsp;Participants are each paired with&nbsp;a faculty member from another department to gain new insight on&nbsp;their&nbsp;teaching through a guided non-evaluative process of reciprocal classroom observation and self-reflection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of Teaching Pairs is to encourage a respectful and mutually supportive experience to reflect and connect on teaching in a formative and inspiring environment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants attend a kick-off meeting early in the semester to learn about the observation process, share goals, and coordinate schedules with their observation partner. At the end of the semester, participants reconvene for a debrief and celebration to share reflections and ideas to implement in future teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please contact the Director of Inclusive Pedagogy, Alexia Ferracuti, at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:aferracuti@vassar.edu\">aferracuti@vassar.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScKEtJIl_mQgBFyQxvFtiQvEK5yrsZVrrkZTAWiBM2z0gfe0Q\/viewform\"><strong>Register for Teaching Pairs in Spring 2026<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty are invited to connect across disciplines through the&nbsp;Teaching Pairs&nbsp;program! Registration Deadline: Friday, January 30, 2026. In this program,&nbsp;faculty pair up to observe each other in their teaching, with each participant gaining the opportunity to observe and be observed.&nbsp;Participants are each paired with&nbsp;a faculty member from another department to gain new insight on&nbsp;their&nbsp;teaching through a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":456,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1070","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1070"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1569,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1070\/revisions\/1569"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/ltrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}