• Focus on one integrated practice. You probably have used many innovative techniques and strategies in your course. What is the main teaching practice that guides you in selection of the techniques and materials? Talk about how you skillfully integrate different techniques to systematically engage students in deep learning and application of knowledge and skills.
• Describe the steps of the teaching practice and the facets of that practice so others can learn to use/replicate it. Include any specific tips and tools to engage students.
• Explain how the practice is appropriate to the learning levels and needs of the students. How has the teaching practice systematically addressed and adapted to individual learners’ needs? Explain how the practice promotes inclusiveness and equity in learning.
• Provide samples or excerpts of assignment/activity instructions when appropriate. Feel free to include the syllabi, entire assignment instructions, rubrics and so on as supplemental materials. While we encourage the submission of supplemental materials as resources for fellow instructors, reviewers are not required to consider the supplemental materials in their evaluation.
• Briefly describe any challenges (time commitment, necessary collaborators, student involvement, etc.) that colleagues might want to keep in mind when implementing this teaching practice in their courses.

First and foremost, provide evidence of impact on students’ learning. Options include but not limited to:

• How do the students perform on the culminating assignments/projects/exams?
  Example narratives:
  • 85% of the students demonstrated satisfactory performance in written communication evaluated by a rubric co-constructed with the students.
  • All 16 students completed the research/creative projects, presented their projects in class with their target audience in mind, and submitted a written report. The rubric evaluation of students’ work showed that all students met expectations on written and oral communication, research design, and data analysis. In addition, three quarters of the students achieved the highest level (highly competent) on research design.

• How do students demonstrate their habits of mind, development of values and perspectives, and/or sense of professional identity, through student journals, their reflection essays, your observations, interaction with students, and records?
  Example narratives:
  • More than ⅔ of the students demonstrated civic commitment through their reflection journals evaluated by a civic engagement rubric.
  • All 20 students submitted a reflection essay and described their experience in the civic engagement activities [Provide the reflection essay assignment as a supplemental material]. 90% of the students reported applying the skills taught in the course into their civic learning projects, learning to consider multiple perspectives when analyzing community issues, and providing concrete plans to engage in future civic learning opportunities.

In addition to the impact on learning, you can strengthen your description by including one or more of the following:

• Evidence of students’ positive experience, engagement, motivation through course evaluation responses, observations, interactions, and records.
• Evidence of students’ success in terms of retention, persistence, job preparedness, readiness for future studies/advanced degrees, and so on.
• Evidence of your influence on fellow colleagues and the program. For example, you may have developed an assignment/model/procedure that colleagues adapted for their own use.