Teaching Squares Home Page



Teaching Squares enrich teaching and build community through a structured, non-threatening process of classroom observation and shared reflection. This Web Site is designed to help you learn more about the Teaching Squares program at Leeward Community College.
A "square" consists of three or four faculty members from different disciplines who, over the course of several weeks, spend a total of five hours engaging in reciprocal classroom visits sharing teaching materials reflecting on classroom observations sharing reflections with colleagues at a lunch meeting A Teaching Square offers you the opportunity to enhance your own teaching by observing your colleagues in actual classroom situations. Everyone enters the classroom with an attitude of respect for both the teacher and the students, recognizing that different methods are required in different contexts. Participants are able to meet colleagues from across the campus: Academic Support, Arts & Humanities, Business Technology, Language Arts, Social Sciences, Student Services, and Math & Science. In fact, as of Spring 2006, 23% of the faculty on our campus have participated in a Teaching Square, and 50% of them returned to participate again!
Innovation Center for Teaching and Learning Leeward Community College, Pearl City, Hawai'i University of Hawai'i Program Coordinators: Della Kunimune (808) 455-0347 (kunimune@hawaii.edu) Donna Matsumoto (808) 455-0637 (donnamat@hawaii.edu)

This Web Site was created following the Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia. Certain materials are included under the Fair Use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law. Further use of these materials and this Web Site is restricted. The originator of the Teaching Squares Program is Anne Wessely, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO. Written permission was received to use her concept at Leeward Community College and throughout this Web Site. Last Update: April 21, 2006 Questions: Email donnamat@hawaii.edu.