Open to All Employees: Sign Up for Communities of Practice and Reading Groups
It’s time to sign up for Communities of Practice and Reading Groups, open to all employees. These groups meet periodically as the group decides and talk about a topic or read a book of shared interest. The FPLC is seeking people to join the groups and also, in some cases, a facilitator to contact the members and set up a first meeting. Reading Groups will be supported by the FPLC with purchasing the books needed for the group, within budget constraints. Both groups meet either online/Zoom or in person. The FPLC space can be used for in person meetings if desired. Contact fplc@mnstate.edu to request space. If groups meet via Zoom or Teams, notify fplc@mnstate.edu of your initial meeting time.
To learn more and to sign up for a Community of Practice or Reading Group go here: Descriptions and Sign Up. Please sign up by October 25 so we can begin to connect these groups and order books as needed.
The Community of Practice topics are (click on link above “Descriptions and Sign Up” for more information):
- Dealing with Distressed Students
- Writing for Publication
- Copyright and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- The Microsoft Power Platform
- Culturally-Responsive Pedagogy
The Reading Groups are (click on link above, “Descriptions and Sign Up” for more information):
- Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What We See, Think, and Do – by Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt
- Being White, Being Good: White Complicity, White Moral Responsibility, and Social Justice Pedagogy – by Barbara Applebaum
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals – by Oliver Burkeman
- Why We Sleep – by Matthew Walker
If you have another idea for a Community of Practice or Reading Group, email Brittney Goodman at brittney.goodman@mnstate.edu