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Cross-Cultural Instructor Collaboration

CATL Community of Practice

CATL is continuing a Community of Practice for Academic Year 2025-2026.  This community of practice is designed to foster dialogue and mutual learning between U.S.-born/educated faculty and their foreign-born/educated counterparts. The primary goal is to enhance the overall teaching experience by bridging cultural divides and encouraging collaborative efforts. This community will serve as a valuable resource, particularly for junior international, foreign-born/educated faculty members, offering a platform to address challenges and exchange effective teaching strategies within the context of a Midwest regional university. Additionally, it aims to provide U.S.-born/educated faculty members with opportunities to enrich their teaching practices through insights gained from the experiences of foreign-born/educated faculty.  Potential topics include: 

  • Classroom interactions with U.S. Midwestern GenZ.
  • “Foreignness” as a teaching resource.  
  • Academic rigor from an international perspective.  
  • Teaching as an English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor.  
  • Cross-cultural faculty collaboration.  

Target Population = This CoP intended to connect instructors who are foreign-born/educated with their U.S.-born/educated counterparts. It is intended for instructors of various backgrounds who are interested in learning from each other to improve their classroom instruction.
 
What are the benefits of participation?
Participating in a COP provides instructors with…   

  • an opportunity to be more intentional, specific and clear about quality teaching and learning and the various ways they may go about achieving it
  • independence and flexibility to enhance their teaching quality by helping them identify the areas they want to focus on
  • opportunities to develop and improve their collegiality within a team that has the potential to provide support and encouragement
  • a chance to explore teaching and learning from a different perspective

Who can participate? Anyone who is interested in bridging the gap between international and local education experiences.  

What is the time commitment?
To participate in the experience over the academic year would take about 15 to 20 hours of your time.  Fall 2025 meeting dates are the first Tuesday of October, November and December from 4:00-5:00pm. Spring 2026 meeting dates are TBD.

Facilitators

Learn more about COP. Contact CATL.

Related campus initiatives

Transformational education

When

  • 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7
  • 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4
  • 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2

Where

161 Wing Technology Center

UWL campus map for building location and nearby parking lots.

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse Wing Technology Center

If you go

  • Free, no registration needed

Contact

For questions about this event or to request disability accommodations , contact Kristin Koepke at 6881 or kkoepke@uwlax.edu.

Parking

Payment may be required. No permit?
Use Passport Parking.

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