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SEVENTH ANNUAL S {

NATIONAL SEMINAR FOR MAST

AUGUST 13-21, 1975
SECOND AND : WESTBROOK COLLEGE

FINAL NOTICE

PORTLAND, MAINE 04103
March 10, 1975

TOs Presidents, Individual Associates, AACJC Member Colleges
FROM: Roger H,. Garrison, Director of Special Programs, Westbrook College

RE: Seventh Annual National Seminar for Master Teachers
August 13-21, 1975

This 8-day Seminar is the only national in-service workshop of its kind in the U.S.
There are usually more than 100 faculty participants, from 25-30 states and

eighty or more colleges. They represent a wide variety of disciplines and subjects.
The participants spend the eight days exclusively on practical ways to make their
teaching more effective. Local campus political problems, or matters of gover-
nance, are not discussed,

The Seminar is a working meeting, designed to generate useful, relevant teaching
ideas and techniques for each participant, There are no speakers, panels, canned
presentations, or any of the usual apparatus of passivity. The main stress is on
how-to-do-it aspects of instruction, Among items on the agenda for special
discussion and mini-workshops are:

How to handle varying levels of student ability in the classroom;

How to individualize instruction in many different ways;

How to adapt teaching techniques to varying requirements and/or
situations, especially in respect to adult students in continuing
education;

How to organize course material for more efficient learning tor varied
student groups;

How to make increasing use of the community as a resource,

This basic agenda is always expanded by Seminar members as they identify special
interests and needs, The structure of the Seminar is such that participants are
able to act as resources for one another, and to adapt the Seminar structure to
their priority interests,

Basic Working Plan for Seminar - The total group is divided into working teams
of 15 or 16 each, representing mixed disciplines, These teams meet daily to
discuss common teaching problems, In addition, there are ''mini-workshops",
sometimes two and three days long, on specific matters, such as writing beha-
vioral objectives; developing special teaching materials; revising courses;
individualizing course material; and the like, Also, special group presentations
are invariably developed from the resources of the participants themselves.

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