Apply for your designer badges

Are you ready to share your competence in DESIGNING educational opportunities for your students? Apply for your emerging, performing and / or transforming badges and be one step closer to earning your Innovative Georgian College Faculty Certificate.

	Badge 1:  EMERGING DESIGNER Faculty who are DESIGNING at an EMERGING level might demonstrate the following: o   Identify characteristics of students that may impact their learning. o   Define what innovative teaching practice looks like, feels like, sounds like. o   Recognize the importance of mapping a course to support student learning. o   Identify components of integrated course design. Questions to consider: Are you aligned with these statements? Or can you make a case for others? Can you tell your story to demonstrate your competence? Do you have artefacts to share? Apply for this badge.
	Badge 2: PERFORMING DESIGNER Faculty who are DESIGNING at a PERFORMING level may do the following: o   Intentionally create universally designed teaching and learning activities. o   Integrate innovative teaching practices into the learning environment. o   Facilitate student learning with scaffolded, mapped and woven experiences. o   Cultivate student learning by using evidence-informed, authentic opportunities for practice. Questions to consider: Are you aligned with these statements? Or can you make a case for others? Can you tell your story to demonstrate your competence? Do you have artefacts to share? Apply for this badge.
	Badge 3: TRANSFORMING DESIGNER Faculty who are DESIGNING at a TRANSFORMING level may do the following: o   Participate openly in dialogue with peers about inclusive course design.   o   Demonstrate commitment to improving practice through risk taking in course design   o   Mentor others in transformative course design. o   Curate and share high impact practices to engage students.   Questions to consider: Are you aligned with these statements? Or can you make a case for others? Can you tell your story to demonstrate your competence? Do you have artefacts to share? Apply for this badge.

Do you have any questions? Please reach out to Tracy Mitchell-Ashley or Iain Robertson.