QORE Resources & Events

Educator Idea Vault (in Blackboard)

• Within Blackboard, all faculty and staff have access to the “Educator Idea Vault.” It currently contains four Toolkits on the following topics: Writing Assignment, Oral Presentation, Visual Presentation, and our newest addition, Civic Literacy. Each toolkit contains Assignment Frameworks, Rubrics, Sample Assignments and Resources for Faculty/Staff, and Resources for Students. All materials were designed to be adaptable across courses and fields of inquiry. 

Toolkit Workshops

• The workshops are hands-on sessions; participants take a virtual tour of the four Assignment Design and Assessment Toolkits. Then, the fun begins! Each participant will explore the Toolkits and “adopt” an assignment they feel will enhance one of their classes. Finally, they will work with colleagues to adapt their chosen assignment to suit the needs of their course and students. For more information, contact QORE.

Equity & Excellence Experience (E3) 

• The Equity and Excellence Experience is a collaborative venture into equity and inclusive excellence using reality pedagogy to innovate our teaching and learning in classrooms and beyond. Teams of faculty and staff developed new, active learning strategies and implemented them in their Fall 2018 courses. Our role model is Christopher Emdin, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University. Interested? Find out more about the project and resources by contacting the QORE team.

General Education Goals

• Are you familiar with QCC’s General Education Student Learning Outcomes? The QORE Team, which is comprised of faculty and professional staff, supports our colleagues in their assessment endeavors by developing and sharing tools to assess students’ mastery of the College’s General Education Learning Outcomes.

Contact Information:  ​QORE [at] qcc.mass.edu