1. Becoming a CCT-Enabled Scholar
My name, background, experience with the CCT program (classes, SICW certificate, CEs, working with program, NEWSSC, etc)
My current position – nature of my job
Reflections on a learning journey

2. Personal Research Agenda
Lots of school made me very good at absorbing, synthesizing and re-articulating research of others. Didn’t actually make me ready to be a researcher.
I came to CCT after being in PhD program for three years.
Courses I took within the CCT helped me develop independent lines of inquiry – helped me focus on what I was interested in and develop some sense of agency over my own research

3. Personal Research Agenda
Teaching
I had been teaching both community-based classes and undergrad classes prior to coming to Umass Boston and joining the CCT program
My community-based work had given me a good grounding in student-centered learning
However, my experiences in the CCT program gave me experiences with alternative ways of delivering and exploring course content – specifically problem-based learning scenarios, WIP updates, guiding principles statements from readings, peer feedback (plus / deltas) – things that worked to bring focus and attention back to learning and thinking rather than completing check lists of things
I experienced the power of this as a student and then worked to build these into may classes. It is still a constant learning journey

4. Personal Research Agenda
Peer Network
Teaching
Through my work with the CCT program, running Collaborative Explorations and participating in the NEWSSC, I was able to get new insights into group processes that help groups self-organize, build connections between individuals while still maintaining strong individual interests and goals.
My prior work in community-based orgs had developed my group skills very well – things like facilitation, collective decision-making, visioning, etc – by the CCT program helped me see how individuals might use group processes to propel individual thinking forward and bring new ideas to the table that could be use for one’s individual
I’ve adopted a lot of group process skills from the CCT program into my current research team environment (e.g. rotating meeting facilitation, defining group roles, using remote technology, etc)

5. Personal Research Agenda
CCT Enabled
Peer Network
Teaching
CCT Enabled scholar
Explores and follows lines of inquiry in a flexible and open manner that seeks exploring the unknown
Creates learning environments that allows others to explore their interests in a supportive way
Facilitates knowledge sharing environments that amplify individual and collective knowledge goals