In this episode, podcast co-host Dr. Katherine Troyer (Assistant Director) interviews Donovan de Hoog (Post-Baccalaureate Fellow and TaP Coordinator) about The Collaborative's student-faculty partnership program: Tigers as Partners (TaP). 

We discuss the unique benefits of TaP and the ways that participating in this program allows faculty to systematically incorporate the student perspective into their teaching. Looking at the many ways that a TaP partnership can be tailored to the pedagogical needs of a specific faculty member, Donovan shares some of the ways that TaP student interns work with faculty to provide insight into class dynamics, bridge the gap between students and faculty, conduct mid-semester feedback, and even do some light research into evidence-based pedagogical practices.

We end our conversation by encouraging all faculty interested in continuing to refine their craft of teaching to reach out to The Collaborative ([email protected]) to learn more about the program and to sign up for next semester!