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Evergreen Essentials

As we invite students to engage in our unique, interdisciplinary approach to learning, Evergreen faculty incorporate some core pedagogies into their curriculum and teaching. We approach learning and teaching through the Five Foci in pursuit of the Six Expectations of an Evergreen graduate.

Community Agreements & Syllabi

  • Developing Community Agreements — Two simple exercises to develop community agreements in your program or course
  • Syllabus Statements — this page serves as part of your course or program’s syllabus and includes statements and resources that apply to all Evergreen offerings

Team Teaching

  • Team Teaching Checklist — shares some ideas about how to successfully team teach at Evergreen (developed by participants in the summer institute “Improving Team Teaching Through Dialogue,” led by Miranda Mellis and Shangrila Joshi

Seminar

Mid-quarter Check-in

Narrative Evaluation

Academic Statement

Real Evergreen: An Educator’s Handbook

This collection of writing by Evergreen faculty and staff offers ideas and thoughts about teaching and learning at Evergreen.

Guides by Faculty Scholar

This collection of curated resource guides was produced by faculty scholar Julie Russo during the 2023-2024 academic year to support her salon series.