Announcing the 2009 Teaching Tips Contest For
Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges

The APA Committee of Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges (PT@CC) invites you to participate in the Teaching Tips Contest! Sponsored by the APA Education Directorate and PT@CC, the Teaching Tips Contest aims to encourage sharing of instructional techniques that community college faculty have developed and used in psychology classes. The committee invites faculty to submit the following types of teaching tips:

• Community college instructors are invited to submit an original demonstration, an individual or group class activity, an interactive teaching/learning module, or other pedagogy designed to illustrate a psychological concept or theory.
• Teachers can also submit a modification of an existing activity as long as the source is properly cited.

Teachers are invited to comment on what strategies they have used to make a particular teaching tip most effective, and for whom. Preference will be given to active-learning approaches.

The competition is open to psychology teachers who are members of PT@CC. Faculty members interested in joining PT@CC can obtain more information on the Web or by contacting Martha Boenau at 1-800-374-2721, ext. 6140.   An award of $400 will be given to the first place winner; $300 to the second place winner; $200 to the third place winner; and $50 each to two honorable mention winners. Certificates for all winners will be presented by PT@CC at the American Psychological Association annual convention.

Look for details and a new format for submissions on the PT@CC Web site (www.apa.org/ed/pcue/ptatcchome.html).  Submissions may be mailed to Martha Boenau (APA Education Directorate, 750 First St, NE, Washington, DC  20002-4242, or sent via email). Entries must be postmarked by May 1, 2009.