G.I.F.T. Center
The mission of The Great Ideas for Teaching (G.I.F.T.) Center is to motivate, sustain, and facilitate innovative teaching and learning practices and to build a culture that values, supports and rewards teaching excellence.
The G.I.F.T. Center is a place to:
- Reflect, share, and connect in ways that energizes our commitment to teaching.
- Foster a culture of inquiry into student learning and its improvement.
- Explore, implement, evaluate, and share innovations in teaching.
- Create a unifying "hub" of resources that are centralized, visible, and easily accessible.
GIFT Fellowship Award
In pursuit of the goals of our mission, each semester the GIFT Center seeks to honor extraordinary instructors that have demonstrated excellence in the classroom with the GIFT Fellowship Award for Teaching Excellence.
G.I.F.T. Center Resource Rooms
The Prescott and Verde campuses provide a physical space for both informal and formal faculty interaction. Each resource room includes comfortable seating, computer space, telephone hook-ups for inter-campus conferencing, and a variety of print materials on teaching and learning. Drop in and share lunch with a colleague, arrange a division or committee meeting, practice multi-media techniques, etc.
At the Prescott Campus
- Location
- Building 3 / Room 105
- Reservations
- (928) 717-7710 (Facilities)
At the Verde Valley Campus
- Location
- Building M / Room 210
- Reservations
- (928) 634-6555 (Facilities)
G.I.F.T. Center Advisory Committee 2012-2013
Board Members
- Jason Whitesitt
Chair, Verde; English & Humanities - Le Anne Lawhead
Prescott; Early Childhood Ed - Graser, David
Prescott; Math/Science - Susan D'eak
Prescott; Math/Science
- Brandelyn Dillaway
Prescott; Art History - Chris Heyer
Verde; Adj. Faculty Coord. - Ruth Harrison
Prescott; BuCS - Denise Woolsey
Prescott; Communication
Ex-Officio Members
- Pro-Gro Representative:
Jeri Hamilton - Library Representative:
Chris Abbate - TELS Consultants:
Thatcher Bohrman/Todd Conaway - Human Resources Support:
Cheryl Moreno
Contact Us
- Jason Whitesitt, Chair
- Building M, Room 207
- Office: (928) 649-5463
- Jason.Whitesitt@yc.edu