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.
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 205
- Reservations
- (928) 634-6555 (Facilities)
G.I.F.T. Center Advisory Committee 2010-2011
Committee Members
- Denise Woolsey
Chair, Prescott; Communication - Jeri Hamilton
Prescott; Nursing - Beth Beecham
Prescott; English - Patrick Madigan
Prescott; Visual and Performing Arts - Jim Ward
Prescott; Adjunct, Fine Arts
- Monika Moore
Prescott; Geography - Susan D'eak
Prescott; Math/Science - Chris Heyer
Verde; Adj. Faculty Coord. - Jason Whitesitt
Verde; English - Ruth Harrison
Prescott BuCS
Ex-Officio Members
- Senate President:
Paul Smolenyak - Pro-Gro Representative:
Jeri Hamilton - Library Representative:
Lisa Griest - TELS Consultants:
Stacey Hilton/Thatcher Bohrman/Todd Conaway - Human Resources Support:
Cheryl Moreno - Service Learning Project:
Brent Roberts
Contact Us
- Denise Woolsey, Chair
- Building 3, Room 225
- Office: (928) 776-2259
- denise.woolsey@yc.edu