Open Classroom Week, Fall 2024

Whether full-time or adjunct, faculty at Nazareth are doing incredible things in their learning spaces every day to engage students in creative ways. Open Classroom Week is an opportunity for us to learn more about what our colleagues are up to and what our students are experiencing across campus in their academic lives at Naz.

OCW is open to everyone in the Nazareth community who can benefit from learning about what happens in our classrooms — faculty, staff, and administration. And new this year: we are welcoming guests who are on campus for Naz Weekend, too! When you open your classroom this Fall, you will have the opportunity to invite friends, families, alumni — anyone in our Nazareth community!

How does it work?

  • Complete this Google form to volunteer to open your class (or classes) up to faculty and staff guests during the week of September 16. The volunteer period will end on Wednesday, September 4 at 5:00 pm.
  • This year, we will be running Open Classroom Week during the week of Naz Weekend (September 16-21, yes, even Saturday!), and instructors will get to choose exactly who they will welcome into their classrooms among Naz alumni, Naz parents and families, and anyone celebrating the centennial with us this year! 
  • Open Classrooms will be advertised to faculty and staff at Naz on a Google Sheet by Friday, 9/6. At that point, the Google Sheet will be available for viewing Open Classrooms and for signing up to attend specific classes. 
  • The number of guests welcomed in classrooms will determine the number of sign-up slots that will be advertised for each class.
  • Guests will sign up for slots to visit classes on the shared Google Sheet. The sign-up period will end on Friday, 9/13 at 5:00 pm. Non-Naz community members will be directed through Alumni Affairs to sign up for their class sessions.
  • The Google Sheet will remain viewable after the sign-up period has ended so that instructors know who plans to attend their class. Instructors may choose to send visitors class materials or any other pertinent information prior to their visit.
  • Week of 9/16-9/21: Teach your classes and attend others’ classes!
  • Share your Open Classroom Week experiences on Facebook or Instagram using the hashtag #opennaz.
  • Stay tuned for details of an end-of-week celebration!

We hope you will participate in this exciting opportunity to learn more from and about one another and our great work as teachers!

 Let's make OCW bigger and better than ever this year!