For the second year, the UAB Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is facilitating its signature Global Awareness Ambassadors program, a next-level training opportunity for faculty members interested in serving as international student academic success champions within their units across campus.
This academic year, 12 faculty members representing eight different schools are participating in this cohort-based training model. The group functions as a professional learning community, in which participants are exploring the literature on teaching multilingual and cross-cultural learners, growing their intercultural understanding of the shift that students undergo as they adjust to studying in a different academic culture, and engaging collaboratively on ideas to provide tailored support to their colleagues and students.