Browse our resources to find resources and opportunities relevant to Community College faculty and instructors. If you know of a resource but do not see it below, please share it with us by writing teaching@apsanet.org.
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Professional Development Resources
Careers in Community College
- The Application and Hiring Process for Community College Faculty – Sara Parker & Erin Richards
- A Commitment to Teaching, Learning, and Student Advocacy: Community College Careers – LaTasha Chaffin DeHaan, Josh Franco, Verónica Reyna, and Randy Villegas
- Careers in Teaching at the Community College – Josh Franco
- How the knowledge I gained in my first career enriches my teaching at a community college – Eric Schwartz
- Maintaining an Active Research Agenda While Teaching Full Time at a Community College: Institutional Support for Course Release is Key – Nichole Marie Shippen
- The Contingency Professor, the Tenured Professor, and the Generalist: Life as a Community College Political Scientist – Peter J. Bowman
- Becoming a Community College Professor – Justin Zackal
- What Qualifications Are Needed to Teach at a Community College?
- Post Secondary Teachers, Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Why You Should Consider Community Colleges? – Rob Jenkins
Other Community College Committees and Associations
A Call to the Discipline
- A Call to APSA Part 1: Learn about Community College Faculty – Maricruz Ariana Osorio, Sara Parker, and Erin Richards
- A Call to APSA Part 2: Bring in Community College Faculty – Maricruz Ariana Osorio, Sara Parker, and Erin Richards
Teaching Resources
Community College Student Demographics
- AACC Student Fast Fact Sheet, 2004 – Kent Phillippe
- Community College FAQ – Community College Research Center
- Which Campuses are Most Diverse? Community College Diversity Report – Grace Chen
- Diversity in US Community Colleges – Community College Review
Instructor Freedom of Speech
Open Education Resource’s (OER) Best Practices
- Explaining OER Resources – Josh Franco
- “Open Pedagogy: What, Why, & How.” – Shawna M. Brandle
- Open Pedagogy: Charting the Potential to Co-create Non-disposable Objects with Students in Your Classes – Matt Evans
- Open Education FAQ – Creative Commons
OER Textbooks and Repositories
- Attenuated Democracy: A Critical Introduction to U.S. Government and Politics – David Hubert
- Congress in Action Workbook and Canvas Module – Josh Franco
- Introduction to Political Science Research Methods: An Open Education Resource Textbook – Josh Franco
- Polimetrics: A Stata Companion to Introduction to Political Science Research Methods – Josh Franco
- State and Local Government OER course redesign – Mark Johnson
- Public Administration: The Essentials (an OER textbook) – Jayme Renfro
- Practical Politics: Lessons in Power and Democracy – Titus Alexander
- Open Poli Sci
- iPoliSci – Josh Franco
Introductory Courses
- Introducing the Principles of Political Science – LaTasha DeHaan
- Introduction to American Government – Cammy Shay
- Teaching American Politics: Civic & Political Engagement in Introductory Courses – Terry Gilmour
- American Government Course Library – Liz Norell
- For the Students: How to Analyze a Congressional District Election – Josh Franco
- Introduction to International Relations Syllabus, Workbook, and Rubrics – Josh Franco
- American Politics Service Learning Assignment – Elsa Dias
- Teaching State and Local Politics – Josh Franco
- Journal Article Analysis Workbook and PowerPoint Walkthrough – Josh Franco
Active Learning
- Coast to Coast with Josh and Julie – Josh Franco and Julie Mueller
- Community Mapping Assignment – Helen Chang
- Political Ad Assignment – Elsa Dias
- Model UN as Active and Engaged Learning: An Interview with Cheryl Van Den Handel – Matt Evans
- Saving Our Fiscal Ship Simulation and Writing Assignment – Cammy Shay
Inclusive Classroom
- Adding Culturally Responsive Pedagogies to My Into to American Politics Course – Christina Sciabarra
- Creating a Safe Space for Online Discussions: Assignments and Syllabus Ideas – Julie Mueller
- Does Your Online Course Perpetuate Institutional Discrimination? – Veronica Reyna
- Social Justice Checklist for Online Course Design – Veronica Reyna
- Navigating Partisan Differences in Class Discussions – Eric Schwartz
Research Methods
- Importance of Undergraduate Research at Community Colleges – Terry Gilmour
- Civically Engaged Research in the Classroom: Resources from Sydnor, Commins, and Reyna (2021) “Empowering and Engaging Students through Civically Engaged Research” – Veronica Reyna
- Promoting Original Research: Designing a Course to Produce Quality Undergraduate Political Science Research in the Community College Setting – Darrell Lovell
- Undergraduate Research at Two-Year Community Colleges – Matthew Schuster
Online Learning
- Strategies to Teach Political Science Online – Webinar Series and Resources
- Innovative Approaches to Online Learning – APSA Educate
Civic Engagement
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Do Early Simulations Work? Simulations in Gateway Political Science Courses at Community Colleges – Darrell Lovell & Cassandra Khatri
- How Students Consume Online Lectures: Not Everything Needs to be a Video – Matthew Schuster
- Effect of a Required Introductory American Federal Government Course on the Political Self-Efficacy of Community College Students in 2016 – Kristin Matthews & Hallet Hullinger