About FACETS

FACETS is a professional development program emphasizing collaboration between the teaching staff of UW-Stevens Point and colleagues from UW-Marathon County and funded by a Congressional Award.

FACETS activities involve dialogues, activities, and opportunities for collaboration with teachers from area high schools, as well as with members from area businesses and university students. These associations are an integral part of the program's design as they offer the potential to provide faculty members with a well-defined sense of the educational continuum of our students. Scheduled dinner presentations, followed by collaborative discussions and activities offer insights into the learning differences and expectations of those students representing The Millennial Generation.

Additionally, the FACETS Project has been designed to provide participants with information on diverse models of teaching; newer theories of learning; and current research on cognition, memory, and the brain; while relating all of these innovations and new knowledge to teaching applications. Participants are offered opportunities to explore teaching methods that may help diversify instructional delivery so that college learning experiences better match the learning needs of newer generations of students.

The different levels of the FACETS project offer participants numerous opportunities to evaluate, expand, or improve their teaching, or to experiment with new strategies, or refine existing techniques.