{"id":587,"date":"2025-09-14T17:07:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T17:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/triad-coalition\/?p=587"},"modified":"2025-09-14T17:07:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T17:07:05","slug":"join-the-optimal-semester-support-group-ssg-for-fall-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/triad-coalition\/join-the-optimal-semester-support-group-ssg-for-fall-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the OPTIMAL Semester Support Group (SSG) for Fall 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The TRIAD Coalition will be facilitating a Semester Support Group (SSG) this fall 2025 semester for instructors who are interested in engaging in peer observations of teaching using an observation protocol (usually COPUS). The group description, goals, and expected outcomes are provided below. The group will meet every other week, starting in week 4.<\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>If you are interested, please complete this application form by Wednesday, 9\/17, at noon (12:00 pm).\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b><u><a id=\"LPlnk443817\" title=\"https:\/\/rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_72GO7V717wOb71A\" href=\"https:\/\/rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_72GO7V717wOb71A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">https:\/\/rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_72GO7V717wOb71A<\/a><\/u><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you have questions about this group, please contact Mary Emenike (mary.emenike@rutgers.edu).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TRIAD Coalition will be facilitating a Semester Support Group (SSG) this fall 2025 semester for instructors who are interested in engaging in peer observations of teaching using an observation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/triad-coalition\/join-the-optimal-semester-support-group-ssg-for-fall-2025\/\" class=\"\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1513,"featured_media":609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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