COVID-19 caused faculty to lose collegial connections when they needed them most. Given burnout and financial restraints, community building has had to be low-stakes, low-prep, and low-budget. Varied faculty needs at Syracuse University led to wide ranging implementations of Communities of Practice (CoPs). Faculty initiate and peer-lead these highly flexible communities; educational developers offer meeting structure and time. These CoPs help create space for faculty to focus on doing, being, and wellbeing. Join colleagues to imagine ways that CoPs foster connection, and consider new ways for CoPs to work in our current institutional contexts.
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