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Archived Events Fall 2007
Events
New Faculty BREAKFAST*
Final Get-Together
Thursday, May 1, 2008 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Bumps Room,
Memorial Union
Please join us at our CTE New Faculty Breakfast
get-together. While there is no formal program, it is a great
opportunity to meet and find out how the academic year has gone
for each of us, and our plans for the summer.
As your schedule permits, drop in any time during
the hour-and-a-half and mingle with other new faculty, mentors,
campus leaders, and administrators.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the Union
and having a chance to catch up with what you are doing. Come
hungry!
BROWN BAG DISCUSSION
Laptops in the
Classroom: Notes or YouTube?
Tuesday,
April 8, 2008
12:00
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1:30 p.m.
FFA
Room, Memorial Union
The proliferation of laptops on campus provides for
learning benefits but also presents challenges in the classroom.
This phenomenon has been discussed in forums from the Chronicle
of Higher Education to National Public Radio.
The faculty of the Honors College recently banned
laptop use in their first and second-year lectures.
Short presentations by members of the Honors
community with varying perspectives will provide an introduction to
a wide-ranging discussion of this question that has implications
across campus.
Presenters:Tina Passman,
Classics and Honors Faculty; Edie Elwood,
Honors Faculty; Rylan Shook, Honors Staff and 2007 Graduate; and
Emma Wojtal,
Senior Honors Student.
New Faculty Discussion*
Fogler Library Resources and
Services
for Teaching and Research
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Library
Classroom, Fogler Library
(to the left behind the Circulation kiosk at the side entrance)
Speakers: Nancy Lewis,
Reference Department Head, and
Jim Bird,
Science & Engineering Center Department Head.
Did you know that Fogler Library holds over 10,000 electronic
journals, as well as thousands of printed periodicals? That the
collection is expanding all of the time to meet new needs? That
library professionals are engaged in collaborative discussions
with faculty and students about how to keep the library's
central place in the academic community during a time of
technological change?
To help new faculty members with their teaching
and research needs, Nancy Lewis and Jim Bird will demonstrate
how to access subject specific databases including new
acquisitions, suggest efficient search techniques, and describe
a number of special services for UMaine faculty members. In
addition, they will talk about and illustrate some new ways of
working with students who come to the library to access
information or learn about its services.
If you would like to raise specific questions in
advance, please send Jim Bird a quick email on First Class, and
our guests will be especially well-prepared to respond.
WORKSHOP
Teaching Our Students How to Read
with Dr.
Jay Mechling
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 from
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House
One of the most dangerous assumptions we make as
teachers is that our undergraduate students know how to read a book.
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Many don't read books at all other than the
required reading in high school, and many improvise to get what
they need for a test or paper assignment.
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Many come from homes where there is little
reading. And when they do read, they read more slowly than we
assume.
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Textbooks do the work for students by providing
bold headings, charts, and clear thesis statements. Give
students a book and a highlighter and pen, and they usually have
no idea what is important and what is not.
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The inability to read the books we give students
has consequences for their writing; a considerable problem with
student writing is their inability to read.
Professor Mechling says “Unlike many
colleagues, I do not see the electronic communication world
(including video and computer games) as the enemy of academic
reading and writing. The folklorist in me values the orality in the
writing students do in e-mails, instant-messaging, and so on, and in
that electronic world they are doing plenty of reading. I am
interested in the ways we can harness the students’ real skills in
oral composition to help them improve their reading and writing
skills.”
In this interactive workshop,
Professor Mechling will outline the problems students face with
regard to reading, indicate what research on reading is telling us,
and outline a model for how to approach this pedagogical challenge
in class.
American Studies Professor,
Jay Mechling, (University of California,
Davis) has devoted himself to studying the culture of American
youth. Mechling has published over eighty essays and articles in
books, journals. His books include American Wildlife in Symbol
and Story (Co-editor; U. of Tenn. Press, 1987) and On My
Honor: Boy Scouts and the Making of American Youth (U. of
Chicago Press 2001). He is one of the three senior editors for the
4-volume Encyclopedia of American Studies (Grolier, 2001)
Co-sponsored by:
Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center,
and the
Department of Communication & Journalism
This event is free and open to all
UMaine faculty, instructors, and teaching assistants.
PUBLIC LECTURE:
Open to the public and the University community
The Humanities and the
Land Grant University Mission
with Dr. Jay Mechling
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Bangor Room,
Memorial Union
Professor Jay Mechling will articulate the crucial mission of the
humanities at a large, public land grant university. His vision is
based on his experiences in chairing the California Council for the
Humanities and the committee that successfully competed for an NEH
grant establishing the Pacific Regional Humanities Center at the
University of California, Davis. He will outline the role of the
humanities in:
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providing
resources for living in communities, in the workplace, and in
the increasingly complex, transnational world;
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imagining
how their ways of thinking bring value to the social sciences
and sciences; and
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helping to take
seriously the Land Grant Mission of bringing the knowledge and
understanding by the university into the community, building
true partnerships, and bringing value in how communities think,
converse, work, and play.
Dr. Jay Mechling,
Professor of American Studies at the University of California at
Davis, and the past editor of Western Folklore and president of the
California Folklore Society, has published over eighty essays and
articles on a wide range of topics. His books include: On my
Honor: Boy Scouts and the Making of American Youth (2001),
Children’s folklore: A Source Book (coeditor 1995) and
American Wildlife in Symbol and Story (coeditor 1987). He is one
of the three senior editors for the 4-volume Encyclopedia of
American Studies (Grolier, 2001).
Sponsored by:
Cultural Affairs/Distinguished
Lecture Series, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, Margaret Chase
Smith Library, Center for
Teaching Excellence,
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and the
Department of
Communication & Journalism
Open to the public and the University community
No registration
required
WORKSHOP
Navigating the
Winding Road of
Disability Accommodations
Tuesday,
February 12, 2008
12:00 –
2:00 p.m.
Coe Room, Memorial Union
Do you have questions about disability
accommodations? Join Ann Smith, Director of Disability
Support Services and Sara Henry, Disability Service Counselor
as they guide you through an interactive workshop addressing such
questions as:
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How do I
maintain Academic Integrity while accommodating?
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What can I do
without involving Disability Services? I feel my class is
fairly designed and I am approachable for all students in
need.
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If I make an
arrangement with a student and then multiple additional
needs arise am I committed to accommodating or is that
arrangement flexible?
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What do I do
when a student with a disability makes my class or myself
uncomfortable or even fearful?
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What gets
faculty in trouble when accommodating? What saves them?
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Is
non-attendance supposed to be accommodated? How far do I go?
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I have an abundance of
doctor’s notes, what do I need to consider?
Due to space limitations, please register by
February 11, 2008
by calling or
e-mailing 581-3472, or
CTE@umit.maine.edu
New Faculty Discussion*
Student Course and Teacher Ratings: Why
Provide an Opportunity for Student Feedback Early or
Mid-Semester?
Tuesday,
February 5, 2008 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Coe Room,
Memorial Union (2nd floor)
Speaker: Connie
Perry, Interim Associate Dean of Education & Human
Development and Professor of Curriculum, Instruction, and
Foundations
One of the most valuable
sources of information about how your class is going is the
students themselves. Unlike the
student ratings completed at the end of a course, asking
for feedback, ideally early to mid-semester,
provides information that
allows you to make some changes for the current students. There
are many formal and informal activities that can help
instructors identify what is working in the classroom and what
may need to be adjusted. This event will discuss
the benefits of early or midterm
evaluation, what should be asked in one, and ways to
interpret the student ratings for improvement strategies.
Fall 2007
Events
PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION
Starting with the Syllabus: Universal
Design Applied to
Instructional Practices in Higher Education
Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Totman Room, Memorial Union
This presentation will review the principles of Universal Design
and their application to instructional practices in Higher
Education. After a brief review of these principles, we will use
the example of the accessible syllabus template adopted for use
in College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) and Undergraduate
Program Curriculum Committee (UPCC) to illustrate how universal
design principles provide inclusive and complete information for
all learners. This creates a welcoming and dynamic teaching and
learning environment for all participants. The format for this
event will be a presentation followed by a roundtable
discussion.
The presentation is appropriate for all
disciplines and addresses live classroom and online courses.
This event will be of particular interest to those reviewing
their syllabi and curriculum design in anticipation of the
coming NEASC Reaccredidation visit.
Facilitators:
Tina Passman, Assoc. Prof. of Classical Languages and
Literature (session leader); Sheridan Kelley, Adj. Asst.
Prof. of Art;
Valerie Smith, Asst.
Res. Prof. of Center for Community Inclusion & Disability
Studies; and Lu Zeph,
Dir. of Center for Community Inclusion &
Disability Studies.
New
Faculty Discussion
Funding Sources on Campus and Beyond
Tuesday,
November 13, 2007 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
(Please
register by November 12th)
Bumps Room,
Memorial Union (2nd floor)
Speakers: Michael
Hastings, Director of Research and Sponsored Programs;
Gayle Anderson, Special Assistant for Research Administration.
Potential research
investigators must obtain approval from their departments,
research units, colleges, and the Sponsored Programs Office
before the institution will submit proposals for extramural
support. In this workshop, you will be introduced to services
provided by the Office of the Vice President for Research and
the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. Selected staff
will suggest ways that you can identify sources of support for
your teaching, research, and public service activities. The
application process will be explained and presenters will
describe established on-campus funding competitions, such as the
Faculty Research Fund Program.
WORKSHOP
Making Race Visible:
The Incorporation of Race/Ethnicity in Higher Education
Saturday, October 20, 2007; 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Coe Room, Memorial Union
In this workshop,
Professor Lisa Flores, Professor Kirt Wilson, and Professor Mary Ann
Villarreal will lead a discussion about the incorporation of
race/ethnicity in higher education.
• Why do
we incorporate race/ethnicity into the higher education
curriculum?
• What
do we want to achieve?
• What
idea animates the mandate to make race visible?
• In
light of changing racial and ethnic contexts and conflicts, do
we need to re-conceptualize and rearticulate why race and
ethnicity should be incorporated into the curriculum?
Some techniques regarding class design and management will be
presented
but the
primary mission of the workshop is to revisit the thinking and
politics that underwrite the expectation that higher education
should make race visible.
Faculty and graduate students from the
humanities, social sciences, and sciences are encouraged to
attend, as well as others with an interest in the question of
race/ethnicity in higher education.
Registration is required! Please call or
e-mail your registration to: 581-3472 or
CTE@umit.maine.edu
Workshop is
limited to 25. UMaine faculty and teaching assistants will be
paid a $50 stipend for attending the workshop.
Kirt Wilson,
University of
Minnesota:
One of the foremost scholars in Communication Studies on
civil rights rhetoric in the
United States.
Lisa Flores, University of Utah: A leading
scholar in Communication Studies on race and gender in the
media.
Mary
Ann Villarreal,
University of
Utah:
A professor of History and Ethnic Studies with an
emphasis on race/ethnicity in higher education.
Visiting
Libra Diversity Professorship - October 15-20, 2007
Sponsored by Communication & Journalism in cooperation with
History, Women in the Curriculum, Sociology, and the Research
VP, and with the generous support of the Provost Edna Szymanski
New Faculty Breakfast
Meet and Mingle: The First Gathering
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:30 –
10:00 a.m.
(Please register
by Tuesday, September 18th)
Coe Room, Memorial Union (2nd
floor)
Please join
us at our CTE New Faculty Breakfast and encourage other new
faculty and mentors to join us, too. There is no formal
program for this initial breakfast, but there will be plenty of
opportunities to talk and learn about each other (and plenty of
food).
Please drop in during the hour-and-a-half as your schedule
permits and mingle with other new faculty, mentors, campus
leaders, and administrators.
Because we need to estimate attendance for
catering, please RSVP (call or e-mail) by Tuesday, September 18
at the latest: 581-3472 or
CTE@umit.maine.edu.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the breakfast and having
a chance to catch up with what you are doing.
Spring 2007 Events
DEMONSTRATION
Web CT/Blackboard & Tablet PC and Their Uses in Teaching
April 25, 2007 (Wednesday); 1:00 - 2:30
p.m.
Totman Lounge, Memorial Union (2nd floor)
Do you
want to know more about Web CT/Blackboard and Tablet PC? The
presenters will demonstrate the benefits of both and how they can
enhance teaching.
In the Web CT/Blackboard discussion. Andrei Strukov
will focus on how these tools can help improve faculty members'
interactions with students in on-line and real-space classrooms.
The demonstration and discussion will introduce and/or expand your
awareness of useful features of this technology.
A Tablet PC is a PC equipped with a sensitive screen
designed to interact with a complimentary pen. You can mark up
documents and add handwritten comments, take notes, annotate
presentations, and then print out your annotations. Kim McKeage
will demonstrate how she uses it in class to enliven discussions and
combat "death by PowerPoint".
Come see how both of these technologies can help you
and your students make the best use of time and technology, with the
focus on learning.
Presenters: Kim McKeage,
Associate Professor of Marketing;
Andrei Strukov, Instructional Technology Development Specialist.
WORKSHOP
The Teaching Portfolio: A Workshop for Graduate Teaching Assistants
April 11. 2007 (Wednesday); 1:30-3:00 p.m.
FFA Room, Memorial Union
In today's highly competitive
academic job market, a teaching portfolio has now become a must have.
This workshop will focus on how to build a teaching
portfolio in order to effectively showcase your teaching
accomplishments. We will explore:
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How to begin to generate useful items as you teach and
engage in professional development activities such as this workshop.
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How to decide what documents to include in your portfolio
(such as student ratings, faculty evaluations, course materials, a
philosophy of teaching, a reflection on your development, etc.)
Facilitators:
Taryn Norman, Center for Teaching Excellence Special Assistant for
Graduate Teaching Assistant Programming; and Erica Watson,
Research Assistant for University Teaching Council and Graduate Student-
M. Ed. in Student Development in Higher Education
WORKSHOP
Working Effectively with Students with Asperger
Syndrome
April 10, 2007 (Tuesday); 12:00 -
2:00 p.m.
Bumps Room, Memorial Union
Did you
know that the number of children and adults with Asperger Syndrome
has increased dramatically over the past decade? Did you know
that Hans Asperger often referred to his young patients as "little
professors"? Many individuals with this diagnosis choose to
attend post-secondary education to advance their life and career
goals. Students with Asperger Syndrome have attended the
University of Maine for many years, and it is likely that the number
of such students will increase in the future.
In this workshop, you'll hear from participants who
research, teach about and work with students with Asperger Syndrome,
as well as meet current UMaine students with this diagnosis.
They will tell you about:
- A basic knowledge of the
characteristics of Asperger Syndrome,
- Specific teaching strategies
geared to the learning challenges and communication styles of
these individuals,
- Personal experiences of
students with Asperger Syndrome attending the University of
Maine, and
- A chance to discuss your
concerns and questions.
Presenters:
James Artesani, Associate Professor of Special Education; Ann
Smith, Assistant Director of College Success Programs and
Director of Disability Support Services; and Joe McKinley,
Engineering student.
NEW FACULTY BREAKFAST
Final Get-Together
April 3, (Tuesday); 8:30-10:00 a.m.
Coe Room, Memorial Union (2nd floor)
Please join us for an end of year get-together at our CTE New
Faculty Breakfast and encourage other new faculty and mentors to
join us, too. There is no formal program, but we thought it would be
nice to take the time to appreciate each others’ talents, interests,
achievements and extend our conversations.
Please drop in during the hour-and-a-half as your
schedule permits and mingle with other new faculty, mentors, campus
leaders, and administrators.
We are looking forward to seeing you at the Union and
having a chance to catch up with what you are doing. Come hungry!
WORKSHOP
Preparing a Piece of Academic Writing for Publication
in the Humanities & Social Sciences: For Graduate Students
March 26. 2007 (Monday); 3:30-5:00
p.m.
Bumps Room, Memorial Union
If you are in
masters or doctoral programs planning on careers in the highly
competitive fields of the humanities of social sciences, it is useful to
get a head start on publishing your work. This workshop will focus
on how to go about preparing a piece of academic writing for publication
in these fields.
Facilitators: Nathan
Stormer, Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism
WORKSHOP
Preparing for Non- Academic Careers: For Graduate Students and
Advisors
March21. 2007 (Wednesday); 12:30-2:00
p.m.
Sodderberg Auditorium, Jenness Hall
This workshop will
provide lots of tips and suggestions on everything from researching the
non-academic job markets in your field, to writing an effective resume
and using your academic experience, to conducting an effective job
search.
Topics include: What you should know before you
start; planning and timing your search; written materials for the search
--- suggestions and samples; and conducting the search.
An important part of this workshop will be
discussion-based, so bring your expertise, bring your questions, and
join us for a stimulating discussion on the ins and outs of the job
search.
Presenters:
Patty Counihan is the Director of the UMaine Career Center and a
Cooperating Graduate Instructor in the College of Education and Human
Development. Jeff Goodman is the Psychology and Social
Sciences Liaison at the UMaine Career Center and a Ph.D. candidate in
Social Psychology.
CONFERENCE
Rejuvenating Education: Bringing Mindfulness Techniques
into the Classroom
with
Nancy Hathaway
March 15, 2007; from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House
University of Maine, Orono
Mindfulness is the
practice of paying attention in the present moment by using
resources, inner and outer, that are available in the moment in a
healthy way. By being mindful in the classroom, both student
and teacher are more in touch with themselves, others, and the
environment, which helps them focus better - whether reading a book,
discussing a concept, or coping with a challenging interpersonal
situation.
Mindfulness is used in classrooms and institutions
around the world by law schools, professional athletes and sports
teams, Fortune 500 corporations, and health care professionals.
In this one day interactive workshop, simple but
powerful mindfulness techniques will be introduced and practiced
that can be brought into the classroom for use by teachers and
students.
Nancy Hathaway holds a Masters Degree in
Education with a track in Counseling, Psychology and has practiced
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Blue Hill, and Bangor, Maine. She
is Senior Dharma Teacher in the international Kwan Um Zen School.
In 1990, she founded a program in Cambridge, Being Present with
Our Children, offering support and activities for parents who
are interested in exploring mindfulness in family life. In
2005, she published an essay related to this work in Your
Children Will Raise You: The Joys, Challenges, and Life
Lessons of Motherhood edited by Eden Steinberg. This essay
has been selected for another anthology as well. Nancy has
also written magazine articles on the topic of Mindfulness with
children. In 2005, she founded the Center for Studying
Mindfulness in Work, Family, Health, & Relationship in Blue
Hill. Nancy is a consultant this year and last for the
University of Maine Employee Assistance and Wellness Program.
She has also taught a college level course on Mindfulness in a local
high school through the Peace Studies Program of the University.
An eighth generation Mainer, Nancy is delighted to be back home in
Maine, and has begun offering workshops to educators around the
state.
CONFERENCE
Student Learning Outcomes:
What they are, what
they aren't, why they matter,
and how to measure them
with
Tine Reimers, Ph.D.
March 6, 2007;
from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House
University of Maine, Orono
Have you been wondering
what all the fuss is about student learning outcomes?
After all, we all know how to measure whether students have
understood the facts of our disciplines—that’s what tests are for,
right? However, as experts in our own fields, we also recognize that
just comprehending facts isn’t the most important part of becoming a
professional in our disciplines. Do you wish you could get a better
handle on whether students are learning the concepts, values and
attitudes that are essential to success in your field? Then come to
this workshop on student learning outcomes. We will work on how to
measure the more "ineffable" learning outcomes such as critical
thinking, valuing, and the curiosity necessary for life-long
learning.
Dr. Christine (Tine) Reimers has
over twenty years of classroom experience and over eleven years of
experience in faculty development at UNC Chapel Hill, Indiana
University, the University of Texas at El Paso, where she directed
the Center for Effective Teaching and Learning, and currently at
Cornell University, where she is Executive Director of the Cornell
University Advance Center. She has Masters and Ph.D. degrees in
Comparative Literature from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and a B.A. in French from the University of Vermont. She
has published on issues of diversity in the classroom and on
student-assisted teaching, and has been invited to present workshops
around the country on such topics as critical thinking and course
design, active learning, documenting student learning outcomes,
cooperative learning, effective grading practices, and initiating
and managing change.
WORKSHOP
Tools for Measuring Student Learning Outcomes:
A Hands-on
Workshop
February 22, 2007 (Thursday);
2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
February 23, 2007
(Friday); 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
February 23, 2007
(Friday); 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Same workshop
offered 3 times;
All workshops are in the Bumps Room,
Memorial Union
The goal of
this workshop is to give you several adaptable models for measuring
student learning outcomes, especially pre- and post- tests and
multipurpose rubrics based on your objectives for student learning.
You will see you it is possible to collect useful
longitudinal data on learning outcomes for programs.
You will learn about and practice drafting tools that
simultaneously:
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define
assignment expectations,
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make grading
clear and transparently fair,
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help
students guide their choices through self- assessment,
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and measure
learning outcomes over time so you can assess how well your
courses are meeting your own and program goals.
While participation in December CTE workshop on "Writing Learning
Objectives for Course and Programs" will be helpful, it is not
required.
Facilitators: Mark Anderson, Senior Instructor, Resource
Economics and Policy, and Coordinator of the Ecology and
Environmental Sciences Program; John Hwalek, Assoc. Professor
of Chemical & Biological Engineering; Irv Kornfield,
Professor of Zoology and Assoc. Director School of Marine Sciences;
Virginia Nees-Hatlen, Assoc Professor of English, and
Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence.
WORKSHOP
GTA Support Network: Motivating Students
February 21, 2007 (Wednesday); 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Graduate Resource Center, Estabrook Hall
NEW FACULTY DISCUSSION
Fogler Library Resources and
Services for Teaching and Research
February 13, 2007 (Tuesday); 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Library Room, Fogler Library
Presenters: Nancy Lewis, Reference
Department Head; Jim Bird,
Science & Engineering Center Department Head.
Did you know that Fogler Library holds over 10,000 electronic
journals, as well as thousands of printed periodicals? That the
collection is expanding all of the time to meet new needs? That
library professionals are engaged in collaborative discussions with
faculty and students about how to keep the library's central place
in the academic community during a time of technological change?
To help new faculty members with their teaching and
research needs, Nancy Lewis and Jim Bird will demonstrate how to
access subject specific databases including new acquisitions,
suggest efficient search techniques, and describe a number of
special services for UMaine faculty members. In addition, they will
talk about and illustrate some new ways of working with students who
come to the library to access information or learn about its
services.
If you would like to raise specific questions in
advance, please send Jim Bird a quick email on First Class, and our
guests will be especially well-prepared to respond.
WORKSHOP
Significant Learning Experiences
January 15, 2007 (Monday); 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Writing Center, Neville Hall
RETREAT
We Teach Who We Are:
A Winter Gathering for All
Who Educate
January 11, 2007 (Thursday);
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
McIntire Room, Buchanan House, Orono Campus
Winter, when life seems to go underground in preparation for spring,
can be a time for personal reflection, renewal, and re-creation of
what matters most in our lives. We invite you to participate in this
day-long gathering for individual and collaborative reflection on
what matters most in our lives as teachers. We’ll strive for
winter-like clarity through the power of conversation, writing, and
telling our stories.
We draw
upon the work of Parker J. Palmer
and the teacher formation principles outlined in his book,
The Courage to
Teach. This approach is rooted in the belief that good
teaching flows from the identity and integrity of the teacher,
making connections between the renewal of a teacher’s spirit and the
revitalization of education. The work focuses not on “technique,”
but on renewing the inner lives of those who teach and lead.
Facilitators: Richard Ackerman, Associate
Professor of Educational Leadership College of Education and Human
Development; Doug Babkirk, Extension Professor, Program
Administrator Cooperative Extension; Shirley Hager, Associate
Extension Professor, Program Administrator Cooperative Extension
Co-sponsored by the: University of Maine Cooperative
Extension, The College of Education and Human Development, and the
Center for Teaching Excellence.
Fall 2006 Events
WORKSHOP
Assessment Foundations:
Writing
Learning Objectives for Courses and Programs
Same workshop
offered 3 times
December 14, 2006 (Thursday); 2:30-4:30 p.m.
FFA Room, Memorial Union
December 15,
2006 (Friday); 8:00-10:00 a.m.
Bumps Room, Memorial Union
December 15,
2006 (Friday); 2:00-4:00 p.m.
FFA Room, Memorial Union
This interactive workshop, to be repeated three times, is designed
for faculty members and department groups fairly new to systematic
assessment of student learning outcomes in courses and programs. We
will show you how to:
· translate
content goals into learning objectives,
· analyze
your more abstract or complex goals in terms of student outcomes
that we can measure without driving everyone crazy,
· coordinate
these focused and limited learning objectives with standards for
proficiency and excellence,
· foster
positive conversations about improving student learning.
It
might be helpful if you bring a syllabus or program statement with
you, especially if your syllabus or curriculum doesn't now contain a
section on learning objectives, but it's not required.
Faciliators:
Mark Anderson, Senior Instructor,
Resource Economics and Policy, and Coordinator of the Ecology and
Environmental Sciences Program; Gisela Hoecherl-Alden, Assoc.
Prof. Modern Languages and Classics; Laura Lindenfeld,
Research Asst. Prof. of Communication and Journalism, and Research
Asst. Prof. in the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center; and
Virginia Nees-Hatlen, Assoc. Prof. English, and Director of the
Center for Teaching Excellence.
WORKSHOP
Coping with Challenging
Behaviors in the Classroom:
An Interactive Workshop
December 6, 2006
(Wednesday); 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Graduate Center, Estabrooke Hall
This interactive workshop will address challenging student behaviors
in the classroom. Discussion will focus on several behavior
types and use interaction with colleagues to develop skills that
will help teaching assistants to identify and deal with difficult
situations. The workshop will provide participants with
information on useful resources on dealing with difficult, delicate,
and demanding classroom situations.
Facilitators: Salena King (Pre-Doctoral Intern, The
Counseling Center); Carey Nason (Safe Campus Project
Coordinator, Safe Campus Project); Taryn Norman (Special
Assistant for TA programming, Center for Teaching Excellence)
Sponsored by: The Center for Teaching Excellence, The Graduate
Center, The Counseling Center, & Safe Campus Project
PANEL DISCUSSION
Millennial Students & Helicopter Parents:
What Faculty Members Need to Know About Them
December 4,
2006 (Monday); 10:00-12:00 p.m.
FFA Room, Memorial Union
What Do we know about students in the class of 2010 and those coming
after them? What challenges will they bring to our paradigms
of university teaching? What do they and their families believe,
hope, dread, or misunderstand about higher education, and how can we
respond as we plan our curriculum and classes? Our panel will
fill you in and help you reflect on the students, as well as
discipline, that you teach.
Panelists: Andrea Cole
(Coordinator of Academic Advising & Student Services); Liz
Downing (Sen Assoc. Dir., New Student Programs);
Ethel
Hill (Director, Explorations); Sharon Oliver (Director,
Admissions);
EJ Roach (Director, Connections).
NEW FACULTY LUNCHEON*
Informal Networking (Introducing
Peer Consultants)
November 30, 2006 (Thursday);
12:30-1:45 p.m.
Coe Room, Memorial Union
How has the
semester gone? DO you feel that teaching could have gone
better? One of the features of the Center is a group of Peer
Consultants who could help and assist you with the whole range of
issues and concerns involving teaching and instructing classes.
Everything is strictly voluntary and confidential. So please
come, eat, and listen as they talk about what they can do for you,
and what they have learned from being a Peer Consultant about
reflective practice in college training.
Peer Consultants:
Bill Livingston, School of Forest Resources; Shannon
Martin, Communication & Journalism; Virginia Nees-Hatlen,
English and Center for Teaching Excellence.
*New faculty activities are intended for
those who have been at UMaine for five years or fewer.
NEW FACULTY DISCUSSION
Preparing for Promotion and Tenure
October 26, 2006 (Thursday); 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Bangor Room, Memorial Union (2nd floor)
Panelists:
Michael Eckardt, Vice President for Research; John Kidder,
Employee Relations & Salary Administration Analyst; Karl Kreutz,
Associate Professor of Earth Sciences & Climate Change Institute;
Jean MacRae, Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental
Engineering; Catherine Pease, Director of Human Resources; and
Edna Szymanski, Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
Our panelists will review policies and procedures for
reappointment, promotion, and tenure, and give their perspectives on how
best to navigate the process. There will be time to ask questions
and get to know our panelists. Some of them have key roles to play
in ensuring fair and efficient administration of these important rites
of passage; some of them have recently been tenured and promoted.
All faculty members in their probationary periods are urged to attend.
WORKSHOP
Preparing for Academic Careers:
For Graduate
Students and Their Advisors
October 20, 2006
(Friday); 1:10-3:00 p.m.
Bangor Room, Memorial Union
This workshop will address the academic job search with lots of tips
and suggestions on everything from writing an effective c.v. to the
job market to techniques on how to conduct a job search for faculty
positions within higher education.
Topics include: What you should know before you
start, including new trends in doctoral education and faculty
careers; planning and timing your search; written materials for the
search--suggestions and samples; conducting the search; and even
thinking about jobs outside of academe.
An important part of this workshop will be
discussion-based, so bring your expertise, bring your questions, and
join us for a stimulating discussion on the ins and outs of the
academic job search.
Presenters: Patty Counihan
is the Director of the UMaine Career Center and a Cooperating
Graduate Instructor in the College of Education and Human
Development. Scott Delcourt is Associate Dean of the
Graduate school; a Cooperating Scientist in the Department of
Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology; and a Cooperating
Instructor in the College of Education and Human Development.
Jeff Goodman is the Psychology and Social Sciences Liaison at
the UMaine Career Center and a Ph.D. candidate in Social Psychology.
Conference and/or Lecture
October 6, 2006
Mano Singham, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and
Director of the
University
Center for Innovation in
Teaching and Education at
Case
Western Reserve
University.
Author of
The Achievement Gap in Higher
Education:
Canaries in the Mines
(Rowman & Littlefield).
CONFERENCE
Teaching for Effective
Learning for All
Oct. 6, 2007, 1:00-4:00 p.m.,
McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House,
University of
Maine, Orono
This
interactive workshop will begin with an introduction that explores
common ideas about the causes of the achievement gap in
U.S. higher education.
Participants will be invited to weigh the evidence relative to
various beliefs about what causes us to call some students
successful and others failures. We will then look at those teaching
strategies that have resulted in either eliminating (or almost) the
gap. These strategies take advantage of what we know about the
conditions that lead to optimal learning.
Public
Lecture
The Achievement Gap in
U.S.
Education:
How and Why did
it arise and what can we do about it?
Oct. 6,
2006, 7:30 p.m.,
Minsky Recital Hall,
University
of
Maine, Orono
Dr.
Mano Singham will look at the causes of the gap and the teaching
strategies and methods that are helpful in reducing them. The talk,
which is derived from Dr. Singham’s recent book
The Achievement Gap in Higher
Education: Canaries in the Mines
(Rowman & Littlefield), will also argue that the conditions that
gave rise to the achievement gap are not the result of an
unfortunate set of circumstances but were a deliberate part of the
early planning of the school system, which did not have learning as
its main objective. We will look at how that mindset can be reversed
and how an atmosphere truly favorable to learning can be created in
our schools and colleges.
NEW FACULTY BREAKFAST
Meet and Mingle; Let's Start the Year Off Right!
September 26, 2006
(Tuesday); 8:30-10:00 a.m.
University Club, Fogler Library (2nd floor)
Please join us at
our CTE New Faculty Breakfast and encourage other new faculty and
mentors to join us, too. While there is no formal program, there
will be plenty of opportunities to learn from each other (and plenty of
food).
Thanks to the generosity of Joyce Rumery, Dean of
Libraries, this event will be held in elegant quarters, the University
Club on the second floor of Fogler Library.
Please drop in during the hour-and-a-half as your
schedule permits and mingle with other new faculty, mentors, campus
leaders, administrators, and key library professionals.
WORKSHOP
Integrating Instructional Technology with Effective
Teaching Methods
September 19, 2006 (Tuesday);
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Bangor Room, Memorial Union (2nd floor)
Does all this new technology seem overwhelming? How can
faculty members best use IT to increase student learning and manage
classrooms more efficiently?
This
workshop will focus on some of the most useful and most used
technologies at the University of Maine, such as First Class and
WebCT/Blackboard, as well as introduce some new innovations that may
soon be commonplace, such as clicker technology, which a number of
faculty members are now using to engage active learning and help
track attendance. It will introduce and/or expand your
awareness of useful features of existing technology and put the
technology into the changing context of faculty work and policies on
security and confidentiality.
Facilitators: John Gregory, Executive Director of
Information Technologies; Andrei Strukov, Instructional
Technology Development Specialist
Spring 2006 Events
CONFERENCE
University of Maine
Service-Learning Workshop
May 23, 2006 (Tuesday); 9:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Woolley Room, DTAV
Facilitator: Richard Schramm
CONFERENCE
Observing Classroom Teaching for Peer
Consultants
April 21 & 22, 2006 (Friday & Saturday)
3:00 - 5:30 p.m. & 9:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Bumps Room, Memorial Union
Who among us has not felt a twinge of anxiety
when in an honest moment we face the fears we inevitably have
around teaching? These fears constitute significant barriers to
the development of reflective teaching unless we are willing to
face them and open our doors to our colleagues who can help us
overcome our instinctive fear of really looking at what we do
when we teach. But if we do not take up this challenge, we
are doomed to fulfill the quote above.
By creating effective and collegial peer observation
programs, we can help our institution, our departments, and most
importantly, our colleagues, develop an understanding of the
value of reflective practice and its importance in creating and
sustaining effective teaching. In this workshop, participants
will learn to face their own fears and to help other faculty
face theirs in order to open the classroom doors for a
collaborative approach to teaching improvement.
During the course of this workshop, the group will
develop plans for implementation of peer review systems at the
University of Maine that will delineate the following:
Who will be included?
What purposes will peer review serve? What areas of teaching
will be reviewed? What standards will be used? How will evidence
be collected?What process will be used to assess the evidence?
How will feedback be provided?
In addition to the above,
we will consider techniques for face-to-face discussions of teaching
in order to ensure the best possible outcomes from the observations.
Catherine Ross completed her Ph.D. at the
University of Texas at Austin in Russian and Foreign Language
Teaching. She has taught in Japan and Ukraine, and at the University
of Nevada-Reno as well as at the University of Wisconsin and the
University of Delaware. Since 1998 she has worked in the
Institute for Teaching & Learning at the University of Connecticut,
directing the programs for teaching assistants and creating faculty
development opportunities for all faculty at UConn. She spends much
of her time in classrooms, observing, troubleshooting, and talking
“teaching”.
WORKSHOP
Sexual Diversity: Challenges for Teaching and
Advising
April 12, 2006 (Wednesday); 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Bumps Room, Memorial Union
What can faculty members do
to help create safe spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
queer and/or questioning students, and for other faculty members?
How can attention to sexual diversity both improve the educational
environment for students and enhance the teaching effectiveness of
the faculty?
In this workshop, participants will explore issues,
strategies, and resources for working with sexual diversity in and
out of the classroom.
Facilitators: Sue Estler, Higher
Education; Kristin Langellier, Communication and Journalism; Stephen
Marks, Sociology; and Eric Peterson, Communication and Journalism.
TEACHER TALK
Critical Thinking about Critical Thinking in the
Classroom
April 12, 2006 (Wednesday); 12:10 - 1:00 p.m.
Facilitator: David Batuski, Physics &
Astronomy
TEACHER TALK
Civility in the Classroom
March 30, 2006 (Thursday); 11:00 - 12:15 p.m.
Facilitators: Barbara Blazej, Peace
Studies; Carey Nason, Women's Resource Center
NEW FACULTY BREAKFAST
Networking with Faculty, Administrators, and
Library Staff
March 30, 2006 (Thursday); 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
University Club, Fogler Library
Panel
Discussion
Simple Strategies for Introducing Students to Ethics in
Research and Scholarship
March 23, 2006 (Thursday); 1:00 -
2:30 p.m.
Bumps Room, Memorial Union
Recent studies as described
in Nature
and The
Chronicle of
Higher Education reveal both that
research misconduct is rampant and that students are far less likely
to report receiving instruction in research ethics than professors
are to report providing it. Our two panelists have been talking
about their experiences teaching ethics at the graduate level and
want to provide some suggestions for integrating research ethics
into existing courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels. They
will give an overview of responsible research and talk about ways to
acquaint students with the individual, professional, institutional,
and social issues related to the ethical conduct of research.
In addition, the course content for a onecredit
graduate course in the responsible conduct of research will be
briefly reviewed. The course material focuses on such issues as the
mentor/advisee relationship; conflicts of interest; research with
human and animal subjects; authorship and plagiarism; ownership,
sharing and management of data; and social and scientific
responsibility.
Facilitators: Dr. Jessica P. Miller
is Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Dr. Harlan J.
Onsrud
is Professor of Spatial Information Science and Engineering.
AUDIO CONFERENCE
Student Ratings: Their Design, Construction,
and Use
March 6, 2006 (Thursday); 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Soderberg Conference Room, Jenness Hall
MAGNA CORP - Dr. Raoul A. Arreola
WORKSHOP
Finding Your Authority in the Classroom
February
24, 2006 (Friday); 10:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Bumps Room, Memorial Union
Are confident, wise, and
popular college instructors born that way? Whether you are just
beginning to teach, are naturally introverted or "not a performer,"
or have trouble asserting yourself with peers or students, then you
should be relieved to hear that few teachers get everything lined up
when they first enter the classroom. Given time and a framework for
reflection, any college instructor can acquire a classroom persona
that is articulate, interesting, and in control, whatever his or her
personal style, background, or age.
Over the years, the Center for Teaching Excellence has
offered many workshops that in part address the instructor's
authority-- in the contexts of classroom management, diversity,
civility, student responsibility, grading, and active learning. This
workshop will bring pieces from these past activities together,
including some good handouts, some case studies, some roleplaying,
and a lot of laughter and moving around, with the aim of providing a
framework for reflection and change in how participants see
themselves and their roles in the classroom.
Facilitator: Virginia Nees-Hatlen
is Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and Assoc.
Professor of English. She is a recovering pedaphobe (a person
fearful of teaching—a made-up but useful word, she thinks).
Teacher Talk
Assessing Team / Group Work
February 21, 2006 (Tuesday); 11:00-12:15 p.m.
Facilitator: John Hwalek,
Biological and Chemical Engineering
WORKSHOP/DISCUSSION
Academic Dishonesty & the Student Conduct Code
February 16, 2006 (Thursday); 9:30-11:15 a.m.
Bumps Room, Memorial Union
As colleges and universities
revitalize academic integrity policies and contend with new social
and technical challenges to our core values, faculty members and
teaching assistants have to be at the heart of the process. This
workshop will show how to avoid problems with cheating and how to
address problems when they do arise, while developing class and
campus cultures of honesty and respect.
Part of that process is explaining to students why
academic integrity is important. Faculty members and students also
need to understand why prompt and equitable enforcement of academic
integrity policies is necessary for every problematic act. Penalties
do not have to be unduly punitive, and sanctions should always
educate the student involved. At UMaine, for example, first offenses
generally have an educational emphasis.
In this workshop, participants will discuss evolving
issues in academic integrity and learn about some best practices for
classroom teachers, departments, and colleges. They will also learn
about how best to partner with UMaine’s Office of Community
Standards, Rights & Responsibility. Role-playing will explore legal,
effective, and educational ways to anticipate and respond to acts
that appear to violate academic integrity. In addition, participants
will receive resources for syllabi and other policy documents. This
printed and web material will be immediately useful for instructors
in all disciplines working at all levels.
Facilitators: David Fiacco,
Director of Office of Community Standards, Rights & Responsibility;
Charlie Slavin, Dean of Honors College.
Teacher Talk
Listening to What Students Need When They Need It:
A Dialog between Science and the Humanities
February 9, 2006 (Thursday); 11:00-12:15 p.m.
Facilitator: Michael Wittmann,
Physics & Astronomy
New Faculty Breakfast
Networking with Faculty and Administrators
January
27, 2006 (Friday); 8:30-10:00 a.m.
FFA Room, Memorial Union
The Center for Teaching Excellence will be hosting a new faculty
breakfasts this semester. We were pleased with our response to
an informal breakfast last semester where instead of offering
content programming, we simply invited new faculty to drop in and
network with new faculty and with some senior faculty and
administrators. We'd like to do this again.
We would like to invite you to meet, mingle, and chat
with new faculty and senior colleagues from Academic Affairs,
Student Affairs, and Administration. It's not necessary for
you to stay for the entire hour-and-a-half; please drop in as your
schedule permits.
Teacher Talk
Issues for Faculty Who Offer Clinical Courses or
Internships
January 23, 2006 (Monday); 12:10-1:00 p.m.
Facilitators: Beth Clark, Nursing;
Jeff Hecker, Psychology; Pam Kimball, Education
CONFERENCE 
Designing Courses for More Significant Student Learning
A workshop with Dr.
L. Dee Fink
January 9, 2006 from 8:00 a.m.
- 4:00 p.m.
Black Bear Inn & Conference Center, Orono, Maine
Most
college teachers would like their courses to be an experience in
which their students achieve some kind of significant learning that
lasts. But we feel frustrated and uncertain about how to get
that to happen, for more students, more of the time. In this
workshop, we will:
- Examine the place
of instructional design in the “big picture” of teaching,
- Take a close look
at what each of us really wants our students to learn,
- Systematically work
through a new model of instructional design that will enable us to
“design high quality learning into our courses,” and
- Conclude by looking
at two case studies that address the question of whether this more
intensive way of designing courses is worth the time it takes.
This new model, Integrated Course Design, shows
college teachers why much of what they are currently doing is
good, but it also identifies what they could add to their
teaching that would make it even more powerful.
Dr. L. Dee Fink served as the founding director of the
Instructional Development Program at the University of Oklahoma from
1979 until May 2005. He received his Ph.D. from the University
of Chicago in 1976, and then accepted an academic appointment in the
departments of Geography and Education at Oklahoma.
He is a nationally recognized expert on various
aspects of college teaching, and has recently published two books on
college teaching. He is the author of Creating Significant
Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College
Courses (Jossey-Bass, 2003), and co-editor of Team-Based
Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching
(Stylus, 2004).
He is also the Immediate Past President of the
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher
Education, the largest professional organization for faculty
development in the United States.
Fall 2005 Events
Teacher Talk
Documenting Your Teaching Accomplishments
December 14, 2005 (Wednesday); 12:10-1:00 p.m.
New
faculty discussion
Preparing for Promotion & Tenure
December 9, 2005 (Friday); 11:00 - 12:15 p.m.
University Club, Fogler Library
Guests: Sue Humber, Assoc. Provost for Academic Affairs;
Catherine Pease, Director, Human Resources; and John Kidder,
Employee Relations & Salary Administration Analyst, Human Resources
Teacher Talk
Balancing Life and Career
December 1,
2005 (Thursday); 11:00-12:15 p.m.
NEW FACULTY BREAKFAST
networking & Mingle with Your Colleagues
November 16, 2005 (Wednesday); 8:30 - 9:45 a.m.
Bumps Room, Memorial Union
Workshop
Preparing
for Academic Careers Today: A Workshop for Graduate Students and
People Who Care About Them
November 11, 2005 (Friday); 10:00-12:00
p.m.
Bumps Room, Memorial Union
This workshop will address the academic job search with lots of tips
and suggestions on everything from writing an effective c.v. to the
job market to techniques on how to conduct a job search for faculty
positions within higher education.
Topics include: What you should know before you start, including new
directions in doctoral education; planning and timing your search;
written materials for the search — suggestions and samples;
conducting the search; and even thinking about jobs outside of
academe.
An important part of this
workshop will be discussion-based, so bring your expertise, bring
your questions, and join us for a stimulating discussion on the ins
and outs of the academic job search.
Facilitators: Steve
Campbell is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Wildlife Ecology
and and an instructor at the University of Maine and Husson
College. Patty Counihan is the Director of the UMaine Career
Center and a Cooperating Graduate Instructor in the College of
Education and Human Development. Scott Delcourt is Associate
Dean of the Graduate School; a Cooperating Scientist in the
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology; and
a Cooperating Instructor in the College of Education and Human
Development. Jeff Goodman is the Psychology and Social Sciences
Liaison at the UMaine Career Center and is a Ph.D. candidate in
Social Psychology.
Panel
Discussion
Political Controversy and Academic Freedom in the
Classroom
November 9, 2005 (Wednesday); 1:15-3:00 p.m.
Bumps Room, Memorial Union
Political controversy comes up in many classes, for example
when a class focuses on areas of political dispute or
regularly incorporates political discussion. But even
when politics is not the topic or a major element of the
class, participants can find themselves talking about controversial
issues. How should controversy be handled in the classroom?
How can a course promote academic freedom as well as open and active
debate and disagreement? How can all students feel that their
views are respected and that it is safe to air their opinions
without jeopardizing grade standing? How can instructors feel
safe when raising risky issues?
After
discussing academic freedom and the goals they wish to achieve in
the classroom, Professors Fried and Powell will share some of
their approaches to teaching controversy, talk about some pitfalls,
and explain how teaching politically controversial material can
develop critical thinking and civic skills. Participants will
be encouraged to share their ideas and experiences.
Facilitators: Amy Fried, Assoc. Professor, Political
Science, and Richard Powell, Asst. Professor, Political
Science.
Teacher Talk
Developing a New Course Proposal
November 7, 2005 (Monday); 12:10-1:00 p.m.
Teacher Talk
How to Make Useful Mid-Semester Course Corrections
October 26, 2005 (Wednesday); 12:10-1:00 p.m.
NEW FACULTY LUNCHEON
Active Learning
October 25, 2005 (Tuesday); 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Mahogany Room, Wells Conference Center
Guests:Sandy Caron, Family Relations, Prof. Education & Human
Development; Kristin Langellier, Prof. Communication and Journalism;
John Thompson, Asst. Prof. Physics
Workshop
From Experience to Exposition: Genres of Writing and
Acts of Learning -
A Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop with Dr. Patricia Lambert
Stock
October 21, 2005 (Friday); 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Main
Dining Room, Stodder Commons
The purpose of this workshop is to demonstrate a variety of
ways in which faculty across the curriculum can integrate writing
instruction into their courses in a fashion that enriches rather
than detracts from the subjects they are teaching.
In this workshop, we will use writing to collect, sort, analyze,
synthesize, and publish information about a familiar topic. In
the process, as we try our hands at a number of kinds of writing, we
will discuss how each is contributing to our understanding of the
subject we are studying as well as to the vocabulary syntax, and
discourse we are developing to discuss and explore the subject.
Dr. Stock is Professor of Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures,
Professor of English, and Adjunct Professor of Education at Michigan
State University. Her research on literacy teaching and
learning and teacher education has garnered national awards from The
Conference on College Composition and Communication and Hofstra
University. She serves as past president of the National
Council of Teachers of English and is on the Advisory Board of the
National Commission on Writing for America's Families, Schools, and
Colleges.
Teacher Talk
Grading, Assessment, and Evaluation
October 13,
2005 (Thursday); 11:00-12:15 p.m.
Workshop
Proposal Writing for
People Who Want to Chase Around a Little Money
(Internal Research & Teaching Grants, Planning Grants)
but Haven't Been Trained in Proposal Writing
October 7, 2005 (Friday); 2:00-4:30
p.m.
Bumps Room, Memorial Union
This hands-on workshop is
geared for faculty members who don't have experience with proposal
and grant-writing, including especially CLAS faculty who want to get
into the game. We will cover basic grantwriting skills and
strategies with a primary focus on grants offered on campus.
The skills acquired in this workshop can be translated into external
grant proposals. We will supply some primary "do's and don'ts"
about grantsmanship and work collaboratively through a few examples.
We will also discuss some of the major grants available to faculty
on campus and offer suggestions for successful applications.
Be prepared for a fun and interactive workshop that will
(hopefully!) lead to lots of money for your research and teaching!
Facilitators: Gisela Hoecherl-Alden, Asst. Professor of
German; Laura Lindenfeld, Asst. Professor, Project
Opportunity; and Virginia Nees-Hatlen, Assoc. Professor of
English, and Director, Center for Teaching Excellence.
Teacher Talk
Teaching First Year Students
September 26, 2005 (Monday); 12:10-1:00 p.m.
Workshop
Old Song, New Tune? Seeing
Deep and Sustained Learning
through Peer Tutors' Perspectives
September 15, 2005
(Thursday); 2:00-4:00 p.m.
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