Faculty Development Events
Spring 2013
Open to all interested faculty—note times and locations—bring a brown bag lunch unless noted. Please RSVP using the links below. Questions? Contact Anne Riconosciuto, 554-2746.
Varsi CAFE3
Varsi 114, Monday/Wednesday (see dates below)
The Collaborative for Teaching Innovation and the Faculty Development Program invites you to drop by Varsi 114 from 11:45-12:50 on the dates listed below.
Join colleagues from the Faculty Collaborative, the Library, and Media Services for informal conversations about new teaching resources and ideas, and to experiment with your own course content. Feel free to suggest additional topics, which we'll incorporate into the 2013-14 CAFE3 schedule. You'll note that each area of focus is followed by a week of hands-on workshops led by our colleagues in Media Services. Click on the link to see the times and locations for these workshops.
- To see times, locations, and detailed descriptions of the topics below, CLICK HERE
- April 8 (Mon), Metacognition (huh?) and Reflective Learning
- April 15 (Mon), Flipping Your Class
- April 17 (Weds), Electronic Content Development and Mobile Learning
- Week of April 22, Creating Online Content: Hands-on workshops
- April 22(Mon), Reimagining Student Assignments
- April 29 (Mon), Getting Your Word Out: Reaching beyond the Academy with New Media
- Week of May 6, Blogging and Tweeting: Hands-on workshops
- May 15 (Weds), ePortfolios: More Than a New Technology
RSVP online at least two days before the date and we'll provide you with a bag lunch and a drink in the CAFE3 spirit. Otherwise, BYOL.
The Faculty Collaborative folks (Eileen Elrod, Chris Bachen, Sharon Merritt, Noel Radley, Nicholas Tran and Tim Urdan) look forward to hearing about your new ideas and interests as we build toward new sites for conversation about teaching at SCU: CAFE3 during 2013-14; one- to two-day Technology and Teaching Workshops with Instructional Technology Resource Specialists this summer; a web repository of teaching resources (to deepen resources currently available on the Faculty Development site).
Thursday, April 11
VITAL (Vitality in Teaching and Learning)
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Viewing & Taping Room C, University Library, First Floor
A longstanding reading and discussion group, VITAL (Vitality in Teaching and Learning) offers an opportunity to gather with peers across the disciplines to talk about teaching. This year we will read and discuss a classic: McKeachie's Teaching Tips. This indispensable, adaptable, and research-based handbook provides helpful strategies for dealing with everyday challenges of university teaching. New and experienced teachers will find ideas for how to maximize learning for every student.
Reading for this meeting is TBA. Please contact
Anne Riconosciuto for a copy of the book.
Lunch will be served, RSVP REQUIRED.
Thursday April 25 AND Friday, April 26
Petitioning for Tenure and/or Promotion
Benson Center, Parlor A
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR APRIL 25
CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR APRIL 26
This hands-on workshop and Q&A session is for faculty planning to apply for tenure and/or promotion in the near future. Eileen Razzari Elrod (Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development) and a University Rank and Tenure Committee representative will review the steps required for submitting your petition, discuss what to include in your application and how to organize it, and show some materials from recently successful applications. Please feel free to bring your own draft materials if you like.
Lunch will be served, RSVP REQUIRED.
Locations:
Viewing & Taping Rooms A, B & C: First Floor of Library Building, across from Information desk on left
Varsi 114: Side entrance on the north side of the building
