What does your body language and nonverbal communication tell people about you? Can you detect the emotions of your students and colleagues through their body language and facial expressions? Can you discern when someone is not telling the truth? Mr. Frank Marsh, a prominent speaker and facilitator, will demonstrate effective communication strategies and will teach us how to hone our own and our students’ visual critical thinking skills.
Frank is a communication analyst and a former Marine Corps Intelligence Officer. As a trainer for the Department of Justice’s National Drug Intelligence Center, he has taught special agents, intelligence analysts, police officers, and investigators from around the world the power of effective communication. Always entertaining and adept at actively engaging his audience, Frank is a frequent presenter to corporations, associations, and universities on effective communication, reading body language, and detecting deception. He is a certified handwriting analyst, and last year Frank was featured on the History Channel’s Secrets of Body Language. Don't miss this one! Mark your calendar for Saturday, February 27!
]]>Discover your innate talents in this StrengthsQuest seminar! Dr. Chris Xaver, professor and program chair of Communications and Media Arts from Dryden, New York, will lead each participant to an understanding of his or her greatest natural talents. She will also identify specific ways you can utilize your talents in teaching, mentoring, service, and/or scholarship. StrengthsQuest, a professional development program to enhance teaching effectiveness, is offered by the Gallup Organization, best known for the Gallup Poll.
One week prior to this seminar, each registrant will receive, free of charge, a code to access the StrengthsFinder assessment. You need to complete this on-line assessment and bring the results—a list of your top five signature strengths—to the seminar. In this dynamic seminar, Dr. Xaver will then provide an interpretation of the various strengths and talents, explaining how they impact upon your work at IUP. It’s fun and very interesting to identify your innate talents through StrengthsQuest, and the program is growing in popularity on campuses across the country.
Lunch will be provided.
In order to provide each participant with an access code for the StrengthsFinder Assessment and to allow sufficient time for you to complete the assessment before this free seminar, advance registration is required. The registration deadline is October 12, 2009. To register, contact Sharon Aikins (saikins@iup.edu).
]]>Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009
Time: 3:30–4:45 p.m.
Location: 138 Stouffer
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Refreshments will be served.
Date: Friday, September 11, 2009
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Hadley Union Building (The HUB)
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Time: 8:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Location: Crimson Event Center, Folger
New faculty members will get acquainted with one another and with the techology needed to move smoothly through designing and organizing classes. Breakfast and lunch will be included!
Time: 8:00 a.m.–4:15 p.m.
Location: Crimson Event Center, Folger
Presentations and informal discussions regarding support for teaching and research, questions about tenure and promotion, and advice from newer faculty members.
Time: 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (tenure-track faculty members will finish at 4:00)
Location: Breakfast and lunch will be in the Crimson Event Center, Folger. Sessions will be in the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology.
New faculty members will be able to speak with colleagues about their best practices in teaching IUP students and discuss research funding and ways of balancing research and teaching at IUP. Temporary faculty members will learn how to navigate the various computer applications, hear about instructional support, and hear from union representatives.
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Refreshments will be provided!
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Time: 3:30 - 4:45 p.m.
Location: Crimson Event Center, Folger Hall
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Refreshments will be provided!
Date: Thursday, August 27, 2009
Time: 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Location: Crimson Event Center, Folger Hall
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Date: Monday, April 6, 2009
Time: 3:35–4:50 p.m.
Location: Susquehanna Room, HUB
The consequesces of not fully understanding FERPA requirements and the release of unauthorized information can be far-reaching—for both the university and the employee. Therefore, please plan to update your understanding of FERPA by attending this important program.
Presenter: Jeannie Broskey, associate registrar for Student Records
Registration: Please e-mail Sharon Aikins (saikins@iup.edu) if you plan to attend.
]]>Date: Friday, February 27, 2009
Time: 12:15–1:15 p.m.
Location: Stabley Library, Room 101
Topics that will be covered include:
Presenter: Susan Drummond, instruction librarian (Susan.Drummond@iup.edu)
Registration: Please contact presenter directly if you plan to attend.
]]>Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Time: 3:35–4:50 pm
Location: Stabley Library, Room 101
We’ll cover advisor/advisee roles; liberal studies overview; policies, procedures and forms; and resources to help you advise.
Presenter: Rebecca Sterley, editor: Advisor Advocate (Rebecca.Sterley@iup.edu)
Registration: Please contact presenter directly if you plan to attend.
]]>This presentation and discussion will focus on the more influential strategies to create a learning culture for success in large group settings.
Presenter: Richard Lamberski, Communications Media, Richard.Lamberski@iup.edu
Date: Monday, March 23, 2009
Time: 3:35–4:25 p.m.
Location: Stouffer Hall, Room G7
Registration: Please respond directly to the presenter if you plan to attend.
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Presenter: Blaine Knupp, Reference Coordinator, Blaine.Knupp@iup.edu
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009
Time: 3:30–4:45 p.m.
Location: Stabley Library, Room 101
Registration: Please respond directly to the presenter if you plan to attend.
]]>How does a teacher get pertinent information across to class members without telling them what they need to know? In this workshop, we'll discuss this problem and learn how to transform passively taught students into actively involved learners. Get blood flowing into your students' brains—and knowledge with it!
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009
Time: 3:00–5:00 p.m.
Location: Weyandt Hall, Room 9
Registration: Please RSVP directly to the presenter, Tom Lord, Biology, Thomas.Lord@iup.edu, if you plan to attend.
]]>Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Time: 3:30–4:45 p.m.
Location: Stabley Library, Room 101
]]>A case study of the design and delivery for a sucessful department internship program
This workshop will provide materials and highlight procedures to effectively manage an internship program. Resources and perspectives will be for coordinators, supervising faculty, participating host sites, and student interns.
Refreshments will be provided.
Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009
Time: 3:30–4:45 p.m.
Location: Stouffer Hall G-7
Presenter: Dr. Richard Lamberski (Richard.Lamberski@iup.edu)
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This is an informational session, where participants talk about what works and what doesn’t in their classrooms, what they are struggling with, and what they want to achieve. We share strategies that have worked for us, try to offer solutions to problems, and support each others’ efforts to improve teaching and learning.
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Time: 3:30–4:45 p.m.
Location: Stabley 101
Facilitator: Laurel Black: Laurel.Black@iup.edu
Please RSVP the facilitator if you plan to attend.
]]>Few of us who present at conferences can expect full reimbursement for our travel. What are the tax consequences of such unreimbursed professional expenses? Fortunately there are ways to deduct them for most taxpayers. This informational session will cover these and other basic financial issues that often imipact those in higher education, with plenty of time for questions and discussion about specific concerns.
Date: Wednesday, Feburary 11, 2009
Time: 3:35–4:50 p.m.
Location: Nicholson Library, 112 Leonard
Presenter: Dr. Christopher Kuipers, English Department (c.kuipers@iup.edu)
Please RSVP directly to the presenter if you plan to attend.
]]>8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Crimson Event Center, Folger
Please save this date for a workshop that addresses one of the most frequently heard questions from faculty: “How do I motivate my students?” The spring weekend workshop will feature Dr. Todd Zakrajsek, an expert in student motivation research and practice. So please plan to join your colleagues from 8:30 to 2:30 in the Crimson Event Center (where we will double up on the hot water and coffee!) for this event. It’s planned early so that you can use what you learn while your students are still excited about your class—don't let the opportunity slip away!
]]>Learn more about preparing for this important professional process. Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 3:30–4:45 p.m., Crimson Event Center, Folger
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3:30–4:45 p.m.
Crimson Event Center, Folger
]]>What can instructors do to facilitate learning when they encounter students who seem uninterested and even apathetic toward course content and assignments? Part of the responsibility for learning belongs to students, but as faculty members we can find new ways to motivate, inspire, and maybe even cajole students to learn. This workshop will demonstrate and explain how instructors can make classroom learning, perhaps one of the most artificial learning settings, a more meaningful experience for students. The presenter uses theories of learning and motivation as a basis for creating strategies to increase student engagement in course content and class sessions. Participants will have an opportunity to try out and experience first hand some of these techniques. Topics covered in this session include a discussion of active learning, motivation, collaborative learning, metacognition, learning theory, and interpersonal communication.
Dr. Todd Zakrajsek is the new executive director of the Center for Faculty Excellence at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to that, he was the inaugural director of the Faculty Center for Innovative Teaching at Central Michigan University. Previously, he was the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Southern Oregon University, where he also taught in the psychology department as a tenured associate professor. Dr. Zakrajsek has published and presented widely on the topic of student learning, including workshops and conference keynote addresses in twenty-five states and in Canada, Switzerland, and Sweden over the past several years. His workshop and presentation at this past year’s The Teaching Professor Conference was chosen as one of the best based on evaluations from participants.
]]>Presenters will provide brief descriptions and/or short demonstrations of games they use and discuss the experiences that they have had using games with their students. This meeting is designed to provide the opportunity for you to (1) learn why games can serve as effective activities to promote learning and student engagement and (2) hear about or participate in a sampling of active learning, learner-centered games using a variety of media that you can adapt to include in your own teaching.
We hope you will come with your ideas and experiences to contribute as well! Games as a means to foster learning at a range of levels and to create a sense of community will be emphasized.
This program is offered by the Office of Teaching Excellence.
]]>3:30–4:30 p.m., Allegheny Room, HUB
Academic Integrity issues and Grade Appeals are part of the occasional “less than pleasant” aspects of teaching higher education. This workshop will review IUP’s policy, options available as faculty members, and what services are available.
Presenter: Lynnan Mocek, Executive Staff Assistant, Provost’s Office
]]>2:00–3:00 p.m., Stabley 210
Want to discourage your students from plagiarizing or assist them in understanding what it is? Can you use a tool that will assist you in detecting non-original text in your student’s papers? If so, Turnitin plagiarism detection service may be of use to you.
Presenter: Theresa McDevitt, Government Documents/Reference Librarian
]]>3:30–4:30 p.m., Stabley 101
Topics that will be covered include:
Presenters:
Blaine Knupp, Reference Coordinator
Susan Drummond, Instruction Librarian
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The ARL provides free statistical assistance to the university community. This short presentation will introduce newer faculty members to the services offered by the ARL and will introduce them to our facilities.
Want to keep your notes electronically and keep track of all those electronic versions of journal articles, books, or images? Want to be able to create bibliographies in a snap or automatically insert parenthetical references and create complete bibliographic citations as you write? If so, EndNote bibliographic management software can help.
Your syllabus is not just a requirement. It’s part of creating course excitement, establishing your voice and relationship with students, and introducing your teaching philosophy. Participants will learn some strategies for using the syllabus to start the course off on the right foot.
Presenter: Laurel Black, Director, Center for Teaching Excellence
]]>This workshop for novices, presented by the Center for Teaching Excellence and Reflective Practice, will be led by our own Gian Pagnucci, of the English Department.
You'll learn how to build a faculty web page, a course page with assignments, syllabi and Internet resources, and how to create a blog. For more information, see Tech Teaching 101. To register, e-mail Sharon Aikins at saikins@iup.edu.
]]>“Effective Group Work!,” led by Jennifer Jones, will be held from 3:30–4:45 p.m. in the Crimson Event Center, Folger Hall.
]]>Opening Meeting: Ah...Hah! Re-imagining Your Teaching
Codirectors: Laurel Black, Francisco Alarcon, Stephanie Taylor-Davis, Valeri Helterbran, John Woolcock, Judith Villa, Rosalee Stilwell
]]>Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Teaching Circle Organization (Francisco Alarcon, Stephanie Taylor-Davis)
]]>The CTE has planned a New Faculty Orientation for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, August 18–20, 2008. The workshops will begin at 8:00 a.m., with a continental breakfast in the Crimson Event Center in Folger Hall, followed by the orientation sessions. Lunch is provided each day. We will finish by 1:30 p.m. on Monday, 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, and 4:00 p.m. Wednesday. This schedule will allow you to attend to other important personal and academic concerns while providing you with information crucial to navigating your first year.
The focus Monday will be essential information you need for the start of classes. Instruction technology services staff will help you to access and use the various drives and answer technical questions. On Tuesday, we will discuss important policies and support structures you need to know about immediately. Suggestions on teaching, interacting with IUP students, and joining the Indiana community will also be offered by faculty members who have completed one or two years of teaching at IUP. On Wednesday, we will split the day between discussion of successful teaching strategies and support for pursuing research.
These three days are only the beginning of your orientation. The Center for Teaching Excellence will offer short seminars each month for new faculty through its Sustained Support Program, providing more in-depth information about topics and issues our faculty members have told us are important in making decisions regarding teaching, scholarship, and service. More information is available at 2008 New Faculty Orientation.
Please contact Sharon Aikins in the Center for Teaching Excellence at 724-357-7800 (leave a message if no one answers) or at Sharon.Aikins@iup.edu by the end of the day on August 13, indicating whether you plan to attend.
]]>Location: Crimson Event Center, Folger Hall
Date: Wednesday, May 21
Time: 9:00 a.m. – Noon
Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Barbara A. Frey received her D.Ed. from Pennsylvania State University and her M.Ed. from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a Senior Instructional Designer in the Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education at the University of Pittsburgh where she provides support and training to faculty on a variety of teaching and learning projects. In addition, she teaches as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Learning and Performance Systems Department of Pennsylvania State University World Campus. Her research interests include Web-based distance education, program evaluation, and human resource development. In addition to her work with instructional design, she has done presentations on promoting classroom civility.
Over the course of the year, the Center for Teaching Excellence has heard from a lot of faculty about the kinds of workshops they would like to attend. I am very happy to say that we have been able respond to two of those recent topic requests. IUP is very lucky to have Dr. Barbara Frey (pronounced “Fry”) coming to conduct two very different workshops in May, during pre-session: “Classroom Civility” and “Best Practices in On-line Pedagogy”. The description above will be fleshed out in more detail as Mindy Wygonik, Faculty Liaison for Instructional and Research Technologies, and I have the chance to speak with Dr. Frey and share faculty interests and concerns. If you have any specific aspects that you would like Dr. Frey to address, please respond to Laurel.Black@iup.edu. I realize that they are mid-week, but that is not possible to change, given Dr. Frey’s schedule. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Sharon.Aikins@iup.edu.
]]>Location: Eberly 109
Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided
Barbara A. Frey received her D.Ed. from Pennsylvania State University and her M.Ed. from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a Senior Instructional Designer in the Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education at the University of Pittsburgh where she provides support and training to faculty on a variety of teaching and learning projects. In addition, she teaches as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Learning and Performance Systems Department of Pennsylvania State University World Campus. Her research interests include Web-based distance education, program evaluation, and human resource development. In addition to her work with instructional design, she has done presentations on promoting classroom civility.
Over the course of the year, the Center for Teaching Excellence has heard from a lot of faculty about the kinds of workshops they would like to attend. I am very happy to say that we have been able respond to two of those recent topic requests. IUP is very lucky to have Dr. Barbara Frey (pronounced “Fry”) coming to conduct two very different workshops in May, during pre-session: “Classroom Civility” and “Best Practices in On-line Pedagogy”. The description above will be fleshed out in more detail as Mindy Wygonik, Faculty Liaison for Instructional and Research Technologies, and I have the chance to speak with Dr. Frey and share faculty interests and concerns. If you have any specific aspects that you would like Dr. Frey to address, please respond to Laurel.Black@iup.edu. I realize that they are mid-week, but that is not possible to change, given Dr. Frey’s schedule. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Sharon.Aikins@iup.edu.
]]>By now you know what you’re teaching next semester. How can you think about grading in ways that encourage student participation, decrease the amount of time you spend, and accurately represent what your students really know and can do? What can go ungraded? How can you handle group projects? Where do you find rubrics and how do you make them?
Discussion Facilitator: Laurel Black
Location: Stabley 203 (old library, across the bridge from Stapleton Library)
Time: 3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
This workshop is part of our New Faculty Orientation: Sustained Support Program.
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