Runge will teach us how to create a more engaging classroom—one in which we can teach at students’ appropriate instructional levels by using various polling technologies. Runge will focus on the use of Polleverywhere.com technology to assess students’ mastery of course content either during or before class. Data from these activities are then used to modify instruction that is matched to students’ needs. Low-technology options for polling students’ course mastery will also be discussed.

This event is open to faculty and teaching associates only.

It is not necessary to RSVP.

Refreshments will be served!

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• On Thursday, April 4, 2013, David Porter will present “Tools for Critical Reflection: Course Design Rubrics for Distance Education” from 3:30–4:45 p.m. in the Crimson Event Center, Folger Hall. 
  
  This interactive program introduces faculty to course design rubrics. We will subsequently engage in discussion how individual and groups of faculty as well as the institution might use these tools for critical reflection and the progressive improvement of online courses and student learning.  Faculty are encouraged to bring laptops, iPads, etc. in order to contribute material electronically.
• On Wednesday, April 17, 2013, Timothy Runge, of the Department of Educational and School Psychology, will present a session on Formative Assessment from 3:35–4:50 p.m. in Stabley 210.
  
  Runge will teach us how to create a more engaging classroom—one in which we can teach at students’ appropriate instructional levels by using various polling technologies. Runge will focus on the use of Polleverywhere.com technology to assess students’ mastery of course content either during or before class. Data from these activities are then used to modify instruction that is matched to students’ needs. Low-technology options for polling students’ course mastery will also be discussed.

It is not necessary to RSVP.

Refreshments will be served!

Center for Teaching Excellence

In addition to serving on the Center for Teaching Excellence advisory board, Lassiter is an active plus participant in the Reflective Practice Project.

Grad Student Lassiter Writes About Leadership

Runge will teach us how to create a more engaging classroom—one in which we can teach at students’ appropriate instructional levels by using various polling technologies. Runge will focus on the use of Polleverywhere.com technology to assess students’ mastery of course content either during or before class. Data from these activities are then used to modify instruction that is matched to students’ needs. Low-technology options for polling students’ course mastery will also be discussed.

This event is open to faculty and teaching associates only.

It is not necessary to RSVP.

Center for Teaching Excellence

Team members brought back some new and exciting best practices that they plan to introduce campuswide at upcoming RP events. Many thanks to the Provost’s Office for funding the team’s participation in this experience.

The group plans to continue the discussion about incorporating more high impact practices at IUP. Anyone who would like to be part of this work group is welcome to contact Mary Anne Hannibal (hannibal@iup.edu), director for the Center for Teaching Excellence.

The IUP team included: Mark Palumbo of Psychology, Katie Farnsworth of Geoscience, Bob Hinrichsen of Biology, Stephanie Taylor-Davis of Food and Nutrition, Michele Papakie of Journalism, Jack Makara of Housing, Residential Living, and Dining, and Mary Anne Hannibal of Professional Studies in Education.

Pictured: Mark Palumbo, Katie Farnsworth, Robert Hinrichsen, Stephanie Taylor-Davis, Michele Papakie, Jack Makara, and Mary Anne Hannibal

Finding stillness in a distracting world creates a space that is at the core of profound learning and insight. Contemplative practice sharpens concentration to the present moment, deepens a sense of presence, and builds compassion towards others. In this workshop, we will examine together how the whole educational institution can be creating, supporting, and sustaining environments that provide the tools to support students’ ongoing inquiry into meaning, purpose, and values.

About the Presenter

Daniel Barbezat, Ph.D., is professor of Economics at Amherst College and director of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. He has been a visiting professor at Northwestern University and Yale University and has taught in the summer program at Harvard University. In 2004, he won the J. T. Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic History from the Economic History Association. Over the past decade, he has become interested in how self-awareness and introspection can be used in higher education and economic decision-making. He has developed courses that integrate contemplative exercises designed to enable students to gain deeper understanding and insight. His approach to these economic classes has been featured in the Boston Globe, the U.S. News & World Report, and as on the NPR program Here & Now.

For more information, please see brochure.

Kindlly RSVP Patti Shaffer at pshaffer@iup.edu.

Continental breakfast included.

Faculty, staff, and students are all welcome!

Center for Teaching Excellence

“For the first time, Parker Palmer and Maryellen Weimer come together to discuss what matters most in teaching. Whether you are a new or experienced faculty member who ended the semester on a high note or a low note, you’ll gain insight, inspiration, and validation from this impassioned conversation.”*

Come! No reservations required! Join your colleagues as they listen to, reflect upon, and discuss this interesting conversation between these two respected professionals who are well known to reflective practitioners in academia.

This event is open to faculty and teaching associates only.

*This conversation was recorded on November 6, 2012. Campus access to the conversation was purchased by CTE from Magna Publications.

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Schedule

• 8:00–8:30 a.m.: Continental Breakfast
• 8:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.: Workshop (lunch provided)

Full Workshop Description (pdf)

Ike Shibley’s Bio (pdf)

This event is open to faculty and teaching associates only.

Registration deadline: Tuesday, February 13, 2013

Chemistry professor John Woolcock (right) was honored in a ceremony led by journalism professor Michele Papakie (left). Both are active members of the Center for Teaching Excellence.

Woolcock has served as a volunteer of the Center for Teaching Excellence for almost 25 years. He is a charter member of the center, which was established in 1989, and is a longtime member of the advisory board.

He is also active in planning the center's faculty professional development activities—which include workshops, monthly meetings, and teaching circles—and in recognizing faculty members for active participation in these activities.

The John Woolcock Teacher/Scholar Award for Reflective Practice will be awarded annually to faculty members in any discipline.

The announcement was made at a ceremony held on December 14 by the center and the Chemistry Department.

'Tis the season to be jolly! What better way to end the semester and start a refreshing winter break than to attend a reflective large-group meeting and get some new ideas to chew on as you plan your spring courses?

And speaking of chewing, we always have great snacks.

This event is open to faculty and teaching associates only. Hope to see you there!

We all believe that we know what it takes to be an effective teacher. Right? The question is: What do your students think? Let’s find out! Come to our next Large Group Meeting, entitled, “Nine Essential Traits of the Effective Professor,” to see what students really think. This time, Mark Palumbo will present information from this exciting workshop that he attended at the Teaching Professor Conference in May.

No RSVP is necessary.

This event is open to faculty and teaching associates only.

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Feeling stressed out? You’re not alone! The feeling of having too little time and too much stress is a common denominator for faculty in higher education. This workshop will provide you with proven strategies to help you work smarter, not harder; find personal time; and enjoy your job more. Learn to take control of time and stress before they take control of you (and have fun doing it)!

Learner Outcomes

As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify time stealers and stress producers
• Set and prioritize personal and professional goals
• Communicate effectively and deal with difficult people
• Use strategies to actively manage thinking and behavior to reduce stress and increase productivity (personally and professionally)
• Develop a personal action plan for time and stress management

Presenter: Shari Robertson

A continental breakfast and light lunch will be provided.

Please RSVP online by Wednesday, October 24, 2012.

You will receive a registration confirmation notice via e-mail.

This workshop is for IUP faculty and teaching assistants only.

What are your strategies to keep students OFF of the phone and ON task during your classes? Do you include a policy in your syllabus? Does it work? Do you have any stories to share? Some faculty think, “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em!” and they develop creative ways to USE smart phone technology during class. Azad Ali, Michele Papakie, and Theresa McDevitt have been researching this topic and invite you to join the discussion!

No RSVP necessary.

Refreshments will be served.

Center for Teaching Excellence

• Are you considering going up for promotion in the future?
• Would you like to see what an IUP promotion box looks like?
• Have you ever wondered how your colleagues across the university organize and present their accomplishments in a promotion box?

If you responded yes to any of these questions, please plan to attend Box Night on Wednesday, September 5, from 5:30–6:30 p.n. in 210 Stabley.

Faculty from across the university who have recently been promoted will be on hand to share their boxes and talk about how they organized and presented their information. This is an informal event, so please feel free to come and go as your schedule permits. Boxes for associate and full professors will be on display, and light refreshments will be served. No RSVPs are necessary.

This event is a special project of Reflective Practice and is sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence. Please note that the purpose of this meeting is not to discuss IUP promotion policy or practice. Any questions about the promotion process should be directed to the chair of the University-wide Promotion Committee.

Hear from members of last year's cross-disciplinary teaching circles and from those who have ideas for new ones, learn how teaching circles work, and join one for the upcoming year.

No RSVPs are necessary.

Refreshments will be provided.

Center for Teaching Excellence

Student participation always seems to make classes more enjoyable—for the students and for you! Are you wondering how to get your students involved in your course? Let’s get together and talk about some activities you might use to engage your students . . . right from the start!

No RSVP is necessary.

Refreshments will be provided!

Center for Teaching Excellence

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Do you ever wonder why the student with learning disabilities in your classroom appears to be so verbally adept, but can’t write a first draft sentence with appropriate punctuation? Or why the same student “knew it” one day and not the next? Why does the student with learning disabilities need extra time?

For the answers to these and other questions, as well as brief simulations to help you feel what it is like to have a learning disability, join us at the Reflective Practice session on April 5, 2012.

Please bring a hand mirror and a pen or pencil.

No rsvp necessary.

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Many students dread working in groups and question their value. Some faculty, even understanding the value of group work, struggle to assess such complex activity. In this presentation, Laurel Black of the English Department will facilitate a discussion about how to break down group work into components and sort through ways of assessing those group projects so they don't swamp faculty, but do extend student learning. 

No rsvps are necessary.

For future events, please check our events page.

We hope to see you there!

Office of Teaching Excellence

How you communicate affects the meaning of what you communicate. Verbal and nonverbal habits can confirm, modify, or even contradict the meaning of linguistic content. In this workshop, we’ll identify the components of verbal and nonverbal communication, and then develop an awareness of the habits at play in our own and others’ communication. In a fun and supportive environment, we’ll experiment with a variety of experiential exercises that enable us to communicate more effectively and express our personalities in our teaching.

This workshop is being presented by Rick Kemp of IUP. Rick is an associate professor in IUP’s Theater and Dance Department in the College of Fine Arts. He has received numerous awards on both sides of the Atlantic for his work as an actor and director since graduating from Oxford University and then moving to the U.S. and earning his doctorate in Theater Arts at the University of Pittsburgh. In the USA, Rick has received grants from sources such as the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Heinz Endowments for work that has been presented regionally, nationally, and internationally. His book, Embodied Acting, is forthcoming from Routledge UK. In 2010, Rick received the IUP Distinguished Faculty Award in the Creative Arts.

Note: Please wear comfortable clothing, and be prepared to remove your shoes for some exercises.

Please rsvp to Sharon Aikins saikins@iup.edu.

Are you constantly trying to get your students to move beyond mere acquisition and retention of information? Do you want to engage your students more fully in the thinking process? Are you interested in learning how low-tech simulations and body kinesthetic activities can be used to nurture critical thinking in students?

In this exciting session, Crystal Machado will share with you some tried and tested strategies that she uses to engage students in critical thinking and reflective practice.

No rsvp is needed.

Center for Teaching Excellence

The same workshop will be offered twice to accommodate faculty and staff schedules. You may attend either the morning session from 9:00–11:30 or the afternoon session from 1:00–3:30 in the Allenwood, Ackerman Hall. Reservations are not required, but appreciated. Contact Mary Anne Hannibal at hannibal@iup.edu.

“Service Learning: When to, Why to, How to, and Taking it up a Notch” is intended for all faculty and staff—those having no experience with service learning and those who already have employed service learning but want to delve more into philosophical underpinnings of service learning as it relates to civic engagement, higher-order reasoning, and structured reflection.

Patrick Green, a dynamic presenter, is director of the Center for Experiential Learning and clinical instructor of experiential learning at Loyola University in Chicago. His current research focuses on the impact of experiential education programs on skill development, core competencies, and career development.

Join us at our last Reflective Practice Large Group Meeting of the semester, “Gifts of Great Teaching Ideas from RP Co-Directors,” from 3:35 to 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, at the Allenwood.

John Woolcock, Mary Anne Hannibal, and Kelli Jo Kerry Moran will share some creative and fun activities you can plan to do in your Spring classes. Come on, take a break from the grueling end of the semester to recharge for finals week!

Share good times, good ideas, and good snacks with your colleagues! Hope to see you there.

Center for Teaching Excellence

If you responded yes to any of these questions, please plan to attend Box Night.

• Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011
• Location: The Allenwood in Ackerman
• Start Time: 5:00 p.m.
• End Time: 6:30 p.m.

Faculty members from across the university who have recently been promoted will be on hand to share their boxes and talk about how they organized and presented their information. This is an informal event so, please feel free to come and go as your schedule permits. Boxes for associate and full professors will be on display, and light refreshments will be served. This event is a special project of Reflective Practice and is sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence.

Please note that the purpose of this meeting is not to discuss IUP promotion policy or practice. Any questions about the promotion process should be directed to the chair of the University-wide Promotion Committee.

The workshop will take place on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at the Allenwood in Ackerman Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

What factors influence student motivation and desire to learn? Obviously, there are some influences beyond the professor’s control, but research in educational psychology suggests that one thing we can do to increase student engagement is to create learning environments that are in some ways linked to, and supportive of, the current student culture.

During this participatory session, we will briefly review the literature regarding the culture of the millennial student and apply the findings of Dr. Price’s research regarding millennial student culture. We will specifically discuss the characteristics of millennials’ ideal learning environments, their preferences regarding assessments, their perceptions regarding the characteristics of the ideal professor, and their ideal institutional practices. Throughout the workshop, participants will engage in activities that will require them to reflect on their own teaching methods and/or institutional practices.

Reservations are required. Contact Sharon Aikins: saikins@iup.edu.

Continental breakfast and lunch provided.

Please join in this CTE Reflective Practice event!

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Copyright Compliance: Could Your Assignments Get You and Your Students Into Trouble?!?

This interactive session will offer a lively, highly practical introduction to the importance of copyright compliance for college teachers. A short introduction to copyright law will be followed by a question and answer session, where faculty experts will provide answers to copyright issues frequently encountered by college teachers. Topics will range from “fair use” of music, video and other materials in your classes to crafting assignments that help students understand the importance of complying with copyright laws and build skills necessary to avoid violating them.

Refreshments will be provided!

No RSVP is necessary.

Center for Teaching Excellence

Do you allow your students to “friend” you on Facebook? Why or why not? Do you have a profile on LinkedIn, so you can give professional recommendations for your alumni or develop research partners at other universities? Do you Tweet? Do you blog? Do you have a YouTube channel?

If not, maybe it's time to meet your students in cyberspace! If you do, please come and share your pedagogical reasoning and great ideas!

IUP’s Center for Teaching Excellence’s Reflective Practice Project will host “Using Social Media and YouTube in the Classroom.” Facilitators are Dr. Michele Papakie of the Journalism Department and Dr. Heide Witthoeft of the Foreign Languages Department.

Please come and join the discussion! (There are always snacks.)

No RSVP is needed.

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• Date: Thursday, September 8, 2011
• Time: 3:35–4:45 p.m.
• Location: 203 Ackerman

No rsvp or RP agreement form needed.

Refreshments provided!

Center for Teaching Excellence

The topic will be Great Ideas for the First Day of Class.  No reservations are necessary.

Each day will begin at 8:00 a.m. in the Crimson Event Center, Folger Hall, with a light breakfast.

Orientation for new temporary hires will be held on Wednesday, August 24, also beginning at 8:00 a.m. in the Crimson Event Center, Folger Hall.

An RSVP is required by August 17. Please send your reply to Sharon Aikins in the Center for Teaching Excellence office: phone 724-357-7800 or e-mail Sharon.Aikins@iup.edu.

More details can be found on the New Faculty Orientation webpage.

Justin Fair

Department: Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Award Category: Content Pedagogy

Kate Hanrahan

Department: Criminology, College of Health and Human Services
Award Category: Content Pedagogy

Jin Su

Department: Human Development and Environmental Studies, College of Health and Human Services
Award Category: Diversity

Michelle Bruno and Kirsten Murray

Department: Counseling, College of Education and Educational Technology
Award Category: General Practice

Thomas Lord

Department: Biology, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Award Category: Pedagogical Research

Charles Shubra

2011 Heiges-Lamberski Award: Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty Recognition Award
Department: Computer Science, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Award Category: Experiential Education

These faculty members will be recognized for their achievement at the annual Center for Teaching Excellence Reflective Practice Project Awards Dinner on April 28, 2011.

The Center for Teaching Excellence Advisory Board wishes to thank all the nominees for their participation, and we celebrate the excellent teaching and advising by IUP faculty.

Dr. Ben Rafoth, professor of English, University Professor, and director of the Writing Center, along with Ms. Lindsay Sabatino, Ph.D. candidate in the Composition and TESOL doctoral program, will give a presentation on effective writing assignments, followed by discussion and sharing of examples.

From time to time, most teachers adjust their writing assignments in response to the quality of work they receive from their students. Effective revisions to assignments should lead students to produce better work, but what is the best way to revise assignments? How much structure, guidance, and advice is necessary for students? Is there a point at which an assignment becomes top heavy with information? Is a grading rubric necessary, and how does the rubric connect to the assignment? What does a good writing assignment look like?

Those attending are asked to bring one or two writing assignments that they give to their students. Examples of rubrics and student papers are also welcome.

Reservations are not needed.

Refreshments will be provided!

The festivities will be held on Thursday, April 28, 2011, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Crimson Event Center in Folger Hall.

RSVP to Sharon Aikins (saikins@iup.edu)

The Center for Teaching Excellence spring workshop will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. (breakfast) to 2:00 p.m. in the Allenwood in Ackerman Hall.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided. All IUP faculty members are welcome.

The Professor’s Speech

How you communicate affects the meaning of what you communicate. Verbal and nonverbal habits can confirm, modify, or even contradict the meaning of linguistic content. In this workshop, we’ll identify the components of verbal and nonverbal communication, and then develop an awareness of the habits at play in our own and others’ communication. In a fun and supportive environment, we’ll experiment with a variety of experiential exercises that enable us to communicate more effectively, and express our personalities in our teaching.

This workshop is being presented by Dr. Rick Kemp of IUP. Rick is an associate professor in IUP’s Theater and Dance Department in the College of Fine Arts. A graduate of Oxford University, he also holds an M.F.A. in Performance Pedagogy and a Ph.D. in Theater Arts from the University of Pittsburgh. Rick has received numerous awards on both sides of the Atlantic for his work as an actor and director, and continues to work in professional theater regionally, nationally, and internationally.

At IUP, Rick received an Academic Excellence and Innovation Award in 2009, the award for Outstanding Researcher in the College of Fine Arts, and the 2010 Distinguished Faculty in the Creative Arts Award.

RSVP to Sharon Aikins (saikins@iup.edu) by Wednesday, March 16, 2011.

Note: Please wear comfortable clothing, and be prepared to remove your shoes for some exercises.

Faculty and administrators may nominate faculty members for recognition in one of twelve award categories. Self nominations are encouraged.

Please see the announcement (PDF) describing the twelve award categories, the nomination and selection process, and the nomination form.

Applications are due by February 14, 2011.

We look forward to honoring the award recipients for their commitment to excellence in teaching/advising and their dedication to our students at our Faculty Recognition Dinner on April 28, 2011.

Promoting Critical Thinking

Thursday, January 20, 3:30–4:45 p.m. in the Allenwood, Ackerman Hall

Students often claim that critical thinking is “hard” and resist activities that encourage their skill and development. How can we work cricital thinking skills into all the aspects of our courses?

Unbalancing Student Thinking

Wednesday, February 9, 3:35–4:50 p.m. in the Allenwood, Ackerman Hall

Do you have a tolerance for chaos? The presenter will introduce us to ways we can “unbalance” our students’ thinking (and maybe our own!), as well as provide a safe environment to encourage new ways of thinking, behaving, and learning.

Information Literacy as a Critical Skill for Success

Thursday, March 3, 3:30–4:45 p.m. in Stabley 201

Information literacy skills are increasingly important for college students, and more and more librarians and subject faculty members are collaborating to develop games and other student-centered activities to engage students and facilitate meaningful learning experience and a firm foundation in skills which are crucial to college success and in life beyond the school room. Join us as a lively panel of librarians and subject faculty members share their experiences and ready-to-go games, activities, and assignments so you can be off and running in integrating information literacy skills into your classes.

Low Tech Teaching

Wednesday, April 6, 3:30–4:45 p.m. in the Allenwood, Ackerman Hall

Not everyone is ready for high-tech teaching, and not every class or course needs it. How can we use everyday items and activites for foster student learning and engagement?

Center for Teaching Excellence

If you responded yes to any of these questions, please plan to attend Box Night.

• Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010
• Location: Crimson Event Center, Folger Hall
• Start Time: 5:00 p.m.
• End Time: 7:00 p.m.

Faculty from across the university who have recently been promoted will be on hand to share their boxes and talk about how they organized and presented their information. Boxes for assistant, associate, and full professors will be on display. This event is a special project of Reflective Practice and is sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence.

Please note that the purpose of this meeting is not to discuss IUP promotion policy or practice. Any questions about the promotion process should be directed to the chair of the Universitywide Promotion Committee.

Light refreshments will be served.

Non-majors classes often pose special problems: large sizes, lack of engagement or motivation, and little preparation. But they also offer opportunities. We’ll hear from a range of colleagues with great tips and ideas for such courses.

Office of Teaching Excellence

Kathleen Glaser will provide professional development for faculty members based on Parker Palmer’s principles and practices, which are rooted in the belief that good teaching flows from the identity and integrity of the teacher.

Ms. Glaser is from the Fetzner Institute, Kensington, Md.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided!

We'll discuss how to productively work from IUP's student evaluation instrument to struture your course and help students offer constructive, fair feedback.

Refreshments will be provided!

Center fior Teaching Excellence 

All faculty members are welcome. Refreshments will be served!

We will explore various aspects of the “rhythms of the semester” that may affect your teaching and affect student learning. Using a series of mini-lectures and small group activities, we will explore questions such as:

• What are “rhythms” of the semester?
• What are the rhythms of your semester?
• What have others written about the rhythms of the semester?
• How would you apply what you have learned about the rhythms of teaching to one or more of your courses?
• In what other ways can I use rhythms effectively?

Center for Teaching Excellence

Faculty will be recognized for their participation in the Reflective Practice Project, and the Center for Teaching Excellence Awards for Academic Advising, Instructional Technology, Distance Education and Content Pedagogy will be presented.

Refreshments will be provided!

Center for Teaching Excellence

Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Time: 3:30–4:45 p.m.

Location: Crimson Event Center, Folger Hall

Center for Teaching Excellence

Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010

Time: 3:30–4:45 p.m.

Location: Crimson Event Center, Folger Hall

Center for Teaching Excellence

Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Time: 3:30–4:45 p.m.

Location: Crimson Event Center, Folger Hall

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Topics include

• On-line pedagogy
• Teaching techniques
• Course quality

This seminar is funded by the Provost’s office and collaboratively sponsored by

• Center for Teaching Excellence 
• Distance Learning and Continuing Education
• Instructional and Research Technologies

Agenda

• May 10: Pedagogy of Teaching On Line
• May 11: Optional Course Building Workshop
• May 12–13: Develop On-Line Course Independently (on-line support provided)
• May 14: Assistance with Module Completion

Agenda and registration details.

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, April 17!

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

Center for Teaching Excellence

Refreshments will be served.

Date: Friday, September 11, 2009

Time: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Location: Hadley Union Building (The HUB)

Center for Teaching Excellence

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!

August 25, 2009

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.

August 26, 2009

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.

Center for Teaching Excellence

Refreshments will be provided!

Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Time: 3:30 - 4:45 p.m.

Location: Crimson Event Center, Folger Hall

Center for Teaching Excellence 

Refreshments will be provided!

Date:  Thursday, August 27, 2009

Time:  3:30-4:45 p.m.

Location:  Crimson Event Center, Folger Hall

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:

• support for faculty research
• the incorporation of information literacy into their curriculum, assignments, and syllabi
• class instruction sessions
• library resources, especially databases, along with book and media purchases
• using ILLIAD, PALCI, and the VPN

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.

Topics that will be covered will include

• Support for faculty research
• The incorporation of information literacy into their curriculum, assignments, and syllabi
• Class instruction sessions
• Library resources, especially databases, along with book and media purchases
• Using ILLIAD, PALCI, and the VPN

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)

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!

Workshop details

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

3:30–4:45 p.m.

Crimson Event Center, Folger

8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

Crimson Event Center, Folger

Workshop Description

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.

The Workshop Facilitator

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:

• support for faculty research
• the incorporation of information literacy into their curriculum, assignments, and syllabi
• class instruction sessions
• library resources, especially databases, along with book and media purchases
• using ILLIAD, PALCI, and the VPN

Presenters: 
Blaine Knupp, Reference Coordinator
Susan Drummond, Instruction Librarian

Thursday, October 30, 2008
3:30–3:00 p.m.
ARL 310, Suites on Grant–Upper

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.

Presenter: Christoph Maier, Coordinator, Applied Research Lab

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
3:30–3:40 p.m.
Stapleton Library Lab

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.

Presenter: Theresa McDevitt, Government Documents/Reference Librarian

Tuesday, October 28, 2008
3:30–4:45 p.m.
101 Stabley

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.

About Dr. Barbara Frey

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.

About this Workshop Series

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

About Dr. Barbara Frey

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.

About this Workshop Series

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.