Fall 2008 Faculty Colloquia
CTL programs are designed to be interactive, collegial, and support professional success. They are open to faculty, staff, and teaching assistants. Refreshments and resources are provided. Please register for individual sessions.
Classroom Challenges: Attitudes, Honesty, RespectFriday, August 29 -- 126 JCP Conference Center
9:15 – 11:15 am program (9:00 am continental breakfast; 11:30 am: lunch for new faculty)
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A range of classroom behaviors challenge faculty today: students arrive late for class, use cell phones during lectures, pressure for higher grades, and even question the instructor’s authority. This can result in faculty feeling angry, frustrated, overwhelmed, or worried. InterACT, UMSL’s new interactive theatre troupe, presents a scene illustrating such situations accompanied by opportunities to dialogue about solutions to resolve the scene more effectively. Co-sponsored with Student Affairs.
How can University Advancement help new faculty? Vice Chancellor Martin Leifeld hosts lunch today to inform new faculty about the Division’s supports. Please register separately for lunch.
Lunch and Learn about Academic Service-Learning
Wednesday, September 3 -- MSC- SGA Chamber
12 noon – 1:00 PM
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Wednesday, September 10 -- MSC- SGA Chamber
12 noon – 1:00 PM
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Lunch is served as you learn the nuts and bolts of integrating service-learning into a course. On 9/3 faculty presenters explain how they revised courses for students to apply what they are learning in a community setting. Return on 9/10 to hear the perspectives of potential community partners. At the Volunteer Resource Fair meet representatives from 30+ nonprofits who are interested in partnering.
Friday, September 12 -- 126 JCP Conference Center
10:00 am – noon
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Recent award recipients and faculty who have served on the UM Research Board (proposals are due October 6) and the UMSL Senate Research Panels offerinsights into these application processes. Co-sponsor: Office of Research Administration.
Pizza and Politics: Examining our Constitution
Wednesday, September 17 -- MSC Century – A & B
11:30 -1:00 pm
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The campus community is invited to gather for a look at what we really know about the Constitution. Steve Ehlmann, County Executive of St. Charles County (attorney and former state senator, judge and teacher) leads the discussion. Sponsored by Associated Students of the University of Missouri (ASUM). Register in advance if you plan to attend with your classes. Watch for the Constitution Day flyer for related activities.
Using Newspapers with Your Curriculum
Thursday, October 16 -- 222 JCP Conference Center
12:30 lunch – Register
1:00 – 2:30 pm workshop – Register
Maria Knudtson, Department of English, University of Nebraska at Omaha, offers instructional suggestions to use the College Readership Program newspapers that are available daily to UMSL students. She’ll share newspaper based curricula ideas and assignments created by an interdisciplinary faculty group at UNO. Reviewing news with a discerning eye may help students develop important critical thinking skills. Please register separately for lunch, hosted by the New York Times, a co-sponsor of the American Democracy Project.
Preparing for Promotion
Wednesday, December 10 – 222 JCP Conference Center
10:00 – 11:30 am Preparing for Promotion and Tenure Review for Tenure Track Faculty
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Colleagues serving on tenure and promotion committees and those recently reviewed offer advice about documenting one’s accomplishments and preparing for review. Co-sponsor: Senate Committee on Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure.
2:00 – 3:30 pm Preparing for Promotion for Non-Tenure Track Faculty Members
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Colleagues share strategies for documenting effective teaching. Learn what constitutes evidence and how to collect and present it in a Teaching Portfolio.