Week of September 2, 2014 – Professional Development Opportunities

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Professional Sessions

Policies, Practices for Supporting Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Date: September 24, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: GEB A304

Presenter: Adrianna Kezar, PhD (Professor of Higher Education – University of Southern California)

Session Overview:

Nearly 70 percent of faculty members are not on the tenure track, yet most higher education policies and systems assume that they are. The result is a growing segment of our instructor base that lacks access to the resources it needs to perform effectively in the classroom. And when our faculty members feel unsupported, our students will feel that way also.

Fortunately, you can modify policies, adopt different practices, and utilize different tools so that all your instructors can operate at an optimal level. Led by Adrianna Kezar, PhD, professor of higher education at the University of Southern California, this new Magna Online Seminar will enable you to put the systems and support structures in place so that all faculty can access the resources they need to help students achieve.

More specifically, during this seminar you will:

• Learn to craft policies and adopt practices that support the entirety of your diverse faculty
• Discover specific recommendations for various course formats, including online, face-to-face, and hybrid
• Learn how to continuously support faculty so that even temporary instructors have access to available resources
• Explore human resource management practices that can enhance your efforts
• Discuss how to involve and engage all faculty as institutional citizens
• Identify practices that can undermine non-tenure track faculty and negatively impact student learning

To register for this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/uthsccalendar

New Faculty Orientation

Date: September 26, 2014 (Friday)
Time: 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: SAC – OD Larry Dining Hall

Session Overview:

The Office of Academic, Faculty, and Student Affairs (AFSA) will be hosting New Faculty Orientation as a supplement to the orientation that is provided by Human Resources at each faculty member’s hire date. The AFSA New Faculty Orientation is catered specifically to the faculty with introductions of people and resources that may be of help in their growth and advancement during their time of employment with UTHSC.

This session is for all new faculty hired since January 2014 who DID NOT attend New Faculty Orientation in March 2014.

A light breakfast will be served beginning at 7:30 AM.

Please use the following link to RSVP your attendance for New Faculty Orientation: http://tinyurl.com/uthsc-nfo-fall2014

Questions regarding New Faculty Orientation? Please contact Kristy Conger (kconger@uthsc.edu / 901-448-2253).

Toastmaster’s Brain Builders UTHSC Chapter

Date: Every Tuesday
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: The Urban Child Institute, 600 Jefferson Avenue, 1st Floor, Conference Room 4

Improve as a teacher, public speaker and leader by joining the UTHSC chapter (Brain Builders) of Toastmasters. A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. Free parking is available and everyone is welcome!

For more information about Toastmasters contact Detlef Heck (dheck@uthsc.edu).

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

TEDMED 2014

Dates: September 10th -12th, 2014

Overview:

This year, TEDMED will bring together delegates in Washington, DC and San Francisco, CA to participate in a simultaneous, unified, digitally linked program that will be streamed live to 100+ countries. “Unlocking Imagination in Service of Health and Medicine” is the focus of TEDMED 2014 taking place September 10th-12th. TEDMED will  welcome some of the most respected names in science, journalism, education, business and technology to their stage.

To learn more about TEDMED 2014 visit the links below:

UTHSC will host a campus viewing of the September 11th morning session (Stealing Smart) in GEB A304 from 7:30 AM – 9:30 AM. This session will demonstrate how some of the best solutions to problems in health and medicine come from other worlds than the domain where the problem originated or is usually addressed.

Please register to attend this September 11th morning session at: http://tinyurl.com/uthsccalendar

Contact Kristy Conger (kconger@uthsc.edu or 901-448-2253) to learn how you can participate in all of the TEDMED 2014 live streamed sessions via the UTHSC Affiliate registration option.

Conference Information

IAMSE 2015 Meeting –  Call for Focus Sessions

The International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) is pleased to announce the call for focus sessions for the 19th Annual IAMSE Conference to be held in San Diego, CA from June 13-16, 2015. The IAMSE meeting offers opportunities for faculty development and networking, bringing together medical sciences and medical education across the continuum of health care education.

All abstracts must be submitted in the format requested through the online abstract submission site www.iamseconference.org.

Submission deadline is September 30, 2014. Abstract acceptance notifications will be returned by November 15.

Please submit your abstract at: https://iamse.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_163875

Please contact Linda Fouch (linda@iamse.org) for any questions about this call or travel award.

Additional Resources

2014: The Year of Active Learning at UTHSC
To access a variety of active learning resources visit https://academic.uthsc.edu/faculty/2014.php

UTHSC’s Faculty Resource Center
View schedule of professional development opportunities and read out latest blog post at https://uthsctlc.wordpress.com/

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