Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources
20 Minute Monday Morning Mentor (Week of October 5th)
Date: Available October 5th – October 11th
Session Title: How Do I Create a Climate for Learning in My Classroom?
Presenter: Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D. (Professor Emerita of Teaching and Learning – Penn State Berks)
Overview:
We’ve all encountered “toxic” learning environments–apathetic students, disillusioned faculty, an entire roomful of people waiting for class to just end, already. But of course, that’s far from what you (or your students) really want. You want a robust, positive learning environment, in which everyone understands and appreciates why they’re spending time together.
If you have twenty minutes, you can learn how to promote exactly that sort of environment. This session will help you transform a classroom from hum-drum to humming in no time flat. In this idea-filled presentation, you’ll learn from Maryellen Weimer, Ph.D., consultant, editor of The Teaching Professor and professor emerita at Penn State-Berks. She shares valuable concepts you can put to work right away in every class.
In just 20 minutes, you’ll discover:
- How positive classroom climates are created
- Who creates them
- How they’re maintained
- Specific ways you can contribute
- How you can help your students contribute
- The “pet peeves” of both faculty and students, and how to overcome them
- What constitutes a memorable, positive experience for students and faculty alike
A small investment of your time will show you how to create a collaborative, engaged classroom experience that everyone will appreciate. It’s a complete, well-rounded “quick course” that will provide you with a wealth of practical strategies to apply in your classroom.
The session link and login information to the October 5th 20 Minute Monday Morning Mentor is available in the announcements section of the Professional Development course within Blackboard. Enrollment instructions for the Professional Development course are located at http://tinyurl.com/profdevenroll.
Contemporary Fair Use Guidelines and Copyright Law
Date: Session was held September 25, 2015
Recording Now Available – http://tinyurl.com/uthsc-copyright-sept2015
Overview:
Frank Lancaster, Associate General Counsel at UT, presented a session entitled ‘Contemporary Fair Use Guidelines and Copyright Law.’ The session provided an overview of case history surrounding contemporary copyright law, key things to remember in the classroom and online environment, and resources for faculty.
Online Teaching Toolkit: Evaluate and Improve Your Teaching
Date: Session was held September 22, 2015
Archive Now Available – Links to the recording and handouts now available in the Announcements section of the Professional Development course within Blackboard. The recording link will remain active for 30 days after the date of the live session.
Overview:
Until recently, teachers and students faced each other in the same classroom at the same time. The increase of online courses has changed that model dramatically, affecting how teachers are evaluated in profound ways. It is essential that faculty understand the best practices that underlie evaluations of effective online teaching. In this seminar you will learn the strategies for garnering constructive feedback, make significant changes in the way you teach based on that feedback, and take more control for the results of your evaluations.
It is essential that faculty understand the best practices that underlie evaluations of effective online teaching. To gain this awareness, participate in this 40-minute online seminar, Online Teaching Toolkit: Evaluate & Improve Your Teaching. You’ll compare summative and formative evaluation approaches and learn how to use feedback from diverse sources to improve your teaching. You’ll learn how to make changes in your teaching methods while you teach the course so you can respond quickly to student concerns. Evaluating your performance in online courses is becoming more important than ever. This dynamic seminar can give you the insights and practical tools for boosting evaluation results while improving your teaching.
Professional Sessions
2015 Biomedical Research Symposium
Date: October 23, 2015
Time: 8:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Location: St. Jude – Marlo Thomas Center GEC Auditorium
Topic: “Stem Cells and Cancer” – The symposium will be hosted by Drs. Sorrentino, McKinney-Freeman and Roussel
Overview:
- Peggy Goodell, PhD, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas
- Emmanuelle Passeque, PhD, of the University of California San Francisco in San Francisco, California
- Scott A. Armstrong, MD, PhD, of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, New York
- Luigi Naldini, MD, PhD, of HSR-TIGET San Raffaele Telethon Institute in Milan, Italy
- Luis Parada, PhD, of UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas
- Roel Nusse, PhD, of Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Stanford, California
- Konrad Hochedlinger, PhD, of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts
- Guy Sauvageau, MD, PhD, of the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer in Montreal QC, Canada
- Chad Cowan, PhD, of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Attendance is limited, so please register today to reserve your spot – https://www.stjude.org/education-training/advanced-training/seminars-symposia/biomedical-research-symposium.html
Registration is open for the conference and post celebration until September 30, 2015. Pre-registration is required to attend each event. The post celebration will be held at River Hall @ River Inn-Harbor Town from 6:00pm – 10:00pm.
New Faculty Orientation
Date: Session was held September 25, 2015
Archive Now Available – https://academic.uthsc.edu/faculty/new_faculty.php
Overview:
The Office of Academic, Faculty, and Student Affairs (AFSA) hosted 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.
Did you know….
You can apply credit received for professional development outside the university to your faculty training records? Simply complete the HR Request for Additional Training Credit form found at http://www.uthsc.edu/hrtraining/pdfs/additional_training_credit_form.pdf and forward it, along with a copy of the program’s agenda, to the HR Training Department at 910 Madison, Suite 727.
Why do this? The University of TN believes that professional development and training of its employees are central to the university’s mission, vision, and values. Having credit received elsewhere to your UTHSC training records is very useful to your department and college – for things such as annual reviews and program accreditations.
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