Week of October 19, 2015 – Professional Development Opportunities

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Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

20 Minute Monday Morning Mentor (Week of October 19th)

Date: Available October 19th – October 25th
Session Title: What Can I Learn from Student Ratings?
Presenter: Ike Shibley, Ph.D. (Associate Professor Chemistry – Penn State Berks)

Overview:

While student ratings are dismissed by some educators for having little to offer, these ratings can in fact be highly beneficial to teachers who want to improve their skills. Students can provide helpful and legitimate feedback on what they feel they learned, workload levels, and observable behaviors that include the teacher’s pace, volume, clarity and organization.

During this Magna 20-Minute Mentor (What Can I Learn from Student Ratings?), Ike Shibley, Ph.D., a veteran of teaching face-to-face, shows you how to read student ratings so you can use students’ comments to help you, or another teacher, improve and grow.

You will learn how to

  • Understand how to prepare yourself for student ratings.
  • Reflect on what you thought went well and where improvements could be made.
  • Create a list of areas in which you performed well and a list of areas where you can improve.
  • Take advantage of existing campus resources to improve your teaching skills.

Learning outcomes

At the conclusion of this faculty development program, you will know how to:

  • More realistically assess students’ comments to help you improve your teaching
  • Engage a trusted colleague in a dialogue about student ratings
  • Distinguish among areas that students are qualified to comment on vs. areas they are not

The session link and login information to the October 19th 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.

Plagiarism: What You Need to Know (A discussion with the Office of General Counsel)

Date: November 5, 2015 (Please note the change in date. This session was originally scheduled October 22nd)
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (Lunch will be provided beginning at 11:30 AM)
Location: GEB A204

Overview:

Important note: We are able to broadcast this session to faculty, staff, and postdocs who cannot join us in Memphis. Email Dr. Cindy Russell (crussell@uthsc.edu) if you need to participate in this way. 

Register here: http://tinyurl.com/uthsc-plagiarismdiscussion

Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit. While we often search for ways to identify and respond to student plagiarism in the classroom setting, are you aware of how important attention to plagiarism is in your professional life and your academic, scholarly, and research activities?

Attend this session delivered in-person by Lela Young, Attorney & Associate General Counsel, UT Office of General Counsel, to understand more about plagiarism. 

Don’t want to ask your own question or raise an item? At a distance and want to make sure your question is heard? We are using a system for feedback called “TodaysMeet” for you to send in questions and/or comments to share in the session. Go to this URL https://todaysmeet.com/room/1995080 and create a nickname, click join, then type your question/item  in the message box and click Say. Or send questions to Dr. Cindy Russell (crussell@uthsc.edu) at any time.

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:

Speakers: The stellar group of internationally renowned scientists that will participate includes:
  • 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.

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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