Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources
20 Minute Monday Morning Mentor (Week of November 16th)
Date: Available November 16th – November 22nd
Session Title: How Can I Better Manage Difficult Conversations with Faculty?
Presenter: Richard Ogle, Ph.D. (Clinical Psychologist, Professor, and Chair of the Department of Psychology – University of North Carolina Wilmington)
Overview:
They are the kinds of conversations no one enjoys, but when you’re an academic leader, they’re part of your job.
You know how challenging these encounters can be if you’ve ever had to:
- Give a faculty member a critical performance review
- Identify problematic behavior in a faculty member
- Remind faculty members to engage in more service activities
- Give a negative response to a proposed project or funding request
But there is a better way. In How Can I Better Manage Difficult Conversations with Faculty?, a Magna 20-Minute Mentor with Dr. Richard Ogle, you’ll learn an approach to help you take the sting out of potentially problematic faculty interactions.
A technique called motivational interviewing is the key, and in less time than you might spend talking down a frustrated colleague, you’ll learn how it could help you do a better job of navigating the rough spots of academic life.
Ogle, professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, draws on his expertise as a clinical psychologist to show you a collaborative approach to facilitating change.
Although it’s often challenging to stay focused during difficult conversations, motivational interviewing can give you the framework you need to stay on track.
Ogle will provide a brief overview of motivational interviewing and then demonstrate these techniques in action. You’ll learn:
- Three key concepts for dealing with difficult conversations
- Three key characteristics of a collaborative approach to facilitating change
- Four tools to help you structure difficult conversations
Difficult conversations can come up in any work environment, and colleges and universities are no exception. As an academic leader, you owe it to yourself and your colleagues to learn how to manage challenging situations.
The session link and login information to the November 16th 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.
National Distance Learning Week Session – Virtual Presence: Inspire and Engage in the Virtual Classroom and Beyond
Date: Session was held November 11, 2015
Archive Now Available – To view the recording from this session go to https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/nativeplayback.jnlp?sid=vclass&psid=2015-11-11.1019.D.308112D489929081EC574F1603EF5C.vcr
UTHSC celebrated National Distance Learning Week (NDLW)by hosting a campus viewing of a live webinar provided by the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) on November 11th.
Overview of November 11th Session:
In the virtual medium, great content can easily be sabotaged by a presenter’s low energy, irritating vocal qualities or general inability to engage and excite their audience. Whether presenting online to hundreds via webinar, facilitating a small virtual classroom workshop, or phone conferencing with team members and direct reports, the most effective training leaders and facilitators harness their virtual presence to authentically connect with the hearts and minds of others for maximum impact.
To view archived recordings from all NDLW sessions please go to: https://www.usdla.org/events/ndlw/
Who Am I When I Teach? Understanding Teaching Persona
Date: Session was held November 3, 2015
Archive Now Available for 30 Days After the Live Presentation Date – Links to the recording and handouts are 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.
Overview:
The learning environment we seek to spark begins with who we are when we teach. Our teaching persona can ignite or impede our engagement at the same time it can ignite or impede students’ engagement as they pursue new ideas.
The teaching persona we bring to our work can set a tone for a productive dynamic, lead us to communicate with clarity, and invite a joy for learning. Too often educators are told, “be natural, be yourself,” without being given any real guidance as to how to develop an authentic teaching identity that can serve to embolden our teaching and spark student commitment to learning.
Through case studies, questions for self-reflection, options for follow-up activities, and resources for continuing understanding and application, this online seminar will provide you with the tools to gain insights into your teaching persona’s role as a catalyst in the development of an engaging teaching and learning environment.
During this seminar, you will:
- Discover key features of your own teaching identity
- Develop an awareness of the choices and influences those features generate in the learning environment
- Expand your repertoire of teaching capabilities through critical reflection on the relationships among teaching identity, learning environment, expectations, and engagement
- Activate catalysts for the continuing growth of your teaching identity to bring ongoing meaning and accomplishment to your work
The presenter, Linda Shadiow, Ph.D., brings 27 years of teaching at Northern Arizona University, including nearly a decade directing their faculty professional development program. Tap in to the understanding she brings to explore the choices inherent in honing and communicating a teaching persona that can become a conduit for purposeful and energized teaching and learning.
Plagiarism: What You Need to Know (A discussion with the Office of General Counsel)
Date: Session was held November 5, 2015
Archive Now Available – Links to the recording and handouts are 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.
Overview:
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?
View this session delivered in-person by Lela Young, Attorney & Associate General Counsel, UT Office of General Counsel, to understand more about plagiarism.
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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