Unprepared students might seem to be a standard ingredient of higher education, but it doesn’t have to be that way. This program (How Do I Get Students to Come to Class Prepared?) shows you what you can do to create the kind of courses that naturally encourage student preparation and eliminate some of the common frustrations of higher education.

When you are finished with this program, you will know how to:

• Design courses using an interactive teaching model that has students
  encounter course material before working with it in class
• Write class preparation assignments that guide students through reading
  assignments and then inform and stimulate class discussion
• Design an interactive course that gives students space and time to
  express their voices, demonstrate their preparation, and exercise their intellectual abilities

Learn more about the topic: SUNY has produced ‘COTE NOTE‘ as a companion resource for the Chat, to promote this event, and for you to learn more about this topic. 

Professional Sessions

AAMC’s Group on Faculty Affairs’ Virtual Town Square – National Dialogue on the Medical Faculty Lifestyle

Date: February 12, 2016
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:oo PM
Location: Webinar

Register to Participate: Click here for the short introductory video and registration information

Overview:

This is the first session of the series entitled: Bringing Talent to Academic Medicine. You will hear from both a new faculty member and a senior faculty colleague about what drives interest for a career in academic medicine, key preparation for a successful transition, and what residents need to consider in finding the right ‘fit’. This innovative approach of engaging in a series of interactive Town Square meetings will allow AAMC members to:

• Participate in a unique delivery model – a live Town Square; 
• Receive enhanced learning beyond a singular experience; 
• Increase collaboration between various professional development/affinity groups including ORR, GWIMS, GFA, GDI, and FF; and
• Hear from diverse individual perspectives on topics of interest to you. 

Microaggressions and Workplace Bullying (Save the Dates – Two Session Live Webinar)

Dates: March 15, 2016 & March 22, 2016
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:3o PM
Location: TBA

Register to Participate: Registration information coming soon!

Overview:

This 2-session live webinar for UTHSC faculty and staff is co-sponsored by Faculty Affairs, Office of Equity and Diversity, and Human Resources.

Learn how to proactively identify and remove microaggressions and bullying from your office, department, and institution. During this two-session webcast you will examine critical issues related to microaggressions in higher education, including:

• Physiological and psychological impact on co-workers
• Role-based and hierarchical interactions
• Impact on organizational climates
• Implicit biases you and your coworkers may have

Did you know….

You can also visit the Professional Development Calendar to access a list of upcoming sessions sponsored by Academic/Faculty Affairs or other groups on campus at: https://academic.uthsc.edu/cii/calendar.php

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.