Events

Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship

Spring 2020

Consultations/Support

Support with Educational Technology
Use the Faculty Support Request Form to get help with educational technology needs. A member of our team will reach out to you promptly

Faculty Support Request Form

Support with Teaching Approaches / Pedagogy
You can request a short consultation with Julie Sievers directly through email, or through the Faculty Support Research Form.

Individual support is particularly encouraged for faculty with children/homeschooling responsibilities who are struggling with their workload. We can focus a brief session on identifying any possible ways for you to streamline your work while continuing to achieve your essential learning goals for your courses.

Faculty Support Request Form

Email Julie

Community and Conversation

Every Thurs, Through 5/7

Faculty Parents/Caregivers Happy Hour (where it’s OK to be sad)
These sessions are designed to create a space for faculty with significant caregiving and/or homeschooling responsibilities to meet up and share support. We get that folks in this situation have very little time, and if this format is not workable for you, no worries. If you need immediate help with a teaching issue, please request individual support (above).

4:00-5:00pm

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Every Fri, Through 5/8

Remote Teaching Happy Hour
These sessions are designed for any member of the SU teaching faculty — full-time or part-time — to share their experiences, process the week, talk shop, or just to maintain some collegiality and connection with SU colleagues. These sessions are not designed for targeted help with Ed Tech challenges. Those requests should go through our Faculty Support Request Form.

4:00-5:00pm

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Asynchronous

Faculty Collaborative for Remote Teaching - Moodle Site
This site enables faculty to share resources, ideas, and experiences with one another directly. There have been posts in a wide variety of topics. You can also “subscribe” to a topic so you are notified if someone adds a post to it.

Teacher-Scholar Workshops, Panels, and Discussions

Wed Feb 12	10 Strategies for Fostering Interaction and Discussion in Class —mini-presentation + round-table discussion - RSVP	12:30-1:50 pm Marsha Ballroom
Fri Feb 14	Commenting Effectively on Student Writing Jennifer Marciniak and student consultants from the Debby Ellis Writing Center - RSVP	2-3 pm Library 111
Wed Feb 19	Academic Reading: How We Keep Up with and Make Time for Scholarly Reading Fay Guarraci, Psychology; Jethro Hernandez Berrones, History; Ben Pierce, Biology, Katy Ross, Spanish - panel and roundtable discussion - RSVP	12:30-1:50 pm Marsha Ballroom
Fri Feb 28	Teaching through Integrative Learning featuring Study Abroad faculty and 18-19 CEL Fellows Michael Kamen, Emilly Syndor, Ed Merritt, and Katy Ross - RSVP	12:30-1:50 pm FJS 403
Fri Mar 6	Cultivating Information Literacy Theresa Zelasko and Katherine Hooker, Smith Library - RSVP	12:30-1:50 pm FJS 403
Wed Apr 1	Editing a Collection: Recent Book Editors Discuss the Process - POSTPONED Laura Hobgood, Religion; Sequoia Maner, Feminist Studies; Sandi Nenga, Sociology; and Angeles Rodriguez Cadena, Spanish - RSVP	12:30-1:50 pm Marsha Ballroom
Wed Apr 8	Creating Cruelty-Free Syllabi - UPDATES TBA Erika Berroth, CTLS Faculty Fellow -RSVP	12:30-1:50 pm Location TBA
Fri, Apr 17	FYS: Making Connections in First-Year Seminar/Advanced-Entry Seminar Sergio Costola, Theatre; Sarah Brackmann, Integrative Learning; Lisa Dela Cruz, Mosaic; Julie Sievers, CTLS	- RSVP12:30-1:50 pm Location TBA
Fri, Apr 17	Responding to Inclusion, Equity, and Accessibility Challenges in the Remote Classroom Erika Berroth, CTLS Faculty Fellow and Modern Languages & Literatures; Julie Sievers, CTLS; Jennifer Leach, Advising & Retention; Jen Smull, Academic Success; and Melanie Hoag, Instructional Technology In this open-format session, we invite you to join colleagues in reflecting on how accessibility, inclusion, and engagement are playing out in you remote courses. Are you experiencing inclusion challenges? If so, what do those look like? How can we respond, given the limitations of our own time constraints? Our goal is to share strategies and support for one another as we, and our students, adapt to learning under remote conditions.	12:30-1:30pm Join the meeting
Wed, Apr 15 & Mon, Apr 20	Taking Capstone Presentations Online Melanie Hoag, Instructional Technology; Julie Sievers, CTLS In this session, we will talk with participants about the various options for taking capstone presentations online	12:30-1:30pm Join the Meeting
Fri, May 1	Course Design Workshop - POSTPONED Julie Sievers, CTLS - RSVP	NEW TIME AND DATE TBA
May 6 & May 12	Making a Summer Research and Writing Plan Julie Sievers, CTLS —Wed, May 6, 2-3 pm - join the meeting —Tues, May 12, 12-1 pm - join the meeting

Conversations On Our Scholarly & Creative Lives

This series enables faculty to learn about colleagues’ scholarly and creative work while joining together for refreshments and conversation. Presenters share their work and then discuss it with the audience.

Wed Mar 11	Kim McArthur, Biology - RSVP	12:30-1:30 pm FJS 100
Thur Apr 16	Speaker TBA - RSVP	4:00-5:00 pm CB 360

Programs for New Faculty and Mid-Career Faculty

Orientation for New Faculty
Wed, Jan 8 | Orientation to people, policies, resources, and tools | 8:30-2:30 in Cullen 360

New Faculty Foundations (for new full-time faculty)

Mon, Feb 3	Balancing Teaching, Scholarship/Art, Service, and a Life	12:30-1:50 pm Margaret Shilling Rm
Mon, Mar 2	Preventing Sexual Violence + Supporting an Honor Code Culture	12:30-1:50 pm Margaret Shilling Rm
Mon, Apr 6	Managing Committee Service + Preparing the Brief Annual Report	12:30-1:50 pm Margaret Shilling Rm
Mon, Apr 20	End-of-Year Lunch	12:30-1:50 pm Margaret Shilling Rm

For more new faculty resources, visit the New Faculty Programs page

Mid-Career Mentoring Communities
Mid-Career Mentoring Communities enable members to work toward what is best for each other and have conversations about their personal and professional lives that do not normally take place among colleagues. MMCs are an opportunity to explore your hopes aspirations, and purposes and reflect on common problems, challenges, or concerns. The ultimate goal of an MMC is to reinvigorate ourselves, our work, and by extension the academy.

Convene Your Own Peer Mentoring Group
If you would like to regularly gather with colleagues for mutual support and to discuss shared interests, challenges, or circumstances, the CTLS will support your group. Funds are available to support periodic lunches or refreshments. Reach out to the CTLS director, Julie Sievers, for more information.

Learning Communities & Reading Groups

To sign up for a group, visit the Reading Groups page

Reading Groups

Podcasts on Teaching and Learning: Inclusive, Evidence-Based Approaches
Wed, Mar 13, 3:30-4:30p; Fri, Apr 3, 12:30-1:30p - CANCELLED; Thurs, Apr 30, 12:30-1:30p - CANCELLED

Convene Your Own Reading Group -Any two or more faculty who would like to read together can receive support from the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship.

Course Design Fellows

Wed, Jan 29

Mid-Year Check-In for 2019-20 Course Design Fellows

12:30-1:30 pm
Roy Shilling Room

Writing & Research Groups

To sign up, visit the Writing and Research Groups page.

Peer Writing and Review Groups

These are small (3-4 people) cross-disciplinary groups for faculty who want to share their writing-in-progress and receive thoughtful feedback from colleagues. Groups can meet for as little as a semester but may choose to stay together for longer. They often meet every 3-4 weeks.

Writing & Research Accountability Groups – online or in-person

Accountability groups of 3-4 people require less time commitment than peer review groups. Members agree to check-in regularly (usually weekly or bi-weekly) to report on whether they met their goals for the preceding period, and to define their goals for the upcoming period. Sign-up

The Junior Faculty Research Group (JFRG), offers in-person accountability groups for junior faculty and are highly recommended for pre-tenure or visiting faculty members. This group is run by and for junior faculty, led this year by Jethro Hernandez Berrones. Look for sign-up information in your email.

Workshops for Departments, Committees, and Department Chairs

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Faculty Search Process - for Search Committees
Julie Sievers, CTLS
Multiple Dates and Times TBA | Cullen 120

Classroom Observation of Teaching - for department chairs
Julie Sievers, CTLS
Wed, Jan 29 | 2:00-2:30 pm, CB 360

Interpreting Student Evaluation Data - for department chairs
Julie Sievers, CTLS
Wed, Mar 25 | 2:00-2:30 pm, Connie Ballroom

Past Event & Program Schedules

Contact the CTLS

Julie Sievers, Ph.D.
Director of Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship
Cullen 120 | sieversj@southwestern.edu | 512.863.1390