There are several Faculty Development Opportunities taking place at neighboring institutions this fall. Registration is still open for all of them.
Friday, September 13th at Skidmore College “Community Engaged Course Design Workshop” https://forms.gle/V7LyDb7nP7jTXaJcA .
Several Union faculty are already participating but it’s not too late to join them.
Tuesday September 24, 2019 at Skidmore College: Pedagogy Workshops with Dr. Saran Stewart
Saran Stewart, PhD is a senior lecturer of Comparative Higher Education and Deputy Dean for the Faculty of Humanities and Education at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. At the core of her research, Dr. Stewart’s research examines issues in comparative education, decolonizing methodologies, postcolonial theories, critical/inclusive pedagogy and access and equity issues in higher education. She is co-editor of the book, Race, Equity and the Learning Environment: The Global Relevance of Critical and Inclusive Pedagogies in Higher Education (Stylus) and editor of the 2019 forthcoming book, Decolonizing Qualitative Methodologies for and by the Caribbean (Information Age Publishing).
1) Supporting First Generation Students Workshop from 12-2 p.m. at Tang Teaching Museum, Payne Room; RSVP required.
2) STEM and Inclusive Excellence Workshop from 5-7 p.m. in upper-level of the dining hall; RSVP required.
Friday November 1, 2019 8:30am-1:30pm at The College of Saint Rose: Provisions First Annual Half-Day Work-frence: “We Can Do Better”
* You can either attend or present. Presentation proposals are due 9/15 (see below)
8:30 breakfast
9-10:30 concurrent workshops 1
10:45-12:15 concurrent workshops 2
12:30-1:30 LUNCH
Provisions, the faculty-led development series dedicated to exploring, publicizing, and disseminating innovative teaching and learning across the disciplines, invites proposals for a 1.5
hour workshop related to the idea of “doing better” in your classroom or work with students on campus. Workshops can have 1 – 3 facilitators and should tackle an idea you are
considering/developing or a problem with which you’ve been grappling related to classroom/community dynamics, as well as address the strategies and approaches which you
have or will use to improve upon your work. Your proposal should include a group activity that gets participants actively involved in your ideas—either in brainstorming improvements or in
trying out what you’ve already done (or both!). Finally, the group should plan to come back together to discuss what they’ve learned. We are also open to other workshop formats (wicked
problems, for example)—the more creative, the better! Please also plan to have something participants can take away with them: a list of references or resources, a copy of slides you
presented, an assignment you’re using, etc.
Topics might include
• First-year experience
• Cultural competence/inclusivity/anti-racism work
• The College’s mission
• Student success
• Working with international students
• Working with first generation college students
• Online teaching
• Service learning
• Accessibility/universal design and working with students with disabilities
• Assessment/feedback/grading
Proposals
• Title of workshop
• Topic
• 250 word (or less) abstract that includes goals, structure of workshop, and intended
takeaway for participants
• Brief description of planned activity
• Names and email addresses of facilitators
Proposals due to marlowj@strose.edu by September 15, 2019.