From the Faculty Senate Chair
The Faculty Senate Executive Committee is excited to announce that the Senate will no longer be sending hard copies of the agenda and the corresponding attachments. As per Internal Senate Action 1-09/10, Senators will receive the agenda and corresponding attachments electronically. The agenda and corresponding attachments will also be available on the Senate website. Projection equipment will be used to facilitate discussion at Senate meetings.
- Bears Backing Haiti: 50 in 50, Jan. 19–21, PSU.
- Fall 2010 Blended Course Applications due to Deans on February 1.
- Annual merit reports due to departmental personnel committees on February 12.
- Public Affairs Professorship applications due to the Provost on February 15.
- Town Hall Meeting, February 24 at 3:30 in the PSU Theater.
- Enrollment period for the Faculty Retirement Incentive Plan, January 14–March 1.
An Ad Hoc Committee is currently being formed to review the recent recommendation by the Academic Relations Committee to create an “additional online summary of instructor performance” separate from the iGrade Student Evaluation Form, using suggestions given by SGA. Faculty who are interested in serving on this Ad Hoc Committee are encouraged to contact the Senate office by January 30.
Have a good week–
Margaret Weaver
Faculty Senate Chair, 2009-10
836-5360
Disability: The Social, Political, and Ethical Debate
Dates: January 27, February 10 and 24, March 24, April 7 and 28
Time: 11:50 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.
Location: FCTL—LIBR 204
Facilitators: Katheryne Staeger-Wilson, Director Disability Services and Chantal Levesque-Bristol.
Save these Wednesday dates! Bring your brown bag lunch. As our University moves toward a model of Inclusive Excellence we must embrace disability as a part of diversity and value it as an integral part of life. This book series will enlighten you on issues surrounding disability, how it is a valued part of diversity, and the importance of instilling the socio-political model of disability in our teaching and in our students. Join us and explore this topic and the importance of infusing this rich history and culture into the curriculum. Participants will receive a free copy of the book! Books are available in FCTL—LIBR 204. RSVP requested.
Contact Information:
E-mail: FCTL@MissouriState.edu
Phone: (417) 836-3059
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Sustainability in the Curriculum Workshop: Toward Sustainability in the Curriculum at Missouri State University—CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Sponsored by: Missouri State University, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning
Workshop organizers: Lora Vess, Ph.D. (Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Criminology)
Alexander Wait, Ph.D. (Biology)
The purpose of this workshop is to facilitate sustainability across the curriculum, by providing the resources and tools for faculty at Missouri State University to incorporate sustainability into the curriculum. This will be accomplished by training and facilitating twelve faculty who agree to one of the following:
1) Develop a new course on sustainability within their Department or College.
2) Significantly change an existing course so that it specifically addresses sustainability.
3) Participate in the development of a professional certificate in “sustainable development”, “sustainability” or “developmental practice”.
Faculty can either transform existing courses or develop new courses that address sustainability within the Missouri State University Public Affairs mission, or within a general framework that best fits the curricular change/addition.
Application selection will seek to ensure that there is a balance of participants from across the University. Each participant will be required to write a report that will be made public on how they changed/developed curriculum. Each participant will be required to attend one or more “green lunches,” which are held monthly, and give a 15-minute presentation. Brown bag “green lunches” are open to all faculty, staff, students and administrators, as well as the public. The application is available online.
Faculty Stipends: $500—Faculty who submit evidence of curricular changes in progress by August 2010 will receive $500. Faculty will be expected to send in a final report when curricular changes have been implemented, class tested, and assessed. Faculty will also have to agree by August 2010 to participate in follow-up presentations scheduled for fall 2010 and spring 2011.
Contact Information:
Lora Vess, LVess@MissouriState.edu, 836-5985
Alexander Wait, AlexanderWait@MissouriState.edu, 836-5802
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FCTL—Professional Networking Group: “What the Best College Teachers Do“
Wednesday Dates: January 27, February 10 and 24, March 24, April 7 and 21
Time: 3:15–4:15 p.m.
OR
Thursday Dates: January 28, February 11 and 25, March 25, April 8 and 22 from
Time: 3:30–4:40 p.m.
Location: FCTL—LIBR 204
Facilitator: Dr. Chantal Levesque-Bristol
The FCTL will host a book discussion on What the Best College Teachers Do, by Ken Bain, author and winner of the Virginia and Warren Stone Prize awarded annually by Harvard University Press for an outstanding book on education and society. This networking group, open to full time and part-time faculty, staff and graduate students, will discuss the various chapters of the book and provide an informal forum to share best practices around teaching and learning. Networking group participants will receive a free book. Books are available in the FCTL—LIBR 204.
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GA/TA Mentoring II
Dates: January 25, February 1, 8, and 22, March 1, 22, and 29, April 5, 12, 19, and 26, May 3
Location: FCTL—LIBR 201
Facilitator: Dr. Chantal Levesque
RSVP/registration is requested
Save these Monday dates for meetings. GA/TA mentoring II will be offered for the first time during the spring semester and will emphasize applied teaching skills. Current Graduate Assistants and Teaching Assistants are invited to join this program. Participants will visit each other’s classroom, videotape part of their classes, and discuss their teaching during the mentoring sessions. Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) will also be covered.
