MSU Faculty Write Program Retreats–Spring 2017
Dates:
Friday, January 27
Tuesday, February 7
Friday, February 24
Tuesday, March 7
Friday, March 24
Tuesday, April 4
Friday, April 28
Monday/Tuesday, May 22–23
Time: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
The Faculty Write Program focuses on promoting faculty productivity and camaraderie through writing-based experiences such as interdisciplinary writing retreats held twice a month, workshops, and 15-day writing challenges. Writing retreats include breakfast and a light lunch, opportunities to develop a strong network of peer support and accountability, and voluntary feedback sessions. Sessions are facilitated by Dr. Mandy Benedict-Chambers and held in the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, Meyer Library Room 204, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Contact the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning or call 6-3059 to register.
Designing Significant Learning Experiences
Date: Wednesday, January 11
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: PSU 400 (Union Club)
Register today! Seating is limited to 100.
Dee Fink, author of Creating Significant Learning Experiences, will be at Missouri State University to provide a special opportunity for our faculty.
This workshop is being made available for faculty teaching general education and will focus on . . .
- Creating significant learning experiences for our students
- Thinking about our own “Dreams” for student learning
- Looking at the overall model of Integrated Course Design
- Taking initial steps toward applying key components
- Examining some actual case studies of significant learning
- Beginning to apply these ideas to our own courses
Contact the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning if you have any questions about this event. Please register on My Learning Connection.
Lunch will be provided at this event.
Nominate Faculty for FCTL Teaching Awards
Submission deadline is Tuesday, January 31, 2017
The FCTL Faculty Teaching Awards recognize the outstanding achievements of faculty. Because effective teaching can be accomplished through many different approaches, the FCTL Advisory Council wants to recognize faculty contributions in areas that are important to the mission and long-term goals at Missouri State University.
Awards will be made in the following areas:
Accessibility
Accessible learning provides all students with equitable access and opportunity for student success regardless of disabilities. This award recognizes faculty who have taken a proactive approach toward accessible teaching practices, course design, and ensuring all instructional materials are accessible.
Diversity
Students come to the university with many different experiences, different ways of seeing the world, and different expectations. This award recognizes faculty who focus on culturally responsive teaching and faculty who demonstrate a scholarly approach integrating diversity into the classroom.
High Impact Learning
High impact learning practices demand considerable time and effort, involve learning outside of the classroom, encourage collaboration and meaningful interactions with faculty and other students, and provide frequent and substantive feedback. This award recognizes faculty who have adopted teaching strategies that focus on the students’ ability to critically reflect on their own assumptions, beliefs, and basic worldviews.
Eligibility
Full-time faculty members with at least one year of teaching experience at MSU.
Application Criteria
- Letter of interest from the faculty member that provides a philosophy of teaching encompassing one of the focus areas; accessibility, diversity, or high impact learning.
- Letter of support from their department head.
- Up to three supporting artifacts that provide evidence of their accomplishments in their chosen focus area. The council encourages applicants to include at least one artifact that provides evidence of student learning outcomes or the advancement of student learning.
Recipients will receive their FCTL Faculty Teaching Award at the All-Faculty Recognition Reception.
The FCTL Advisory Council will invite recipients of this award to preside over a panel discussion at the annual Showcase on Teaching and Learning.
2016–17 Curriculum Innovation Award Winners
Immersive Virtual Reality (VR) Technologies for Introductory Physics Education
Rebecca Baker, PAMS
Dr. Ridwan Sakidja, PAMS
Dr. Amir Behzadan, TCM
Integrating Computation in Biology Courses
Dr. Lazlo Kovacs, BIO
Dr. John Heywood, BIO
Dr. Sean Maher, BIO
Dr. Paul Schweiger, BIO
Dr. Ryan Udan, BIO
Global Diversity and Inclusion in STEM
Dr. Matthew Siebert, CHM
Brian High, CHM
Purposeful Placement for Middle Level Pre-Service Practitioners; Embedding Strategies for ELLs through Collaboration
Kimberly Stormer, RFT
Pamela Correll, RFT
Dr. Sarah Nixon, RFT
Bringing Student Learning into Focus in Pre-Service Mathematics Teacher Education
Dr. Patrick Sullivan, MTH
Dr. Gay Ragan, MTH
Dr. Adam Harbaugh, MTH
Donna Sherrill, MTH
Enhancing Life Participation in Persons with Dementia through Socially Validating Story-telling
Dr. Alana Mantie-Kozlowski, CSD
Jennifer Kerr, CSD
Family Engagement, Collaboration, and Education: The lncorporation of Media
Jennifer Rojas-McWhinney, CEFS