NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2009

Pickler Memorial Library 103

Everyone is asked to bring in-progress syllabi.

9:00 am - Noon
Syllabus Workshop: Is It In There?  We will work on your actual syllabi!  Articulating fundamental Truman values at the syllabus level.

* College/program connections with your course

* Important issues/passions in the field

* Academic Integrity recommendations

* ADA compliance statements

* How to study for this course

* Civic engagement

* Planning for learning styles (VARK)

* Stating goals and objectives in terms of what students will do

* Congruence between goals, evaluations and assessment

* Planning toward your 3rd Year Formative Review
 

Noon - 1:00 pm
Lunch Provided

1:00 - 3:00 pm
Blackboard Workshop -- Starting Your Courses in Truman's Course Management System

3:00 - 3:15 pm
Break

3:15 - 4:00 pm
Information Technology Services Staff Introduction
Library personnel and library services; Discipline-customized tours of Pickler Memorial Library