How to prepare a folder for: Merit, Retention, and Tenure

Tuesday Sept 25^th Room 34A Lanigan 4:00-5:00

Presenter: Dr. David Bozak, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences

If you have questions on how to best prepare your folder, please bring them to this presentation. The Board of Trustee's Policy and other factors that will be used to evaluate your work at Oswego will be discussed. Faculty data form (annual reports) - how to document accomplishments and growth over time will also be covered.

Faculty/Staff Open House

Tues & Wed Sept 25 & 26

Cooper Fitness Center 11a.m. –1p.m.

Located between Hart Hall and Funnelle Hall

These Open Houses are designed to give you the opportunity to tour the facility, meet staff, and collect membership information. We are a comprehensive facility with a full line of Nautilus, extensive free weights, and an array of cardiovascular machines. A variety of group exercise classes and personal training are included in your membership fee. Wellness programs are offered each semester. Shower and locker facilities are also available to you. Exercise is a necessary part of your physical and mental health! Make it part of your campus day! For more information, please contact Ginny Clark at x3963 or x3219.

Full Day Workshop on Active Learning

Saturday Sept 29^th Room 34A Lanigan 8:00-4:30

· How can you improve your teaching evaluations?

· How can retention rates be improved?

· What can be done to improve the learning skills of your incoming students?

· How can you increase the performance skills of your students in general?

· What is the role of assessment and self-assessment?

The Active Learning Workshop is a great chance to learn new ideas that will help your students’ learning and improve your teaching evaluations. I hope you can join your colleagues from Oswego and other campuses for a full day workshop on active learning. If you would like to attend and have not signed up, please contact CELT and we will reserve a seat for you.

The Art of Grant Writing

- Some Conceptual Ideas and Practical Tips

Tuesday Oct 2^nd Room 34A

Lanigan 4:00-5:00

Presenter: Dr. Alok Kumar, Dept. of Physics

Do you need support for your research and other projects?

More than 200 billion dollars will be given to various research projects by the government and private agencies this year. The talk will discuss some conceptual ideas and provide practical tips that can help you to succeed in your efforts to secure money for your research and projects.

Using Portfolios for Student & Program Assessment

Friday October 5^th Room 107 Lanigan 3:00-5:00

Presenters: Dr. Richard Wyman & Dr. Beverly Melenyzer, California University of Pennsylvania (CUP) School of Education

The use of portfolios – in which students demonstrate achievement of complex tasks – can be an effective and practical way to assess these outcomes. Drs. Melenyzer and Wyman have nearly a decade of experience in designing, implementing, and coordinating a portfolio assessment model for their 800 undergraduate elementary teacher education majors at a regional comprehensive university in the Pennsylvania state system of higher education.

The CUP portfolio assessment model can be applied to many disciplines. Faculty involved in designing CAPSTONE COURSES are especially encouraged to attend this presentation.

How to get support for research (grants, etc)

Tuesday Oct 9th Room 34A

Lanigan 4:00-5:00

Presenters: Maria Nakamura, Linda Cook, and Alok Kumar (ORSP)

Maria Nakamura, Associate Director, Linda Cook, and Alok Kumar of ORSP will be discussing the various ways their office can help faculty in searching for and applying for grants. In particular, they will discuss how to access some of this information about grant and research opportunities that are on the internet. Also, the various types of internal grants that are available will be discussed.

Reasonable Accommodations: College Students and the Americans with

Disabilities Act (ADA)

Monday October 15^th Room 34A

Lanigan 12:40-1:40

Presenters: Roberta Schnorr and Harry Shock

This session will highlight roles and responsibilities of faculty and other instructional staff related to college learners who have disabilities. Considerations will be offered for maximizing success for all students and accommodating individual needs.

Academic Advising:

"Helping Students Understand Educational Planning"

Tuesday Oct 16th Room 34B Lanigan 4:00-5:00

Presenters: Kathleen Evans and Harry Shock, Student Advisement Center

Harry Shock and Kathleen Evans from the Student Advisement Center will present a workshop about advisement. They coordinate the training of summer faculty for advisement and coordinate advisement for undeclared students. They are both very comfortable with the new general education program and with the notion of developmental advising.

Persons with disabilities, needing accommodations to attend any of the events listed above, should contact the Center at x2875 or email at ctrteach@oswego.edu in advance.

Math Warrior Workshop

Presenter: Takayuki Yamauchi, Math Dept

Room 127 Snygg Hall - repeated weekly

(M) 5:30-6:25pm

(W) 4:30 – 5:25pm

(Th) 3:30 – 4:25pm

(F) 1:50 – 2:45pm.

If your students are poor in math, this workshop will turn them into “math warriors”. Please contact Dr. Yamauchi for more information (tyamauch@twcny.rr.com).

Tuesday Sept 25th Room 34A Lanigan 4:00-5:00