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Supporting New Faculty Success

New Faculty Orientation

Monday, August 17, 2020

Tuesday, August 18, 2020

New Faculty Seminar

Picking up where New Faculty Orientation left off, the New Faculty Seminar is a year-long program focused on a cluster of topics essential to a strong start and a fruitful career at UI and in higher education. Led by a team of academic leaders, faculty, and staff skilled in and dedicated to successful scholarship, pedagogy, and service, the program is specifically designed to support our new full-time faculty and to sustain a sense of academic community.

Past Recordings

• 10 Tips for Promotion and/or Tenure Success
  Torrey Lawrence, UI's Provost, shareed an inventory of strategies designed to help you prepare for and navigate the waters to and through promotion and/or tenure.
  Torrey Lawrence, Provost
  WATCH VIDEO
• Getting Started with Grants for Research and Scholarship
  Learn about the many ways the Office of Research and Faculty Development can help you identify and pursue grants to support your research and scholarship.
  Carly Cummings and Kendra Mingo, Office of Research and Faculty Development
  WATCH VIDEO

Dedicated Instructional Design Support

Every new faculty member will have a dedicated instructional designer on-hand to help with all aspects of course design, delivery, and assessment, from creating a learning-centered syllabus to mastering and integrating BbLearn tools to reviewing and redesigning your classes –we are here every step of the way. Our team of experts will help you create significant learning experiences suitable for all instructional modalities –face-to-face, online, or hybrid, in the classroom or in the field.

Teaching/Classroom Observations

Using evidence-based practices, three members of the CETL team, all with faculty credentials and faculty development expertise, are on-hand to observe your teaching and provide feedback to enhance teaching, learning, and student engagement. Working one-on-one with the faculty, we take the time to learn about your class, your learning goals, and your teaching strategies, as well as your interests, obstacles, and even frustrations. This powerful strategy not only demonstrates your commitment to excellence in teaching and learning but fosters a climate and practice of informed innovation as an instructor. We offer custom solutions based on empirical observations, tailoring pedagogical alternatives to your specific teaching and learning environments and experiences.

Going Full TILT

What is TILT? It is a Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Ed initiative that promotes students success through: (1) a conscious understanding of how students learn –and how we help them understand their own learning, (2) sharing practices and data about student learning across institutions and disciplines, and (3) working with faculty to design clear and effective learner- and learning-centered assignments. Together, we can shrink the gap between faculty expectations and student performance.

NEW FACULTY PAST ORIENTATION MATERIALS

• So You're New Faculty? A Beginner's Guide to Teaching the "Fun" Class (pdf) Katrina Eichner
• Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President & Strategic Plan, John Wiencek
• Supporting Faculty Success & Building Academic Community (pdf), Brian Smentkowski & Torrey Lawrence
• Teaching, Scholarship, & Service (pdf), Lisette Waits
• Supporting Successful Scholarship (pdf), Carly Cummings
• The Library: People, Place and Resources (pdf) & Library Handout (pdf), Ben Hunter
• Inclusive Teaching, Learning and Technology
  • Inclusion by Design, Brian Smentkowski
  • CDAR Services (pdf) & Accommodation Reference Guide (pdf), Amy Taylor
• Our U of I Students, Blaine Eckles & Cher Hendricks
• Experiential Learning
  • Service Learning website & Service Learning flyer (pdf), Brian Smentkowski
  • Office of Undergraduate Research, Dave Pfeiffer
• Diversity and Inclusion, Yolanda Bisbee
• VandalWeb, Torrey Lawrence
• BbLearn Basics (pdf), Doug Habib

NEW FACULTY PAST SEMINAR RESOURCE MATERIALS

• The First Day of Class: A Once-a-Semester Opportunity (pdf)
• TILT U of I Presentation (pdf)
• TILT Research (pdf)
• That New Hire Needs Your Help, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug 12, 2018