New Faculty Institute

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September 5-6, 2013

Clover Park Technical College, McGavick Conference Center
4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood WA

About the New Faculty Institute

The New Faculty Institute is an annual orientation held in the fall for new community and technical college faculty and staff. The Institute is designed to enhance student learning and facilitate faculty transition to a new role in the Washington community and technical college system.

Institute Purpose

• Provide practical topics, instructional strategies and implications for teaching that convey how people learn and promote active engagement of learners.
• Acquaint faculty with the diversity of students and faculty at Washington State's two-year colleges.
• Expand faculty perspectives by interacting and exchanging ideas with peers.
• Communicate that colleges are part of a system designed to provide significant learning experiences for students and support for individual colleges.
• Present information and resources on legal issues, tenure, and retirement planning.

Registration

Each Washington community and technical college has a primary contact that coordinates new faculty registrations for their campus. Faculty interested in attending the Institute should contact their campus's primary contact. By August 27 the primary contact from each institution will email Jackie Eppler-Clark a list with participant names, college email address, their disciplines, and any special dietary needs.

Registration Fee

The registration fee for this event is $100. The fee includes breakfast and lunch on both days, break refreshments, and Institute materials. Registration deadline for the 2013 Institute is August 27. Checks should be made payable to SBCTC and mailed to SBCTC, PO Box 42495, Olympia WA 98504-2495. Payment cannot be accepted at the Institute.

Lunch with Administrators

A highlight of the event is when college presidents & vice presidents of instruction join the new faculty for lunch. This year's Lunch with Administrators will be at noon on Friday, September 6, in the McGavick Conference Center atrium. The cost of the lunch for administrators is $18. Checks should be made payable to SBCTC and mailed to SBCTC, PO Box 42495, Olympia WA 98504-2495. Payment cannot be accepted at the Institute.

Lodging Options

Holiday Inn Express, 8601 S Hosmer Street, Tacoma, 253.539.2020
Hampton Inn, 8203 S Hosmer Street, Tacoma, 253.539.2288
Comfort Inn, 8620 S Hosmer Street, Tacoma, 253.538.7998

Institute Program 2012 [2013 program to be added mid-August]

DAY 1

8:30	Check in & Breakfast
9:00	Welcome, Overview, & Introductions
9:45	The Learning Experience: Making it memorable with experiential, multi-modal, integrated learning activities, including an introduction to Universal Design for Learning practices
11:30	Open Education Resources: access, adaption, & adoption
12:00	Building a Network: Lunch with colleagues from across the system from similar disciplines
1:00	Instructional Technology: An introduction to tools most commonly used in classrooms
3:00	Outcomes and Assessment
4:30	Adjourn

DAY 2

8:30	Arrival & Breakfast
9:00	Legal & Ethical Issues: Academic freedom, ethics, FERPA
10:45	Classroom Management: Creating a respectful, engaged, learning community
12:00	Building a Network: Lunch with your campus colleagues and administrators
1:00	Syllabi & Lesson Plans
2:30	Closing comments, reflections, next steps for professional development
3:00	Adjourn

        

View the 2011 New Faculty Institute presentations.

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