Teaching Opportunities
Teaching at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC)
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Teach at CCBC, Fall 2011: http://promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/apply-for-umbc-ccbc-teaching-fellows-program-fall-2011/
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The schedule for 2011-2012 includes workshops sponsored by PROMISE, The Graduate School, and the Faculty Development Center. A set of workshops related to international teaching experiences are offered as part of the new “Professors Beyond Borders” (PBB) series. As of 2011, UMBC is part of the national “Professors Beyond Borders” network for graduate students and faculty with interests in long or short-term international teaching and administration experiences, particularly in underdeveloped regions.
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Workshops
Friday, August 26, 2011
Teaching and Learning Workshop
UMBC Campus, Lecture Hall 4, Academic IV Lecture Hall
8:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Breakfast and Lunch will be served.
Topics include:
- Teaching Disciplinary Thinking (Speakers: Dr. Linda Hodges, Director of the UMBC Faculty Development Center)
- Blackboard (Speaker: Karin Readel, Director of Instructional Technology)
- Conflict Resolution (Speakers: Stephanie Lazarus and Jeff Cullen from Judicial Affairs)
- Information to assist students with disabilities (Speaker: Assoc. Vice Provost Cynthia Hill)
- The PROF-it program ($2000 to teach at Community College)
- Applying for the “Introduction to an Honors University” teaching opportunity ($1000)
- Panels of experienced TAs and instructors for Social Sciences and Humanities disciplines, and for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields.
- 1:00 Lunch seminar on Life/Work Balance with Dr. Robert Deluty, Professor of Psychology.
On MyUMBC: Teaching and Training Workshop: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/7230
On MyUMBC: Lunch Seminar with Dr. Deluty: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/7354
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Unless otherwise noted, the “brown bag” (bring your lunch) seminars during the semester will be held from 12 noon – 2:00 PM in Room 329, Commons, UMBC Campus.
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Great Teachers Talk about Teaching
Join your colleagues for an engaging discussion on teaching, including ideas on: helping students achieve our goals for their learning, dealing with various challenges in teaching we all face, and keeping our teaching fresh and exciting over time. A panel of senior faculty at UMBC, all current or past Presidential Teaching Professors, share their insights gleaned from many years of practice and reflection on teaching. Lunch will be provided. Panelists include:
Lynnda Dahlquist, Psychology
Wendy Salkind, Theatre
Phil Sokolove, Biological Sciences
Thursday, 9/8/11, 12:00 – 1:30 PM
Sponsor: Faculty Development Center
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Professors Beyond Borders (PBB): An Introduction (Dr. Sabine O’Hara, National Director)
Friday, 9/9/11, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Refreshments will be served.
http://www.professorsbeyondborders.org/home.html
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Using Small Group Work Effectively
Ideas from the Lilly Conference
Thursday, September 15, 12-1:30 p.m.
In this discussion, a panel of faculty share the insights they gleaned from the Lilly Conference this past June on how to effectively use and manage students working in small groups in classes, large and small. Lunch will be provided. The panel includes:
Diane Alonso, Psychology
Lili Cui, Physics
Eileen O’Brien, Psychology
Christelle Viauroux, Public Policy
Sponsor: UMBC Faculty Development Center
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Creating a Syllabus (Dr. Linda Hodges)
Friday, 10/7/11
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Developing a Teaching Portfolio (Dr. Linda Hodges)
Friday, 10/14/11
University Center Ballroom Lounge
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Teaching at a Community College (Dr. Al Starr)
Friday, 10/21/11
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Public Speaking (Dr. Renetta Tull)
Friday,11/04/11
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PBB: Being Abroad, Learning from the Peaceworker Experience
Wednesday, 11/9/11
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Learning Styles (Dr. Anne Spence)
Friday, 12/02/11
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PBB: University settings in different countries
Wednesday, 3/7/12
1PM
http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/11003
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RESOURCES:
How to Set Up a Lab:
Ref: Penn State
http://www.science.psu.edu/newfacultyguide/setting_up_labs.htm
How to Manage a Lab & Staff
Ref: AAAS:
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/tools_resources/how_to_guides/how_to_manage_a_lab_and_staff
Lab Management
Ref: HHMI:
http://www.hhmi.org/resources/labmanagement/
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Mirrored information and older information (Before Summer 2010):
https://sites.google.com/site/thepromisearchive/prof-it-professors-in-training
PROF-it 2009-2010 Seminar list from the PROMISE Forum: http://www.umbc.edu/promise/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2837
PROF-it 2004-2005: http://www.umbc.edu/promise/pages/PROF-it%20description.htm
