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Orientation, at a Glanceance
New faculty orientation consists of three major components, each of which is designed to support the other two.
- A day-long orientation workshop entitled 'Your First Week(s) of Classes'. This workshop is typically held on Monday during the week before classes start, and focuses on topics that we believe to be critical to new faculty success during the first few weeks of classes. This year's topics included:
- Getting to know a bit more about the 'typical' Susquehanna student,
- Understanding the academic rules that govern our teaching,
- Providing strategies for the first day of class,
- Navigating the Susquehanna bureaucracy,
- Faculty life (what you can miss, what you should not miss, and what is too much fun to miss!)
- A link to this year's powerpoint presentation can be found here.
- Bi-monthly orientation sessions held throughout the first semester. This year's schedule (with locations) is:
- Thursday, Sept. 6. 4:00 - 5:00 Library Resources for Teaching. (CTL)
- Thursday, Sept. 20. 4:00 - 5:00 Grading Resources, the Registrar’s Web Site and WebSU. (Fisher 316)
- Thursday, Oct. 4. 4:00 - 5:00 Course Assessment and IDEA 001 (TBA)
- Session Resources
- The IDEA Center
- IDEA Paper 36 - Appraising Teaching Effectiveness: Beyond Student Ratings
- Thursday, Oct. 18. 4:00 - 5:00 Central Curriculum I - Cross Cultural Experiences and Diversity (SDR 1)
- Tuesday, Oct. 23. 4:00 - 5:00 Central Curriculum II - Ethics, Interdisciplinary Courses and Themes. (SDR 3).
- Tuesday, October 30. 6:00 pm “Meet the Family” Cocktails and Dinner with members of staff, followed by the Martha Graham Dance Company Artist Series Event at 7:30 pm. (Meeting Rooms 2&3).
- Tuesday, Nov. 6. 4:00 - 5:00 “Show me the money” (SDR 3).
- Session Resources
- Faculty Development and Research Committee Grants
- Center for Teaching and Learning
- Tuesday, Nov. 13. 4:00 - 5:00 “The road to tenure”
(Meeting Room 2)
- Thursday, December 13. 4:00 p.m. - ? End of the semester decompression and happy hour at the Selinsgrove Brew Pub with members of the second and third year faculty.
- Mentor Teams that are formed to help new members of the teaching faculty learn about the University from their colleagues. Each group has a senior member of the faculty, and one or two new members of the faculty. No member of the Team should be from the same department. Teams typically have three members. Each group has a Team Leader who is asked to call the first meeting, schedule subsequent meetings and tend to a modest agenda.
Program Goals:
1. To help new faculty learn the social and professional expectations and practices of the faculty and students at Susquehanna University in a safe and personal environment;
2. To provide a vehicle in which issues of teaching, learning, service and scholarship as they exist both in the Susquehanna community and the broader reaches of academe can be discussed.
Time Commitment:
Preferred meeting pattern for Mentor/Team is once a week during the first month; twice a month in the second month; once a month for the balance of the year; but the frequency of meeting is established by the mentor/team;
Resources:
1. $100 per semester for the team leader as a resource for the purchase of material and to fund dinners, lunches;
2. Books about teaching and learning that can serve as general resources or as discussion points for mentor meetings;
3. Keys to the Center for Teaching and Learning Office in the Library for use by the team. These are vailable at the Circulation Desk;
4. Periodic suggestions about topics that might be covered and considered by the Team.
This year's topics are 'Settling In' and 'Engaging with the Central Curriculum'. This year's mentors are Michele DeMary, Kate Hastings, , Gail Levinsky Bill Miller, Michael Smith and Tammy Tobin-Janzen.
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