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Discipline Prefix: N/A
Course Number: N/A
Course Section: N/A
Course Title: New Faculty Academy and
Mentoring Program
Credit Hours: N/A
Lecture Hours: N/A
Clinical Hours: N/A
Contact Hours: 32
Studio Hours: N/A
Semester: Fall 2016 and Spring 2017
Lab Hours: N/A
Meeting Days/Time/Location: Fridays from 12:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.: 2015: Aug 21 (meets from
8:30 a.m. until noon); Sept 25; Oct 23; and Nov 20. 2016: Jan 22; Feb 19; March 25, April 22,
August 30, and September 30. 2017: additional information to be posted. Various locations at the
college.
Instructor Information
Name: Dr. Terry L. Jones (facilitator)
Office Location: Green District Administration Building, Norfolk, suite 623
Office Hours: varies, by appointment
Contact Information: Phone: 822-1545
Course Website (optional): www.tcc.edu/faculty/facultyacademy/
Blackboard site: http://learn.vccs.edu
Instructor email address at TCC: tljones@tcc.edu
Course Information
Course Description
Provides recently hired full-time teaching faculty with the knowledge and skills to enhance
the learning of their students by providing specific instructional strategies and techniques.
Introduces the four domains of Teaching, Scholarly and Creative Engagement,
Institutional Responsibilities, and Service necessary to be a successful faculty member at
TCC. Provides hands-on experiences in a blended course format.
General Education Core Competencies Supported by this Course
Participants will be able to:
Demonstrate written and oral communication skills between students and the
instructor and among students that promote understanding and comprehension.
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Display critical thinking skills to evaluate evidence, apply reasoning, and offer
application potential.
Illustrate how the awareness, promotion, understanding, and appreciation of the
cultural and social dimensions have implications within local, state, regional, national,
and global communities.
Determine when to locate, evaluate, and apply information literacy within the context
of discipline specific situations.
Demonstrate personal growth through improvements in physical well-being and
evolving emotional maturity within an academic context.
Prerequisites and/or Co-requisites
None.
Required Course Texts and Supplementary Materials
See New Faculty Academy Blackboard website for readings and assignments.
Measureable Course Learning Outcomes
After completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Design and manage a classroom environment that contributes to students’ abilities to
engage fully in learning.
2. Design courses that help students learn the skills, issues, and concepts they will need to
succeed in their educational plan.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of teaching methods that encourage students to be
actively engaged throughout a learning experience.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the selection and use of appropriate instructional
technologies for enhancing student learning.
5. Design assessments that effectively measure student learning outcomes in the course.
6. Develop and implement an Annual Performance and Professional Development Plan.
7. Demonstrate scholarly and creative engagement practices consistent with a college
teaching faculty member.
8. Demonstrate effective participation in the institution and in service to the community and
the college.
Topics Covered in the Course
1. Overview of course and requirements
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The TCC Performance and Professional Development Plan
Mentoring Roles, Responsibilities, and Expectations
Academy Requirements
Introduction to Blackboard and SIS Functions for Faculty
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Email and classroom technology available for instruction
2. Instructional Design and Delivery
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How People Learn
Alignment of course outcomes with curricular and General Education outcomes
Writing Effective Learning Outcomes
Designing the Syllabus: i-INCURR at TCC
Knowing Your Students: An overview of TCC Students
Instructional Strategies and Student Engagement
Effective Classroom Pedagogy
Promoting Civility in the Classroom
Responding to Student Questions
Academic Integrity
3. Instructional Effectiveness
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Assessment: Class, Course, and Curriculum
Early Student Feedback in your Classes
Assessing Teaching: Data Sources and Documenting Teaching Effectiveness
Student Evaluations: What do they Mean and How to Use Them to Improve Instruction
Documenting Teaching Effectiveness through an eTeaching Portfolio
4. Instructional Expertise
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Understanding and Applying Pedagogy
Introduction to Online/Hybrid Teaching Requirements at TCC
The eTeaching Portfolio: Documenting Your Instructional Expertise
Promotion and the Career Path: Requirements and Planning
5. Scholarly and Creative Engagement
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The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: What Is It?
Scholarly Societies, Publications, Presentations, and Exhibits
Grant Writing
6. Institutional Responsibilities and Service
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Student Success Strategies
Students Outside the Classroom: Clubs and Activities and Interaction with Students
Collegial Governance at the College and Service to your Campus and Division
VCCS Peer Groups
Community Service: What Is It?
The Annual Performance and Professional Development Plan (APPDP): Planning
Professional Development for the Second Year at TCC
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Description of Assignments/Assessments
1. Developing course learning outcomes exercise
2. How to design a course that is appropriately aligned
3. The annotated syllabus exercise
4. Developing an eTeaching Portfolio for evaluation and professional development
5. Understanding appropriate active learning strategies for student engagement
6. College and community service
7. Produce a eTeaching Portfolio
8. Write an APPDP for 2017
9. Enroll in and complete the TOP-ELITE online training program
10. Enroll in and complete the General Education assessor training
Course Schedule
The following course schedule may change due to the progression of the course. The course
schedule may change at the discretion of the facilitator; however, participants will be notified via
email and Blackboard when any changes/additions are made to the schedule.
Participants are expected to attend all sessions of the course unless specifically excused by the
facilitator.
The following is schedule of the course meeting dates, times, and locations with topics.
Assignments will be posted on Blackboard with due dates.
AUG 21
Overview of course and requirements
 Academy Requirements
 The Performance and Professional
Development Plan
 Introduction to Blackboard and SIS
Functions for Faculty
 Email and classroom technology available
for instruction
SEPT 25
Teaching Domain: Instructional Design
A. How People Learn
B. Tyranny of Content
C. Alignment: course outcomes,
curricular outcomes, general
education outcomes, VCCS and TCC
mission
D. Writing Effective Course Learning
Outcomes (handout and assignment)
E. Knowing Your Students: An Overview
of TCC Students
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Meet in room
4210,
Chesapeake
Campus from
8:30 a.m. until
noon (prior to
the collegewide
Convocation)
Meet in College
Board
Conference
Room,
6th
floor,
Green
District
Administration
Bldg.,
121
College Place,
Norfolk
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F. New Faculty Performance and
Professional Development Plan
OCT 23
Teaching Domain: Instructional Delivery
A. Classroom Technology
B. Active Learning Strategies: Student
Engagement
C. Learning Styles and Instructional
Delivery (reading assignment)
D. Effective Pedagogy in the Classroom
E. Promoting Civility in the Classroom
(reading assignment)
F. Responding to Student Questions
(reading assignment)
G. Academy Integrity
H. Review assignments from September
(annotated syllabus and learning
outcomes)
NOV 20
Teaching Domain: Instructional Effectiveness
A. Assessment: Class/ Course/
Curriculum (reading assignment)
B. AAHE’s Nine Principles of Good
Practice for Assessing Student
Learning (reading assignment)
C. Early Student Feedback in Your
Classes
D. Assessing Teaching: Data Sources
(students, peers, self, dean/director)
E. Documenting Teaching Effectiveness:
The eTeaching Portfolio (assignment)
F. Student Evaluations: What Do They
Mean and How to Use Them (reading
assignment)
JAN 22,
2016
Teaching Domain: Instructional Expertise
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Meet in room
2610, Martin
Building,
Norfolk
Campus
Meet in the
Forum,
Building A of
the
Portsmouth
Campus
Meet in room
MN104, Health
Professions
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A. Promotion and the Career Path:
College and VCCS Policies and
Procedures
B. Understanding and Applying
Pedagogy
C. Coursework, Workshops,
Certifications
D. Teaching Online and/or Hybrid
Courses: An Introduction to College
Requirements
E. Follow-up on Developing The
eTeaching Portfolio assignment
FEB 19
Scholarly and Creative Domain
A. The Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning (reading assignment)
B. Scholarly Societies, Publications,
Presentations, and Exhibits
C. Grant Writing
MAR 25
Institutional Responsibilities and Service
Domains
A. Students Outside the Classroom:
Clubs and Activities
B. Interaction with Students: Effective
Office Hours and Advising
C. Collegial Governance at TCC
D. College, Campus, and Divisional
Committees
E. VCCS Peer Groups
F. Community Service: What is it?
G. Update on Annotated Syllabus and
Teaching Portfolio assignments
APR 22
Celebration, Evaluation, and Next Steps
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Building,
Virginia Beach
Campus
Meet at the
Visual
Arts
Center in Olde
Towne
Portsmouth
Meet
in
Conference
Room
(left
from
lobby
after entering
the
main
building) of the
Regional
Automotive
Center
in
Chesapeake
Meet in the
Student
Center, rooms
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124-126 (first
floor),
Portsmouth
Campus
AUG 30
Meeting to finalize eTeaching Portfolio
SEPT 30
eTeaching Portfolio final review and compose 2017 APPDP
SPRING
2017
Norfolk Campus,
room TBD
Chesapeake
Campus,
room
TBD
Complete TOP-ELITE training and training as General On your schedule
Education assessor
Blackboard and Course Communication
Please check the New Faculty Academy Blackboard site weekly and look for announcements,
emails, and/or discussions. In this course, the reading materials will be read outside of class and
the time in the workshop given to interaction as much as possible. Thus keeping current with the
Blackboard site in imperative. In addition, my contact information is accessible on Blackboard and
I will respond to your calls or emails with one business day.
Course Policies
1. Attendance Policy: All participants are expected to be present and on time at all scheduled
meetings.
2. Late Work/Make-up Exam Policy: N/A
3. Statement on Classroom Behavior: TCC is committed to maintaining a social and physical
environment conducive to carrying out its education mission. Therefore, all members of the
TCC community are expected to demonstrate standards for civility.
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Be moderate in speaking. Loud, obscene, argumentative, or threatening speech is
disruptive to teaching and learning and is offensive to others. It has no place in an
academic setting.
Resolve any disagreements in a positive, non-combative manner. Request the
assistance of college authorities if needed.
Show respect for the comfort of others in an educational setting by observing
acceptable standards for personal cleanliness and dress.
4. Electronic Devices Policy: Cell phones, pagers, and other communication devices are
prohibited from use in classrooms, laboratories, and libraries, unless authorized by the
appropriate faculty. Although soundless communication devices such as cell phones and
pagers are permissible in classrooms, college offices, and/or meeting rooms, they must not
be answered during class.
5. Inclement Weather/Emergent Hazardous Conditions
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Tidewater Community College uses TCC Alerts to immediately contact and inform faculty,
staff and students of a major crisis or emergency. TCC Alerts delivers important emergency
alerts, notifications, and updates via:
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Email account (work, home, other)
Cell phone
Pager
Smartphone/PDA (BlackBerry, Treo & other handhelds)
When an incident or emergency occurs, authorized senders will be instantly notified via TCC
Alerts. TCC Alerts is a personal connection to real-time updates, instructions on where to go,
what to do, or what not to do, who to contact, and other important information. New users may
also register by sending a text message to 411912 keyword: TIDEWATER. To cancel the
service, text TIDEWATER STOP to 411911.
[Required] According to provisions of TCC Policy 1401 Inclement Weather/Emergency
Hazardous Condition, please note that in case of a closure of the college or campus where a
meeting is scheduled for any reason, the Academy will not meet and the Facilitator will
communicate to the group via Blackboard about work missed that day. For example if the
college announces a closure at 1:30 p.m., the meeting of the Academy will not be held and
members should look for a communication from the Facilitator. Of course, if the closure
announcement comes during the meeting time, the Academy will immediately cancel the rest
of the meeting.
6. Disposition of Classes for Emergency Shutdown of the College:
In the event of an emergency shutdown of the college, the president and her executive
staff may elect to conclude the term in session if eighty-five percent or more of that
term has been completed. If the term in session is concluded, faculty shall compute
final grades of students based on coursework completed at that point.
Grade Policy: While no grade is assigned for this course, the members are to complete all
readings and assignments as posted in Blackboard in order to obtain the Certificate of Completion
at the end of the workshops. Failure to obtain the Certificate requires that the member complete
the missing work within the next semester and could impact the evaluation of the faculty member.
Academic Policies
Students are responsible for being aware of the policies, procedures, and student responsibilities
contained within the current edition of the TCC Catalog and Student Handbook. Students should
familiarize themselves with the college's policies regarding misconduct and inclement weather
found in the Student Handbook.
Withdrawal Policy: N/A
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Academic Integrity
TCC will expect students to demonstrate personal and academic integrity, to be open to new
ideas, and to share in a community where individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultures help
one another grow intellectually, socially, and personally.
TCC expects students to achieve, not just to get by. And while many caring and talented faculty
and staff are here to help, students must take responsibility for their own learning. Students should
strive for a high level of academic performance and to be responsible, contributing citizens within
the college and in outside communities. Above all, TCC wants students to develop a love of
learning that will last a lifetime, along with a life-long interest in maintaining emotional and physical
wellness.
Student Outcomes Assessment Requirement
Work products submitted by participants to fulfill Academy requirements may be used by the
college to evaluate The New Faculty Academy and Mentoring Program.
Statement on Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct
Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to, the following actions: cheating on an
examination or quiz—either giving or receiving information; copying information from another
person for graded assignments; using unauthorized materials during tests; collaboration during
examinations; buying, selling or stealing examinations; arranging a substitute for oneself during
examinations; substituting for another person, or arranging such a substitution; plagiarism—the
intentional or accidental presentation of another’s words or ideas; collusion with another person
or persons in submitting work for credit in class or lab, unless such collaboration is approved in
advance by the instructor.
Faculty members who have reliable evidence of academic misconduct will (1) investigate the
matter, and (2) review the facts of the matter and the proposed penalty with the appropriate
academic dean. They may then take one or more of the following actions:
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Require the work to be accomplished again
Give no credit for the test, paper, or exercise
Assign a grade of F, U, or W for the course
Refer the matter to the campus Dean for Student Services or designee for possible
disciplinary sanction through the college’s disciplinary procedure
If the faculty member chooses to refer the matter to the campus Dean for Student Services or
designee for disposition, the Plenary Disciplinary Procedure shall be followed, and the student’s
dismissal from the college is a possibility.
Educational Accessibility
Students who have documented, diagnosed disabilities, and who need special accommodations
for tests, etc., are advised to see the Educational Accessibility Disabilities Services staff in Student
Services so that the instructor may be notified of what accommodations are appropriate in each
case. Requests for accommodations should be made to the designated campus Educational
Accessibility counselor at least 45 days before classes begin. Documentation must be provided
to support the need for accommodations.
For assistance with disabilities, contact the campus Educational Accessibility Counselor/Provider
or the Coordinator of Educational Accessibility Services: call 822-1213, visit Student
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Services/Development,
or
visit
the
Educational
Accessibility
http://www.tcc.edu/students/specialized/disabilityservices/index.htm
webpage
at
Emergency Procedures
In the event of a bomb threat, tornado, or fire, students and staff may be asked to evacuate the
building or move to an internal assembly area location within the building. Evacuation routes are
posted in each classroom. The map indicates the route to the internal assembly area as well as
the route to the nearest exit and location of the Emergency Assembly Area. Students should
review the maps and make sure that the exit routes for the building are clearly understood. The
information regarding locations of the Emergency Assembly Areas and Internal Assembly Areas
for all classrooms or spaces used on the various campuses is available at the following link:
http://www.tcc.edu/emergency/cemp.htm. If you will require assistance during an evacuation, let
your instructor know at the end of the first class.
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Student Success Resources
The following resources are available to TCC students. See the Student Handbook or visit
http://www.tcc.edu/forms/handbook/ for more information about student services and locations.
Library
A library is located at each TCC campus and at the Visual Arts Center. These libraries are
intended for research and study, and they contain materials in print and digital format to support
the courses, curricula, and mission of the college. The research materials include books,
newspapers, magazines, journals, DVDs, streaming media and an extensive collection of
indexes, abstracts and full-text databases. Faculty members may place materials on reserve in
the libraries for their students. Visit this site for more information: www.tcc.edu/library/
Academic Support Services
Each campus provides various kinds of academic assistance. One-on-one tutoring, math and
computer labs, and other forms of individual and group assistance may be available. Students
can also find free help for writing, from short questions about commas and comma splices to a
comprehensive review of research papers in progress, in the Writing Centers.
Online Help Desk
Visit the following Distance Learning Resources for Students website for information about
computer skills, technical support, library services for online students, and much more:
http://www.tcc.edu/eLearning/
Important Websites
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College Website: www.tcc.edu
Blackboard and Student E-mail: https://tcc.my.vccs.edu/jsp/home.jsp
Student Handbook: http://www.tcc.edu/forms/handbook/
TCC Catalog: http://www.tcc.edu/forms/catalog/
Class Schedule: http://www.tcc.edu/schedule/
(or log-in to SIS for current course
offerings)
Academic Calendar: http://www.tcc.edu/students/calendar/academic/index.htm
eLearning Resources: http://www.tcc.edu/eLearning
For
current
financial
aid
information
and
assistance,
visit
http://www.tcc.edu/students/finaid/ or http://studentaid.ed.gov/.
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