TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
New Faculty Academy Meetings and Topics
The following are the workshop topics for the New Faculty Academy and
the proposed schedule of meetings for 2015-17:
Initial Meeting: August 21, 2015 (Friday): Workshop 8:30 a.m.--noon in
Room 4210 of New Academic Bldg., Chesapeake Campus (prior to the collegewide Convocation)
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Welcome and Introduction: Daniel DeMarte
Mentoring Roles, Responsibilities, and Expectations Terry Jones
using materials on the Mentoring website
Academy Requirements Terry Jones review course outline
Designing Your Syllabus: TCC’s i-INCURR Tool
Introduction to Blackboard and SIS Functions for Faculty John
Morea and staff
Email and classroom technology available to faculty John Morea
September 25, 2015 (Friday): 12:30 p.m. lunch; workshop 1:00-4:00 p.m.,
College Board Conference Room, 6th floor, Green District Administration
Building, 121 College Place, Norfolk
Teaching Domain: Instructional Design Dr. Marsha Jurewicz
Readings:
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Overview (Understanding by Design on Vanderbilt’s Center for
teaching site, heading “Understanding by Design” under
Pedagogical Theory, http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/teachingguides/pedagogical/understanding-by-design/ ; see the Resources
link at the bottom of same webpage for a PDF on “Introduction to
Understanding by Design.”)
How People Learn (Vanderbilt site: “How People Learn” in
Pedagogical Theory, http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/teachingguides/pedagogical/how-people-learn/)
Tyranny of Content: Berkeley’s Center for Teaching and Learning
site http://teaching.berkeley.edu/content-tyranny-and-teachingretention
Writing Effective Course Learning Outcomes: “Articulate Your
Learning Objectives.” Eberly Center, Carnegie Mellon University at
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http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/learningobject
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Knowing Your Students: “Recognize Who Your Students Are,”
Eberly Center of Carnegie Mellon University at
http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/yourstudents.
html
Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Outcomes (MIT) (Word document)
Bloom’s Taxonomy (Word document)
Bloom’s Taxonomy Action Verbs (PDF document)
Know Your Students (Word document)
Learning Outcomes Review Checklist (Word document)
The Annotated Syllabus (Word document)
Activities:
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Alignment: course outcomes, curricular outcomes, general
education outcomes, VCCS and TCC mission
Annotated Syllabus Assignment
Learning Outcomes Worksheet
An Overview of TCC Students: TCC Factbook
New Faculty Performance and Professional Development Plan
Terry Jones (TCC’s Development and Evaluation Plan)
October 23, 2015: Norfolk Campus, 12:30 p.m. lunch, workshop 1:00-4:00
p.m., Room 2610, Martin Building
Teaching Domain: Instructional Delivery
Readings:
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Lecture and other strategies for delivery See Vanderbilt
University’s Center for Teaching “Teaching Guides” at
http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/lecturing
Student Engagement Strategies (see “Active Learning for the
College Classroom” at
http://web.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/chem2/Active/
Learning Styles and Instructional Delivery (Vanderbilt’s site under
Pedagogical Theory, “Learning Styles” at
http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/teaching-guides/pedagogical/learningstyles-preferences/
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Effective Pedagogy in the Classroom: see “Enhancing Student
Learning: Seven Principles for Good Practice” from University of
Michigan at http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/p4_6
Promoting Civility in the Classroom: See Derek Bok Center
(Harvard University) “Classroom Dynamics & Diversity” at
http://bokcenter.harvard.edu/classroom-dynamics-diversity
Responding to Student Questions: See “Asking and Answering
Questions” Berkeley University’s Center for Teaching and Learning
at http://teaching.berkeley.edu/asking-and-answering-questions0
“Ten Worst Teaching Mistakes” Berkeley’s Center for Teaching and
Learning site: http://teaching.berkeley.edu/ten-worst-teachingmistakes
Activities:
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Classroom Technology John Morea
Active Learning Strategies Presentation Jeanne Hopkins
Academy Integrity
Review Assignments from September meeting; updates on
Annotated Syllabus and Learning Outcomes
November 20, 2015: 12:30 p.m. lunch, workshop 1:00-4:00 p.m., Portsmouth
Campus, Building A, The Forum
Teaching Domain: Instructional Effectiveness
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Assessment: Class/Course/Curriculum See “Course-Based
Review and Assessment” U. of Massachusetts Amherst:
http://www.umass.edu/oapa/oapa/publications/online_handboo
ks/course_based.pdf Terry Jones
AAHE’s Nine Principles of Good Practice for Assessing Student
Learning: Located at
http://assessment.uconn.edu/docs/resources/AAHE_Principles_o
f_Good_Practice.pdf
Assessing Teaching: Data Sources (students, peers, self,
dean/director) Terry Jones Read “Document Your Teaching,”
University of Minnesota, Center for Teaching and Learning
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http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/resources/document/inde
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Documenting Teaching Effectiveness: Developing your Plan and
What to Consider Terry Jones Read “Developing a Professional
Portfolio” at The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning,
University of Central Florida,
http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/FacultySuccess/ProfessionalPortfolios/
Student Evaluations: What do They Mean and How to Use Them
(Reading Student Evaluations, Princeton’s The McGraw Center
http://www.princeton.edu/mcgraw/library/sat-tipsheets/readingevaluations/ ) and “Making Sense of Student Evaluations” Center
for Innovation in Teaching and Learning at Lehigh University at
http://citl.lehigh.edu/student-evaluations
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Early Student Feedback in Your Classes: Strategies and Examples
Developing a Teaching Portfolio and assignment
SPRING SEMESTER 2016
January 22, 2016: 12:30 p.m. lunch, workshop 1:00-4:00 p.m., Virginia
Beach Campus, Room MN104, Health Professions Building
Teaching Domain: Instructional Expertise
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Documentation: The Teaching Portfolio See the “Teaching
Portfolios and Course Portfolios” at the Center for Research on
Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan at
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/tstpcp and “Teaching
Portfolios” in the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University
http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/teaching-guides/reflecting/teachingportfolios/
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Promotion and the Career Path: College and VCCS Policies and
Procedures Terry L. Jones
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Understanding and Applying Pedagogy
Coursework, Workshops, Certifications
Teaching Online and/or Hybrid Courses: An Introduction to
College Requirements Virginia Zillges or Lyn Rainard
Follow-up on Developing a Teaching Portfolio assignment
February 19, 2016: 12:30 p.m. lunch, workshop 1:00-4:00 p.m., Visual Arts
Center, Olde Towne Portsmouth
Scholarly and Creative Engagement Domain Terry L. Jones
Readings:
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The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: See “The Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning (SoTL)” in the Center for Teaching at
Vanderbilt University at https://my.vanderbilt.edu/sotl/ and the
Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
(CASTL) at http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/scholarshipteaching-learning
Activities and discussion:
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Scholarly Societies, Publications, Presentations, Exhibits
Grant Writing
March 25, 2016: 12:30 p.m. lunch, 1:00-4:00 p.m. workshop. Regional
Automotive Center, main Conference Room (left from lobby)
Institutional Responsibilities and Service Domains
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College and Campus Committees: TCC website at
http://www.tcc.edu/welcome/collegeadmin/gov/
VCCS Peer Groups: VCCS website at
http://www.vccs.edu/careers/office-of-professionaldevelopment/peer-groups/
Activities:
 Student Success Strategies with Students Outside the Classroom:
Clubs and Activities
 Interaction with Students: Effective Office Hours and Advising
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Collegial Governance at TCC Faculty Senate Chair Ellyn Hodgis
Divisional and Campus Committees
Community Service: What is it?
Updates on Annotated Syllabus and Teaching Portfolio
April 22, 2016: 12:30 p.m. lunch, Celebration 1:00-3:00 p.m., Location
Portsmouth Campus, Student Center, rooms 124-126 (first floor)
Celebration (with President Baehre-Kolovani)
The Second Year: The Journey Continues
2016-17
August 30, 2016 (Tuesday) Norfolk Campus, 10:00 a.m. until noon. Meeting
to finalize eTeaching Portfolio for fall 2016 (this is part of the new faculty’s
evaluation process for the last half of the 2016 calendar year since you already
were evaluated for spring 2016). This meeting builds on and completes the
work started in the workshops in 2015-16. You will emerge with a completed
eTeaching Portfolio ready to submit to your dean/director in your meeting with
them in November.
September 30, 2016 (Friday) Chesapeake Campus, 1:00—4:00 p.m. Final
review (if needed) of eTeaching Portfolio in preparation for review with
dean/director in November; and work on APPDP for 2017 (this will be the
primary focus of this meeting and you will leave with a draft of your 2017
APPDP to review with your dean/director in November 2016).
The 2017 APPDP will be the first developed with some input from the new
faculty member since the ones for the fall 2015 and spring 2016 were
established by the college and given to the new faculty members. However,
there are some college requirements that will be included in the 2017 APPDP.
Specifically, there are two areas that the new faculty member will include in
their APPDP for 2017: (1) complete the TOP ELITE program through eLearning
since this program contains many elements that are applicable to face-to-face
courses. (If the faculty member has documented that this course has been
completed previously, then the faculty member and the dean/director will
develop another objective to replace this one.) (2) Complete training by the
college to be a General Education assessor since the skills developed through
this training also apply to assessing individual courses as well as specific
programs in which your course(s) are taught. In addition to satisfying the
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APPDP and completing the Academy program, these activities will be
documented and added to your eTeaching Portfolio as you prepare in November
2017 for your evaluation meeting with your dean/director. At this meeting, you
will complete the forms for your first multi-year appointment that will take
place in August 2018 and you will work with your dean/director to develop new
objectives for your 2018 APPDP.
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