New Faculty Orientation Meetings – Fall 2015
Date/ Time/Room
Meeting One
August 14, 2015
11:00-1:30p
Rm 501
Topic
Welcome
11:00-11:10
Guests
Lisa Allison-Jones, Dean for Academic Affairs
Email
Jefferson Website
11:10-11:30
Kimberly Whiter, Director of Faculty Development
Committees and
Faculty Senate
11:30-Noon
Kimberly Whiter, Director of Faculty Development
Sara Nicely, Chair of Faculty Senate 2015-2016
(New Faculty Online Orientation has covered faculty
getting their AD username and password, logging into
Exchange and review of the Faculty/Staff webpage.
This will provide a demonstration of the importance of
these applications, and an overview of other area of
our college website that are frequently viewed by
faculty)
(New Faculty Online Orientation has reviewed the
college committees and the shared governance
structure. This section will allow faculty to review the
structure and meet the current Chair of Faculty
Senate)
Campus Safety
Noon-12:30
Susan Booth, Physical Plant and Safety Officer
(New Faculty Online Orientation has covered the
important safety policies of our college and where to
find information, as well as how to sign up for
eCampus Alerts. This section allows new faculty to
meet our Safety Officer and sign required forms)
Institutional Goals
12:30-1:00p
Glen Mayhew, D.H.Sc., Associate Dean for Institutional
Effectiveness
(This section allows faculty to meet our Ass. Dean for
Institutional Effectiveness and learn about the current
Strategic Plan for our college. New Faculty will
understand initiatives and departmental goals better
for knowing the institutional goals.)
Meet and Greet
1:00p-1:30p
Scott Hill, Dean for Student Services
Al Overstreet, Director of Academic Support Services
(This will allow new faculty to meet the Directors for
Student Affairs and Academic Support Services prior to
the semester starting, so if needed as classes begin,
they know where and to whom to go.)
Meeting Two
September 18, 2015
1-2:30p
Rm 505
Self-Service
1p-1:30p
Kimberly Whiter, Director of Faculty Development
(A Self-Service Module is covered in New Faculty
Online Orientation, this section will provide a quick
review and demonstration of taking attendance,
posting grades, and printing class rosters)
“Beyond the Basics”
Blackboard
1:30-2:30p
Meeting Three
October 16, 2015
11a-1p
Rm 501
Course Design,
Delivery, and
Evaluation
Meeting Four
November 13, 2015
11a-1:30p
Rm 501
Library Resources
11a-Noon
David Halpin, Academic Technologist
(By this time new faulty have had an opportunity to
attend Blackboard Basics provided by Academic
Technologies (August 10th) and have reviewed the
Blackboard module in the New Faculty Online
Orientation. Faculty will have course materials on their
course site. This session will allow faculty to gain
understanding on more in-depth, targeted areas of
course management through Blackboard. (Grading,
Creating Tests/Assignments, Adaptive Release, adding
media, etc))
Shari Whicker, EdD, Associate Director for Continuing
Professional Development, Carilion Clinic
(An overview of course design will have been reviewed
in the New Faculty Online Orientation by this meeting.
Dr. Whicker will present a session on course
alignment. Demonstrating to faculty how being
mindful about the appropriateness of objectives,
assessment and delivery of lessons within a course can
increase the learning experience for students)
Ramona Thiss, Director of Carilion Clinic Health
Sciences Libraries
Courtney Miller, Online Learning Librarian
Jamie Price, Clinical Research Librarian
Mary Catherine Santoro, Outreach and Instruction
Librarian
(New Faculty Online Orientation covers resources
offered by our library, this will allow faculty to ask
pointed questions to our librarians and demonstrate
how the library can help in developing resources for
their future courses.)
Student Services
Noon-1p
Scott Hill, Dean for Student Services
Al Overstreet, Director of Academic Support Services
Jennifer Slusher, Director of Counseling and Wellness
(As the semester is starting to wrap up, this timely
session to allow faculty to ask questions about any
issues they have faced throughout their courses)
Activity Insight
Cornerstone
1-1:30p
Kimberly Whiter, Director of Faculty Development
(With a semester under their belts, now is a good time
to show faculty where to document all the
professional development they have attended, as well
as scholarly work. Faculty will also need to start
preparing for their first performance evaluation.
Session also includes a review of Cornerstone and a
reminder of the required Annual Inservices that will be
assigned when they return for Spring.)