New Faculty Orientation

Monday, August 15

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Grounding Ourselves in this Moment: Attending to Social Identities and Social Contexts

Location: Library 250

noon - 1 p.m.

Lunch

1- 3 p.m.

Course Design and Syllabus Development

Location: Library 250

Tuesday, August 16

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Using the Library Effectively for Your Teaching and Scholarship

Location: Library 250

noon - 1 p.m.

Lunch

1- 3 p.m.

Faculty and Student Wellbeing

Location: Library 250

Wednesday, August 17

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Designing Assignment Prompts that Support Student Learning

Location: Library 250

noon - 1 p.m.

Lunch

1- 3 p.m.

Sustainability and Environmental Justice at Macalester (includes tour)

Location: TBA

Thursday, August 18

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Disability, Universal Design, and a Culture of Inclusion

noon - 1 p.m.

Lunch

1- 3 p.m.

Academic Technology Services: Using Moodle and Tech Tools to Support Teaching & Learning

Location: Library 250

Wednesday, August 24

Weyerhauser Boardroom

8:00 a.m.

Coffee/tea

8:30 a.m.

Welcome from the Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching / Introductions (to each other and to Macalester)

9:00 a.m.

Welcome from members of Macalester’s Senior Leadership Team (President Suzanne Rivera, Provost Lisa-Anderson Levy, Dean of Faculty Tom Halverson, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Kathryn Kay Coquemont, Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Alina Wong)

9:55 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m.

Student panel

10:55 a.m.

Break

11:00 a.m.

Small group discussions about strengths-based pedagogy

12:00 p.m.

Lunch (campus photographer will be present to take photos for website)

1:00 p.m.

Round robin sessions to learn about:

· Student well being / What to do when you are concerned re: students

· Title IX/ Bias incidents

· Disability Services and MAX Center

· Academic Programs and Institutional Research & Assessment and Registrar

3:00 p.m.

Optional tour / Open Q&A time with Library colleagues and Academic Information Associates