New Faculty Orientation
Fall 2022
Fall 2022
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