New Faculty Orientation
Fall 2023
Fall 2023
ORIENTATION WORKSHOPS
Monday, August 21, 2023
8:15 - 9:15 a.m.
Welcome breakfast / connection time
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Grounding Ourselves: Attending to Social Identities, Social Contexts, and Well Being
noon - 1 p.m.
Lunch
1 - 3 p.m.
Universal Design: Creating a Culture of Inclusion
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Course Design and Syllabus Development
noon - 1 p.m.
Lunch
Campus Sustainability tour with Director of Sustainability Megan Butler
1 - 3 p.m.
Pedagogies of Hope / Building a "Hope Lab"
Location: Idea Lab (Library second floor)
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Building Relationships and Collaborative Partnerships with Student Affairs
noon - 1 p.m.
Lunch
Q&A with Cait Bergeon, Faculty Engagement Associate (Civic Engagement Center)
1- 3 p.m.
Using the Library Effectively for Your Teaching and Scholarship
Thursday, August 24, 2023
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Designing Assignment Prompts that Support Student Learning
noon - 1 p.m.
Lunch
Q&A about DLA@Mac
1 - 3 p.m.
Macalester’s Learning Management System:
Using Moodle to Support Teaching & Learning
3:30 - 5 p.m.
Social Hour / Meet and Greet with our Dean of Faculty and other colleagues
Wednesday, August 30
Weyerhaeuser 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
9:15 a.m. Small group discussions about pedagogy
10:15 a.m. Welcome from members of Macalester’s Senior Leadership Team (President Suzanne Rivera; Provost Lisa-Anderson Levy; Dean of Faculty Tom Halverson; Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Kathryn Kay Coquemont; Vice President for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Alina Wong)
10:55 a.m. Break
11::00 a.m. Student panel
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
· Institutional Equity
· Disability Services and the MAX Center
· Academic Programs, Institutional Research & Assessment, Registrar
3:00 p.m. Optional tour / Open Q&A time with Library colleagues and Academic Information Associates