New Faculty Orientation

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



orientation SESSION

Wednesday, August 30

Weyerhaeuser Boardroom

(link to slide deck)


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