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Orientation for New Faculty
Participant Comments:
"I just wanted to express my appreciation for your work to make the process of adjustment here at WOU less mystical and more transcendent, and to let you know that they have also voiced their similar appreciation for your efforts."
"I especially liked the personal welcoming cards from Niki Young – beautifully handwritten! Niki, you made this a very warm and welcoming orientation. It was informative but not overwhelming. You have really become very ‘au fait’ with campus life in your short time of being here and you exude enthusiasm for this institution. Thanks!"
Participant Comments:
"I especially liked the personalized card! I can read it anytime. I also liked sharing in a community of my peers – other adjuncts! And I appreciated the best practices resources and information. Very cool."
"I especially like the positive support for adjunct faculty, hearing from fellow adjuncts across the disciplines, sharing ideas. "
The Center for Teaching and Learning is celebrating the contributions of adjunct (non tenure) faculty in the showcase: Teaching Excellence.
- Hamersly Library Exhibit
- Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by an Adjunct Faculty Member - 2006 (pdf)
Participant Comments:
"The initiative CTL has taken under Dr. Young’s consistent and systematic leadership in following through on ideas until a successful product is realized. The concept of recognizing contributions was formed in the fall with an effective training that was held for adjunct faculty. With attention to detail Dr. Young built on the concept scaffolding to design and execute a first rate recognition ceremony where Deans, faculty and adjunct faculty merged. I also like that Dr. Y is thinking ahead to “next” as she forwards a future idea for video clips at the ceremony."
"The fact that this occurred is wonderful. I feel the recognition of the adjunct faculty is very important. It was well organized and presented. The “posters” were great."The displays and individual representations of the recipients. The personal acknowledgement given. Excellent for the first time. Thank you for your energy in creating this. Thank you for your spirit , energy & presence.
"The posters for the adjunct honorees (and copies for them) were very nice and meaningful. The Deans giving an overview of each honoree – this made it extra special. The festivity of the event, decorations, treats/cake, semi-formality, positive feedback and honors. Well done Niki. Great work is year at CTL. Lots of meaningful and helpful activities, events and services."
"This event provided an opportunity to honor a group of faculty who rarely receive public recognition for their work.
Adjunct instructors not feeling disjointed from the University. Meeting faculty from across campus. Beginning introductions were particularly effective. Also appreciated materials from the beginning Orientation event – the Adjunct faculty handbook and the great folder of information.""Niki’s presentation and the overall organization. The reading of all the statistics related to the adjuncts, titles, degrees, scholarly achievements, hobbies and extra teaching activities."
"The exhibit upstairs, the table displays, and the ceremonial copies for them to keep was great. It was all great. Well done."
Description: Learn to use Dreamweaver to create and update Web pages located in your “ public_html” folder.
Participant Comments:
"Scott did a good job of making sure everyone could follow along at each point and did not leave anyone behind.
"The pace – Scott covered quite a bit in a relatively short amount of time.
"Refreshing my knowledge about Dreamweaver. I have done most of these activities but not for awhile. A big summer task is to work on web pages."
"Scott was well prepared and clearly knew the material."
"Scott’s is always well prepared and organized. The session had great flow and he was able to give us great information. Thanks so much for doing these!"
Description: So you’ve mastered the basics of PowerPoint. But now how do you make your presentations a little less bland? Discover tips and techniques that will help you get the most out of this powerful tool.
Description: Learn the basics of creating an online course in WebCT, or how to add an online discussion group to a face-to-face class.
Learning Communities
The Self and Writing Teaching Circle
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The Self and Writing Teaching Circle offers faculty an opportunty for stimulating discussions about teaching and learning with colleagues from across the disciplines, using our own autobiographies as teachers as points of departure for discussion.
In 2005-2006, the group read J.M. Haile's The Way of the Teacher.
Participants commented that they enjoyed the following:
"I just thought I'd let you [Dr. Niki Young] know that I have heard from many adjuncts and assistant professors this year who have made it a point to let me know how much they appreciated the orientation/workshops that you developed earlier this year. It has been a year fraught with many challenges for all of us, but for new faculty who are struggling to connect their aspirations as educators with the realities they face in our students & classrooms, and for new students who are struggling to connect their dreams and ideals about what their college experience will be with what they actually encounter in our faculty and in our classrooms, it was an especially difficult year. I have seen more than the usual psychological strains, and our adjunct faculty have had to deal with students in crisis while they themselves were in transition."
--Email, Max Geier, Division Chair, Social Sciences Division, April, 21, 2006
"Instructional Technologist Scott Carter’s support was invaluable as he helped me become familiar with the WebCT platform. I learned that Scott is an excellent teacher. Furthermore, Scott’s excellent knowledge base and communication skills have helped me develop English 104 as an online course. His ability to work with technology is phenomenal; what really impresses me is his ability to communicate his knowledge to others. Because of Scott’s continuing support, I feel comfortable working with online instructional technology at Western Oregon University."
--Letter, Peg Freed Elefant, Adjunct English Professor, July 21, 2005
"I am very grateful for your [Sue Payton’s] good and patient counsel throughout my editing and learning process. I especially appreciate your willingness to join me in HSS #331 for a dry run. Very reassuring. I discovered the freedom Power Point gives you… I’m hooked. A few colleagues have described to me the excellent help they received at the Center, a veritable groundswell of converts. We are blessed to have this kind of faculty support at Western. You guys have a lot of very enthusiastic fans. Many, many thanks."
--Email, Dr. Peter Eddy, Adjunct English Professor, April 24, 2006
"I would like to congratulate the Technology Center and in particular Sue Payton for the wonderful service provided not just to students but also to faculty! I often visit the technology center in order to scan the images I am going to project during lectures in class for the successful integration of technology in the Smart classroom, Campbell Hall 101. Sue was always wiling to help me or whoever calls her. I am happy to come in to the lab see always Sue’s welcoming and cheerful smile! Thank you for providing not just an excellence service but also excellent people!"
--Email, Dr. Leda Cempellin, Adjunct Art History Professor, February 28, 2006
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