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Orientation for Faculty New to Carolina: Tips for Success
Friday, August 19, 2011
8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Sonja Haynes Stone Center, Hitchcock Multipurpose Room (111)
Schedule
(Subject to change)
8:30-9:00 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-9:20 | Welcome to Carolina |
| 9:15-9:30 | Tips for Being a Successful Faculty Member at Carolina |
9:30-10:00 |
Tip 1: Get Connected Establishing relationships and connections is a critical aspect of success as a faculty member. This session highlights the importance of having mentors, developing supportive relationships with colleagues, and identifying collaborators. |
10:00-10:30 |
Tip 2: Consider the Culture Approach your first few months here as a “fieldwork” process, as an anthropologist would when arriving in a new tribe or community. Observe and study how things are done, how relationships are structured, and procedures are organized. Steve Reznick, Professor of Psychology |
10:30-10:45 |
Break |
10:45-12:00 |
Tip 3: Understand the Basics of How Students Learn Teaching can be tremendously time consuming, and the most frustrating part is that committing a large amount of time does not necessarily mean the best learning environment is being created. This session addresses some fundamental aspects of teaching designed to improve student learning, including information specifically about teaching Carolina students. Todd Zakrajsek, Executive Director, CFE |
12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00-1:45 |
Tip 4: Use Technology Effectively In this session, we will focus on five key strategies that will help you use any instructional technology successfully. We will also help connect you with support for the most commonly-used instructional resources and technologies on campus. Suzanne Cadwell, Instructional Technology Consultant, CFE/ITS |
| 1:45-2:30 | Tip 5: Stay on Track Towards Tenure |
2:30-2:45 |
Concluding Remarks Todd Zakrajsek, Executive Director, CFE |