Missouri S&T Freshman Faculty Program

2006-2007 Calendar of Events [this past year’s complete program]

Welcome and Orientation Day (Tuesday, 15 Aug 2006, 8:45 a.m. – 6 p.m.)

Freshman Faculty Forum (4-5 p.m., first class-day Wednesdays of each month)

Meeting/date (4 p.m.)

01 Sep 06 W. Huebner: Crafting a winning funding proposal

02 Sep 20* C. Dew: Practical information for faculty about Missouri S&T Information Technology

C. Jocius: Practical information for faculty about the Missouri S&T Library

03 Oct 04 J. Smith, T. Vojta, J. Martin: Tips for early career success in teaching research and service

04 Nov 01 R. Schwartz: How to engage students in active learning

05 Dec 06 L. Gragg, W.K. Wray: How to get – or avoid – good teacher ratings

06 Jan 10 R. Bieniek: What have you experienced and what do you still need to know?

07 Feb 07 K. Krishnamurthy: Research and scholarship: building and evolution your reputation

08 Mar 07 D. Carroll, S. Grasman: Distance learning: a practical guide

09 Apr 12* P. Lutz: Being smart and resourceful about interacting with faculty, staff and administrators

10 May 10 Chancellor Carney, Provost Wray: End-of-year celebratory luncheon

* shifted date

SPECIAL EVENTS

Sep 13 Grant Proposal Preparation Workshop (M. Smith)

Apr 24 Tenure and promotion process in the reorganized campus structure (B. McMillin)

May 10 End-of-Year Luncheon (Chancellor Carney, Provost Wray, Provost Cabinet)

UM-Missouri S&T New Faculty Teaching Scholars Program

2006-2007 Calendar of Events [this past year’s complete program]

Campus Get-togethers for Missouri S&T NFTS

Monthly Buffet Luncheons and Presentations

Missouri Room (207-A Havener Center) ~11:45 -12:55 p.m.

Designed to exchange/share information/ideas to meet the needs of Missouri S&T's New Faculty Teaching Scholars and to provide a venue for networking and collegiality.

Date Program

Sep 13 Orientation to the NFTS Program; Provost Kent Wray & Ron Bieniek, and NFTS alumni Kim Henthorn, Daniel Tauritz, and Klaus Woelk

Oct 11 Running a successful collaborative learning center for your course; Martin Bohner and NFTS Alumna Elvan Akin

Nov 08 Handling difficult students and situations; Carl Burns

Dec 13 Being a successful teacher-scholar in an evolving university: the research portion of your Academic Portfolio; NFTS alumni Kai-Tak Wan, Thomas Vojta, Kumar Venayagamoorthy, and Ray Luechtefeld

Jan 10 Being smart about research and scholarship; NFTS alumni Fatih Dogan and Jim Martin

Feb 14 Lessons from the Teaching Renewal Conference and the Tenure and Promotion Writers Group; NFTS alumni Kim Henthorn, David Henthorn, Daniel Tauritz.

Mar 14 What Students Expect from Professors; Missouri S&T Student Council representatives Matt Miller

Apr 11 Distance learning and learners; Henry Wiebe and NFTS alum Scott Grasman

May 14 The ins and outs of the tenure evaluation process; Barry Flachsbart and Bruce McMillin

Special Events

Apr 2 What we learned as NSF Program directors that can help you; Judy Raper and Vittal Rao

May 1 Learning-centered teaching: Rethinking faculty roles (NFTS Alumni Event); UMSL Associate Provost Margaret Cohen

System-wide events for all NFTSs from the four UM campuses

Participants in these UM-system events will be reimbursed for registration, lodging, food, and travel expenses incurred for participating in these activities.

September 28-30 Building your Academic Portfolio; Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark

February 22-24 Teaching Renewal Conference; University of Missouri – Columbia

May 14-16 Designing and redesigning academic experiences to enhance student learning; Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark

LEAD Program

at UM-Rolla

Faculty Teaching Resource Center

203 Norwood Hall

Offering Faculty Material, Workshops and Consultation to Improve Teaching

Please contact Prof Ronald Bieniek (bieniek.mst.edu, +1 (573) 341-7070) – Director of LEAD and New Faculty Programs – for material, consultation, peer dialog, workshops and other resources available to faculty to enhance their teaching and improve student learning, engagement and success.

Links to useful resources:

Robust Sites

How Students Learn and Think

Best Practices and Useful Tips

Assessment and Evaluation of Learning and Teaching

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Instructional Technology

Java Applets, Animations, Simulations and Calculators

Faculty Teaching Resource Library (203 Norwood Hall)

Math and Science Teacher Consortium Resources (aimed at middle school through intro college levels)

New Faculty Programs

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