Recap of Fall 2009/Spring 2010 Seminars

Recap of 2009-2010 Seminars

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Spring 2010

Grant Writing: A seminar for graduate students and postdocs

Feb date rescheduled due to inclement weather. New date: April 23, 2010.

Speaker:
Dr. Ralph Pollack
12 noon – 2 PM
ROOM Commons 329
UMBC Campus
SPONSORS:
Graduate School, PROF-it,  IGERT , PROMISE

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Fall 2009

AUGUST

PREPARATION FOR THE PROFESSORIATE: Teaching and Learning
Part of the PROMISE: Summer Success Institute
http://www.umbc.edu/promise/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2826

All grad students are invited!
Options and Opportunities for College Teaching
FRIDAY, Aug. 21, 2009
12:00 p.m.
Guest Host: The Community College of Baltimore County
Catonsville Campus, Building Q, Lounge
(Free) Lunch will be served

Special Guests:
* Dr. Elizabeth McCormack, Dean of Graduate Studies, Bryn Mawr College
http://www.brynmawr.edu/physics/EMcCormack/

* Dr. Alycia Marshall (PROMISE Alum), Associate Professor and Assistant Chair of the Department of Mathematics, Anne Arundel Community College
http://www.aacc.edu/math/default.cfm

* Dr. Alan Mickelson, Director, Teaching-Learning Center, Prince George’s Community College
http://academic.pgcc.edu/tlc/index.html

* Dr. Natalie Kimbrough, Professor, History, CCBC and Director of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
http://www.ccbcmd.edu/cetl/index.html

* Deans and Chairs from the following departments at CCBC:
Math, Science, Social Science, and English

Co-Chairs:
Dr. Renetta Tull, Assistant Dean of Graduate Student Development, UMBC
Dr. Al Starr, Dean, Ess. Campus, CCBC

This event is free to graduate students.

Graduate School, PROF-it, Success Seminar

Teaching & Learning Workshop for Grad Students, Stress Relief for Grad Students
Includes mandatory TA training. All grad students (regardless of holding a TA position) are invited.
Friday, 8/28/09. 9 AM – 2:15 PM ITE Lecture Hall 7

Friday, August 28, 2009
Teaching Techniques & TA Classroom Training Part I

Welcome & Resources
— Conflict Resolution in the Classroom
— Student Support Services and Accommodations for Disability
— Paid Opportunities to teach UMBC’s undergrads through IHU

Online Teaching Resources
— Blackboard

Meeting with experienced and Master TAs

Includes the session:
Ten Strategies for Designing Classroom Activities that Encourage Thinking and Learning
9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Room: ITE Lecture Hall 7

Stress Relief/Health and Wellness for Graduate Students Part II
1 p.m. – 2:15 p.m., Room: ITE Lecture Hall 7

Morning Refreshments and Lunch will be served (free)

Special Guest Speakers:
* Dr. Barry Casey, Interim Director of the UMBC Faculty Development Center. http://www.umbc.edu/fdc/fdcstaff.html

* Dr. J. LaVelle Ingram, Director, University Counseling Services

* Dr. Robert Deluty, Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Clinical Psychologist, UMBC Presidential Teaching Professor, Department of Psychology, and published poet

Co-sponsors:
UMBC Faculty Development Center – http://www.umbc.edu/fdc/
Office of Information Technology – http://asp1.umbc.edu/newmedia/oit/training/
PROF-it, The Professors in Training Program
http://www.umbc.edu/promise/forum/viewforum.php?f=24

PROF-it^*
Preparation for the Professoriate Seminar
How to Put a Course Together
Friday, 10/2/09, Commons 329, 12 noon – 2 p.m.
Dr. Barry Casey

PROF-it^*
Preparation for the Professoriate Seminar
Friday, 11/6/09, 12 – 2 PM, Commons 329
Dr. Renetta Tull
“Public Speaking”

PROF-it^*
Preparation for the Professoriate Seminar
Friday, 12/4/09, 12 PM – 2 PM, Commons 329
Dr. Anne Spence
“Learning Styles”

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Resources:

Faculty Development Center at UMBC:
http://www.umbc.edu/fdc/

Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Maryland College Park:

http://www.cte.umd.edu/

Synopsis of PROF-it

Mirrored from the PROF-it section of http://www.umbc.edu/promise/archive.html

PROF-it: Professors in Training, is a program for graduate students that provides opportunities for training and hands-on teaching. Our partners include: UMBC’s Office of Undergraduate Education and the “Induction to an Honors University” program, Howard University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Community Colleges of Baltimore County (CCBC), Baltimore City Community College (BCCC), and Prince Georges Community College (PGCC).

The PROF-it seminars are designed to prepare students for teaching opportunities. Students who participate in PROF-it training have the opportunity to be nominated for several of our hands-on teaching programs, including the UMBC-CCBC Teaching Fellows program. This fellowship provides students with an opportunity to teach a class at one of campuses of the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) during Spring semester. Fellows also have the benefit of a CCBC faculty mentor and are awarded a $2000 stipend. Students are invited to enroll in the PROF-it (Professors-in-training) Blackboard Community for in-depth information and continuing updates on PROF-it.
Click the Community tab, type “PROF-it” in the organization search window, when the search results appear, page down and click “enroll” in the far right column.
ADDITIONAL UMBC-CCBC Teaching Fellows Details:
http://www.umbc.edu/promise/forum/viewforum.php?f=24

RESOURCE:  Information on teaching for the Introduction to an Honors University program at UMBC:
http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/ihu/

PROF-it Fellows 2010: http://umbcinsightsweekly.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/congratulations-prof-it-fellows/