NOTE:
The Fall 2008 New GTA Conference is scheduled for Thursday, August 14.
The annual Teaching Summit will be held Tuesday, August 19.
Event |
Date |
Time |
Location & registration |
|---|---|---|---|
New GTA Conference: About Teaching |
Monday, |
8 AM - |
Registration at northwest entrance of Budig. |
Lunch and Conversation: Best Responses to Difficult Classroom Situations. There are many ways that a class can be disrupted; Sally Cornelison, history of art, and Catherine Weaver, political science, will suggest how to respond effectively. |
Friday, |
12 - 1 PM |
CTE - 135 Budig. Brownbag. |
TEAM: Advisory board meeting |
Friday, |
1 - 2:30 PM |
CTE - 135 Budig. As scheduled. |
New Faculty Lunch: Creating Assignments That Maximize Learning. With Ben Eggleston, philosophy, and Andrea Greenhoot, psychology. |
Tuesday, |
12:30 - 1:30 PM |
CTE - 135 Budig. By invitation. |
Ambassador Meetings |
Feb. 11, 12, 13, and 14 |
12 - 1 PM |
CTE - 135 Budig. As scheduled. |
Lunch and Conversation: Using Laptops in the Classroom. Ideas for establishing policies and procedures that ensure best uses of computers during a class. With Doug Golick, IDS, and Catherine Weaver, political science. Co-sponsored with IDS. |
Friday, |
12 - 1 PM |
CTE - 135 Budig. Brownbag. |
New Faculty Lunch: Aligning Assignments to Help Students Meet Course Goals. With Holly Storkel, speech-language-hearing. |
Monday, |
12 - 1 PM |
CTE - 135 Budig. By invitation. |
Teaching Tea: Designing and Implementing Mid-semester Student Evaluations with Shannon O'Lear, geography/environmental studies. Various ways to get and use midterm feedback from students. |
Tuesday, Feb. 19 |
3- 4 PM |
CTE - 135 Budig. No registration. |
| Teaching Large Classes Colloquium. Developing, sustaining, and evaluating effective online discussion groups. | Thursday, Feb. 21 | 12 - 1 PM | CTE - 135 Budig. Lunch provided. RSVP to cte@ku.edu. |
Lunch and Conversation: How Do We Know They're Learning?: Frameworks for Evaluating Student Work. How to develop grading criteria, communicate it to students and use it to assess learning. With Caroline Bennett, CEA engineering; Sonya Lancaster, English; and Yajaira Padilla, Spanish and Portuguese. |
Monday, |
12 - 1 PM |
CTE - 135 Budig. Brownbag. |
Teaching Tea: Feedback on Teaching Using Small Groups with Byron Caminero-Santangelo, English. A model for obtaining student feedback on teaching via small discussion groups. |
Monday, |
3 - 4 PM |
CTE - 135 Budig. No registration. |
| Lunch and Conversation: Faculty Funding Options Through CTE. CTE advisory board members will discuss the Center’s funding programs, with a Q&A on the application processes. With Richard Hale, aerospace engineering, and Shannon O’Lear, geography/environmental studies. | Tuesday, Mar. 4 | 12 - 1 PM | CTE - 135 Budig. No registration. |
New Faculty Lunch: Documenting Teaching: Making Learning Visible for Your Reviews with Susan Williams, chemical and petroleum engineering, and Dan Bernstein, CTE/psychology. |
Thursday, |
12 - 1 PM |
CTE - 135 Budig. By invitation. |
TEAM: Advisory board meeting |
Friday, |
1 - 2:30 PM |
CTE - 135 Budig. As scheduled. |
| Lunch and Conversation: Directing Theses and Dissertations with Marsha Haufler, history of art, and Mary Lee Hummert, Provost's Office/communication studies. How to help students meet the challenges of writing a thesis or dissertation. | Monday, Mar. 10 | 12 - 1 PM | CTE - 135 Budig. No registration. |
| Teaching Tea: Student Evaluation of Teaching at KU. A discussion of issues surrounding student evaluations, as well as information about the new form being used at KU. With Dan Bernstein, CTE/psychology. | Monday, Mar. 24 | 3 - 4 PM | CTE - 135 Budig. No registration. |
| Lunch and Conversation: Advising and Mentoring Graduate Students. How to guide graduate students, from their first day to their final defense. With Joane Nagel, sociology, and Linda Stone-Ferrier, history of art. | Tuesday, Mar. 25 | 12 - 1 PM | CTE - 135 Budig. No registration. |
| Teaching Large Classes Colloquium. Sustainable, meaningful assignments: How do you get students to do something useful, then do something useful with what they give you? | Thursday, Apr. 3 | 12 - 1 PM | CTE - 135 Budig. Lunch provided. RSVP to cte@ku.edu. |
TEAM: Advisory board meeting |
Friday, |
1 - 2:30 PM |
CTE - 135 Budig. As scheduled. |
Ambassador Meetings |
Apr. 7, 8, 9, and 10 |
12 - 1 PM |
CTE - 135 Budig. As scheduled. |
| Workshop: Difficult Dialogues: Transforming Controversy into Teachable Moments. Presented by MU's Interactive Theatre Troupe. Co-sponsored with Office of the Vice Provost for Student Success, Department of Theatre and Film, Hall Center for Humanities, and Lied Center Creative Campus. | Friday, Apr. 11 |
1 - 2:30 PM | Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center Classroom. Register by April 9 with CTE at cte@ku.edu. |
TEAM: Advisory board meeting |
Friday, |
1 - 2:30 PM |
CTE - 135 Budig. As scheduled. |
| Best Practices Institute | May 21 and 22 | CTE - 135 Budig. As scheduled. |
