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WORKSHOP ON THE MOST
EFFECTIVE USE OF BLACKBOARD
Dr. Jim VanSpeybroeck will
offer a workshop for
interested faculty on "The
Most Effective Use of
Blackboard." The
presentation is scheduled
for Tuesday, October 28 in
New Hall 013. Everyone
who attends the workshop (
from start to finish – no
checking in at the front and
checking out the back door!)
will be entered into a
drawing for a Magical
Computer( worth far less
than $10.00) which if
properly used is alleged to
be able to solve all your
problems!).
EXCELLENCE IN COLLEGE
TEACHING CERTIFICATE
St. Ambrose University
recently became a member of
the Quad-City Professional
Development Network. This
consortium offers seminars
open to SAU faculty on a
limited basis. The
consortium offers a
certificate program in
"Excellence in College
Teaching" and its first
offering will be held at
Black Hawk College on Nov. 8
from 8:30 to 3:00. Any SAU
faculty member is eligible
to apply to attend this
workshop. St. Ambrose has
four slots available for
this workshop. Participants
will be selected from those
faculty applying to Dr.
Regina Stephens, Dean of the
College for Professional
Development. A program
application is available
through Dr. Stephens ( StephensReginaM@sau.edu).
Full information about the
program and the consortium
is available at the
consortium website: http://www.qcpdn.org
. Member institutions
include Black Hawk, Eastern
Iowa CCD, Palmer C. C.,
Western Illinois U. and St.
Ambrose.
It is expected that the
workshops in this series
will be repeated on,
perhaps, a yearly basis.
TEACHING CIRCLE ON THE
COURAGE TO TEACH
The teaching circle on
Parker Palmer's book, The
Courage to Teach,
co-facilitated by Brenda
Peters and Terry Schlabach,
met for its first time on
Wednesday, October 15 at
3:00 p.m. in the Cosgrove
Hall private dining room.
About 10 faculty attended
and discussed the questions
of what we need to know
about ourselves to be “good”
teachers,and various ways
faculty have successfully
brought their personal lives
into their classrooms (and
some dangers associated with
this sharing). The circle
will meet again next month
and will be announced prior
to its date.
PRESENTATION ON THE NEW
FACULTY/COURSE RATING FORM
-- REPEAT
Dr. Paul Koch (Psychology
and Institutional Research)
will repeat his presentation
about the new form for the
evaluation of teaching at
St. Ambrose. He will
be making this presentation
again to accommodate those
faculty who were unable to
attend his first
presentation. We are
looking at scheduling his
presentation to faculty at
2:00 p.m. on Friday,
November 7.
Paul will present an
analysis of the new form
from Educational Testing
Services (the SIR II)
that is being used for
course ratings at St.
Ambrose beginning this
semester.
CTE WEB PAGE AVAILABLE
Through the good graces
and the hard work of
David O'Connell, the CTE
web site is now up and
running. It is
available electronically
at: www.sau.edu/cte .
Check it out for past
News from the Center,
announcement of new
teaching circles,
teaching tips from St.
Ambrose faculty, and
connections to teaching
centers at other
universities. The links
to other teaching
centers open up a real
treasure trove of
information on the net.
When you see David,
thank him for his
excellent work on the
web page!
CTE PERIODICAL
SUBSCRIPTIONS ALWAYS
AVAILABLE
The
Center subscribes to College
Teaching and CHANGE.
Back issues of these
publications are in the
latice-doored shelves in
the reading area on the
first floor (northwest
corner) of the
library. Enjoy a
beautiful view of campus
and gorgeous sunsets as
you peruse the back
issues of the Center's
publications.
Three other
publications subscribed
to by the Center are
available in several
places on campus.
TheTeaching Professor, The
Professor in the
Classroom and
the National
Teaching and Learning
Forum are
available as they arrive
in three wall pocket
locations: in the old
snack bar area in
Ambrose Hall (in
Stingers, near the
elevator, ground level),
in the Cosgrove Hall
private dining room near
the drink dispenser, and
in the coffee shop on
Harrison St.-- as well
as at ACCEL with Neala
McCarthy and through
Allison Ambrose in the
College of Business.
Back issues of
these publications are
kept in the shelves in
the Library on the first
floor, northwest corner
(along with the Center's
book collection). All of
the Center's
subscription materials
are available during the
hours the St. Ambrose
Library is open. Most
of the Center's book
collection has
been catalogued into
the general library
collection but it is
still kept in the
latice-doored shelves.
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Please contact
any member of the CTE
Advisory Committee with
your suggestions or
evaluations of our
sponsored events,
publications and
programs. The members
of the Center's advisory
committee for the
2008-2009 school year
are:
Shannon Mackie,
Biology
Brenda Peters,
Biology
Sandra Quinn,
Criminal Justice
David O'Connell,
Management
Christine Urish,
Occupational Therapy
Paul Jacobson,
Philosophy (Director)
It's a
beautiful day at the
Center for Teaching
Excellence!
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