Goal

• The New Faculty Orientation program provides new faculty with valuable information, tools, and resources to lay a foundation for success as a faculty member at UC. 

Outcomes

• Learn about institutional priorities, including the Academic Master Plan, and how it will affect new faculty.
  
  
• Learn about professional development opportunities through Faculty Development One Stop and the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning (CET&L).
  
  
• Identify tools and strategies for starting classes, including helpful tips for syllabi development and promoting active learning through the use of IF-ATs.
  
  
• Identify tools and strategies for using technology, including a brief introduction to Blackboard as a course management tool, harnessing your I-PAD in the classroom, and key Apps that will save you time in your professional and personal life.
  
  
• Identify internal and external resources for funding research, including support for effective grant writing, IRB submission, presentations & publications.
  
  
• Address Human Resources questions and concerns and provide additional resources.
  
  
• Understand the reappointment and tenure process.
  
  
• Learn about UC students and resources that support them.
  
  
• Develop professional relationships and a sense of professional community at UC.

Agenda

• 2012/13 New Faculty Orientation (.pdf)
  

Presentations/Sessions

CET&L and Professional Development

• Overview of CET&L & Faculty Development OneStop
  
  
• Faculty Development OneStop is UC's centralized professional development portal. Log in to register for professional development and training opportunities.
  
  
• The New Faculty Institute
  
  
• IF-ATs (.pdf) are active learning tools (scratch off cards for individual or group work).
  

Syllabus Development

• Strategies for Syllabus Development and Teaching Fall Semester (.ppt)

Grant Resources

• Identifying and Harnessing Internal and External Resources to Obtain Research Grants (.ppt)
  
  
• Grants and Funding Resources handout (.doc)

Loan Forgiveness

• Learn How Working for a Public Institution Can Lead to Student Loan Forgiveness (.pptx)

Blackboard and Technology

• Top 5 Things You Need to Know About Blackboard (.docx)
  
  
• Top FIVE Apps to Save You Time in Your Professional and Personal Life (.ppt)

Students and Student Support

• Who Are Our UC Students and Resources that Support Them (.ppt)

Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure

• Understanding the Reappointment and Tenure Process at UC and Steps You Need to Take Your First Year to Prepare Your Reappointment Folder (.pdf)