Headwaters: Onboarding Series for New and Junior Faculty

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Headwaters is a series that focuses on the development and support of full-time faculty (term and tenure-track) and pre-professoriate postdocs. The series picks up where New Faculty Orientation left off. Our goal is to provide you with a brief, weekly, topic-driven check-in session, a place where you can pose questions, get just-in-time information, and learn to make the best use of the many systems and resources available to you and your students. Whether you’re looking to deepen your training as a professional educator, smooth the process of becoming confident in the culture of higher education, or develop your collegial network, this is where you'll want to be!

 

Details for Headwaters

  • Participate in New Faculty Orientation
  • Participate in Fall Teaching Academy
  • Participate in a Faculty Learning Community (topics vary - information and registration links will be provided in our faculty newsletters)
  • Check with your chair/director, associate dean, or dean for recommendations relevant to your particular department or college needs and priorities
  • Participate in Winter Teaching Academy
  • Participate in a Faculty Learning Community (topics vary - information and registration links will be provided in our faculty newsletters)
  • Check with your chair/director, associate dean, or dean for recommendations relevant to your particular department or college needs and priorities

Together with the UAA/APU Consortium Library, CAFE has worked to deepen the resources available to UAA faculty around teaching, learning, and leadership in higher education. The list below includes a few of our favorite resources, but this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. We often share articles, blog posts, and other items of interest in our faculty newsletters and our Facebook page. Have a recommendation for us? Please share! Connect with the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) for additional information on the following resources and/or topics in the Headwaters series.  

Ambrose, S. A., Norman, M. K., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M. C. Bridges, M. W., Stephens, C. (2010). How learning works: Seven research-based principles for smart teaching. Tantor Media.

Boice, R. (2000). Advice for new faculty members: Nihil Nimus. Allyn & Bacon.

Darby, F. and Lang, J. M. (2016). Small teaching online: Applying learning science to online classes. Jossey-Bass.

Eyler, J. R. (2018). How humans learn: The science and stories behind effective college teaching. Wester University Press.

Lang, J. M. (2016). Small teaching: Everyday lessons from the science of learning. Jossey-Bass.

The Scholarly Teacher. https://www.scholarlyteacher.com/

 

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