• Teaching with Technology (TTI) Workshop
• Call for Nominations for the 2008 Newton Award for Teaching Excellence
• Free Trainings - Fall 2007 - Disabilities in Schools and Communities - October 12, 20, November 3, 10, 17
• Long Island University Teaching & Learning Initiative (TLI) Brown Bag Lunch - Wednesday, November 28
Call for Nominations for the 2008 Newton Award for Teaching Excellence
Date: October 8, 2007
To: The C.W. Post Community
From: Glenn A. Magee, Chairman, Faculty Council
Subject: Call for Nominations for the 2008 Newton Award for Teaching Excellence
Nominations are now invited for the 2008 Newton Award for Teaching Excellence, LIU’s highest recognition for teaching accomplishment. In addition to professional recognition, a Newton Award includes a monetary stipend and a memento.
Please note the following criteria for nominations:
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Candidates must be members of the full-time C. W. Post faculty who have completed at least four years of service. |
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Nominations may come from any member of the C. W. Post community, and self-nomination is permissible. |
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Candidates will be asked to submit evidence of teaching effectiveness and creativity, including the following: |
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A. A current CV or résumé. |
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B. A personal statement of teaching philosophy not to exceed three pages. |
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C. Three syllabi for courses offered in recent years. |
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Candidates may submit up to ten pages of other materials to help the Committee in its deliberations, for example letters of support from peers, colleagues, or students, peer evaluations of teaching effectiveness, student evaluations and testimonials, and evidence of creative course design and development. |
Nominations will be accepted until Monday November 5th at 12:00 noon. (Supporting documentation and materials from nominees will be accepted until Monday December 3rd at 12:00 noon. Those wishing to submit nominations should do so immediately so that candidates will have time to meet this deadline.)
Please send nominations to: Orly Calderon (Secretary, Faculty Council), Hoxie Hall Rm. 112. Or email psychorly@aol.com
(All nominations will be forwarded to the Chair of the Newton Awards committee, TBA)
Teaching with Technology (TTI) Workshop: Brooklyn Campusof Long Island University, Friday, November 2, 2007, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Media Arts, Humanities Building, 2nd Floor.
You may have heard about Moodle, an open source software package designed to help educators create effective online learning communities. Learn more about how Moodle can be used as a course management system (CMS), and discuss the benefits and challenges of using Moodle. Most importantly, you will the opportunity to experiment with Moodle in a “hands-on” workshop with Jo Cannon-Carlson, Assistant Director of Educational Technology, Smith College. Workshop events also include faculty technology showcases and a discussion with the Brooklyn Campus Faculty Technology Committee. Open to all LIU teaching faculty. C.W. Post Campus faculty are welcome! For more information e-mail Liz.Ciabocchi@liu.edu
Long Island University Teaching & Learning Initiative (TLI) Brown Bag Lunch – Wednesday, November 28
TLI Brown Bag Lunch: "The Writing Assignment: Ideas on Effective Design and Evaluation", Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Palmer School Conference Room, Library 2nd Floor, C.W. Post Campus. Facilitated by Andrea McLoughlin and Mark Pires, C.W. Post Campus Faculty. Featuring Margaret Hallisy, Chair of the Campus Committee on Student Writing; Wendy Ryden, Coordinator of the Writing Across the Curriculum program; and Belinda Kremer, Director of the Writing Center/Coordinator of First-Year Writing. Open to all C.W. Post Campus teaching faculty.
What makes for a good, appropriate writing assignment that encourages both more effective learning of subject matter as well as improvement in composition skills? How does this vary from one discipline to another? What strategies do faculty employ when it comes to evaluating their students' performance on written work? Is it possible to read past surface error to find quality in student writing? And, perhaps most importantly, how do we encourage our students to appreciate the value of writing as a learning tool without "turning them off" in the process? This informal Brown Bag session will explore these and other questions concerning our experiences with writing assignments in our courses.
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