Faculty Effectiveness and Evaluation Department Chair/Program Director Series

By Jennifer Peters in 2023-2024 CUWAA Programs, Outcomes Assessment

Faculty Effectiveness and Evaluation Department Chair/Program Director Series 

Friday, March 22, 2024,  Via Zoom from Noon to 1 pm Central/1:00 to 2 pm Eastern 

 

With Leah Dvorak and Ted Hopkins

 

This session will review CUWAA’s ranked faculty annual evaluation form, process and timeline. We will discuss sources of evidence used to ensure that our faculty are effective teachers addressing the mission of Concordia, productive scholars, and contribute service to the university, church, community and/or profession. We will also cover resources CUWAA provides to help faculty achieve their goals, including the CELT (for teaching), and the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (for research, grants and scholarship), the ranked faculty first three-year development process, and how department chairs/program directors can (and should) be involved in observing, mentoring and supporting their faculty. 

Recording: https://cuwaa.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=985e7fc8-d606-4112-92e3-b13e00e515fb

PowerPoint: Faculty Effectiveness and Evaluation 2024

20240126-1 Eight Elements of Effective Program Assessment

By Jennifer Peters in 2023-2024 CUWAA Programs, Current Programs, Outcomes Assessment

Eight Elements of Effective Program Assessment  

Friday January 26, Noon – 1:00 Central/1:00 – 2:00 Eastern via Zoom 

 

With Elizabeth Evans and Kemery Sigmund

 

The audience for this program is department chairs, program directors and faculty.  

Evaluating our students’ learning at the program level involves establishing learning goals, creating tools to evaluate student learning, collecting data using the tools, developing conclusions about the data, and making changes to improve student learning. Engaging faculty in the process and using the process for improvement are further vital elements. Please come to this winter faculty development program to learn more what creates effective assessment practice at Concordia in each major, graduate program, and stand-alone certificate.   

 

Recording: https://cuwaa.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=3a7cd308-cab8-4acd-a2d5-b103015df753

Handouts:

Final Eight Criteria Assessment Session 1-26-24

Feedback on Program Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes Example

20240125-1 Best Practices in Writing Multiple Choice Exams (for Faculty)

By Jennifer Peters in 2023-2024 CUWAA Programs, Teaching Best Practices

Best Practices in Writing Multiple Choice Exams (for Faculty) 

Thursday January 25, 2:00 – 3:00 pm Central/3:00 – 4:00 pm Eastern via Zoom 

 

With Michael Brown 

 

The audience for this session is faculty. Writing multiple choice exams can be challenging.  What characteristics make “good” multiple choice questions good?  What characteristics of exam questions should typically be avoided? What is an appropriate balance of question difficulty across the exam? After the exam, what characteristics may help decide whether to keep or throw out a question?  This session will explore these topics and provide an opportunity for participants to review their own questions using these principles of best practice. 

 

Recording https://cuwaa.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=8fbc4578-5b58-475f-9da9-b103015cf63d

Handout:

BrownMC Item-Writing Presentation v 1 25 24

 

Blackboard Portfolios

By Jennifer Peters in Blackboard Learn, Technology

This document includes the following sections:

  1. Access Blackboard Portfolios
  2. Create a Portfolio
  3. Edit a Portfolio
  4. Preview and Customize a Portfolio
  5. Add Artifacts (even before creating a Portfolio)
  6. Submit Your Portfolio in Blackboard
  7. Share Your Portfolio with Anyone
  8. Comment on a Portfolio
  9. Download Your Portfolio
  10. Instructors Only: Create a Portfolio Assignment (“drop box”)

Blackboard Portfolios PowerPoint

Blackboard Learn Portfolios 05232023 Directions

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Creating and Sustaining an Effective Curriculum

By Jennifer Peters in 2023-2024 CUWAA Programs, Teaching Best Practices

Creating and Sustaining an Effective Curriculum 

Friday, November 17 Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 Eastern via Zoom 

With Leah Dvorak, Elizabeth Evans, and Erin Laverick 

 

Effective curricula at Concordia are rigorous, relevant, coherent, current, experiential, explicit, and well-communicated to students.  They are also aligned with the mission, university learning outcomes, and program learning outcomes.  Effective academic programs result in healthy enrollment, retention, and completion numbers, demonstrate learning as expected by the faculty, and use continuous improvement.  At this session, we will present tools for planning, implementing, and improving such curricula.  The audience for this program includes faculty, department chairs/program directors, and deans. 

Recording

PowerPoint

Best Practices for Managing Blackboard Course Size

By Jennifer Peters in 2023-2024 CUWAA Programs, Blackboard Learn

Best Practices for Managing Blackboard Course Size 

Friday November 10, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern via Zoom 

 Led by: Tyler Shadick 

 

This session is for faculty. Blackboard courses have a finite amount of space before the maximum is reached. During this session, participants will learn best practices for sharing large files in their course such as videos and voiceover PowerPoints. We will also explain how using the course Content Collection can save additional course space and save you time when documents need updating or are shared in multiple locations within a course. 

PowerPoint Course Size

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Getting Started with Panopto with Justin Frisque

By Jennifer Peters in 2023-2024 CUWAA Programs

Getting Started with Panopto with Justin Frisque 

Friday, November 3, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern via Zoom 

 

The audience for this program is faculty. Panopto is a tool used to record and share videos, including voiceover PowerPoint recordings. Participants will learn how to access Panopto to create recordings and integrate the Panopto tool in your Blackboard course. Also covered is the organization of videos within Panopto and setting viewing permissions. 

Recording

Service-Learning Experiences

By Jennifer Peters in Uncategorized

Service-Learning Experiences 

Thursday, November 2, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern via Zoom 

Presenters: Julie Parve (Nursing), Robert Wahl (Computer Science), Heather Fortuine (Rehab Science), and Elisabeth Bennett (Business) 

The audience for this program is faculty. In alignment with CUW’s GLO “Service and Citizenship”, you can now offer your students a chance to learn while serving others. Come join us and get inspired to add a transformative learning experience to one of your courses. We will discuss the availability of grants for service-learning experiences and how to apply as well as examples of service-learning experiences that have been impactful to students and the community they served. Feel free to come and share your ideas as well. 

Service Learning powerpoint

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Classroom Observation of Faculty

By Jennifer Peters in Uncategorized

Friday, October 27, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern via Zoom 

Leaders: Catherine (Kate) Robertson 

 The audience for this program is Department Chairs, Program Directors, and Deans. During this session, we will review and discuss the teaching observation process and form used for summative faculty observations, primarily for in-person classes. We will also share effective strategies for the observation itself and the post-observation discussion. Best practices for sharing constructive feedback, and tips on how to use the form (link to observation form) for formative, peer observations will also be shared. 

PowerPoint: Classroom Observations 2023

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The Successful Department Chair/Academic Program Director

By Jennifer Peters in 2023-2024 CUWAA Programs

Concordia University
Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
CELT

The Successful Department Chair/Academic Program Director 

Friday, September 8, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern via Zoom 

Presenter: Leah Dvorak
The audience for this program is Department Chairs and Program Directors. What are the expectations for the role of Department Chair or Academic Program Director? An effective chair or academic program director manages faculty, staff, programs, courses, and processes vital to student success. The effective chair also fosters a healthy departmental culture and establishes efficient, collaborative decision-making processes. A strong department chair or program director uses both management skills and leadership skills to create and sustain a successful department in which faculty and staff feel engaged and energized.    
Click here for a recording of the session.
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