Here are the recording and resources used at this session that was held on April 21st, 2022:
Here are the recording and resources used at this session that was held on April 21st, 2022:
Here are the recording and resources used at this session that was held on April 7th, 2022:
Here are the recording and resources used at this session that was held on March 31st, 2022:
Obtain the current version of the documents related to adjunct faculty hiring in the Forms Repository on the Resources tab of the portal. Search all categories for “Adjunct” and you will find the workflow document entitled “Adjunct Faculty Recruitment & Hiring” along with the other needed documents “Adjunct Faculty Interview & Instructions” and the “Adjunct Approval Form.”
Here are the recording and resources used at this session that was held on March 24th, 2022:
Here are the recording and resources used at this session that was held on March 10th, 2022:
Here are the recording and resources used at this session that was held on March 8th, 2022:
Here are the recording and resources used at this session that was held on 03/02/2022:
Here are the recording and resources used at this session that was held on 02/25/2022:
Three Mondays on Zoom: February 14, March 7, April 25, 2022
2:00 – 3:00 pm Central/3:00 – 4:00 Eastern
Book: Gene Edward Veith’s Spirituality of the Cross, 3rd edition (2021)
Led by Jim Pingel, Dean of the School of Education
Audience: Faculty on either campus, or teaching online, virtually, or at centers
Join with faculty to discuss Lutheran theology and how it might be used in your teaching.
Books are included. Deadline to register: Friday Feb 4, 2022
Prior to each session, please read the following chapters
Wednesday February 2, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern via Zoom
Please plan to join us on Zoom to learn about the research conducted by two colleagues who recently completed their doctoral degrees: Jennifer Thorpe and Kemery Sigmund
Concordia Faculty Seminars are informal interactive presentations and conversations on faculty and staff projects including grants, research, and service designed to promote scholarship, spark new ideas, provide opportunities for meaningful discussion, and increase collaboration. Faculty, staff and students are welcome at attend.
Wednesday February 9, Noon – 1:00 pm Central Time
Presenters: Vaynesia Kendrick, PSGM and Jeremy Triblett, PSGM
This is part of how the Mequon Campus provides support to students for their wellness and mental health, including our expanded JED Campus efforts. For this session, Concordia has partnered with the QPR Institute to teach the faculty of Concordia University Wisconsin—i.e. the lay and professional “gatekeepers” of students’ mental and emotional well-being—about the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to respond.
Gatekeepers can include anyone who is strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide (e.g. parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, coaches, police officers). The process follows three steps:
Attendees will learn how to recognize someone at risk for suicide, intervene with those at risk, and refer them to the appropriate resource.
Friday February 11, Noon – 1:00 pm Central, 1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern via Zoom
Presenter: Karen Ruona and Erik Halling, Registrar’s Office
This session describes the types of information updated by departmental representatives in the next catalog and how to use the CourseLeaf application, including Deans, Department Chairs, Program Directors, Academic Administrative Assistants or others supporting this work. The 2022-2023 catalog opens for changes March 7, and all updates must be completed by June 6, 2022.
Wednesday February 16, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern
Presenter: Susan Gallanis
This session is for faculty. During this session, we will explore the four main features of a rubric, look at two basic rubric types, and discuss how to approach rubric development. This session will not cover how to build an electronic rubric in Blackboard. Rather, the goal is to share best practices for developing a quality rubric used for grading student work.
Friday February 25, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern via Zoom
Presenter: Leah Dvorak
Audience: Department Chairs and Program Directors
All organizations have some people who are difficult to work with, are poor performers, or who cause dissention and discord. If these behaviors are not addressed, there are often negative repercussions for the entire team. This session provides department chairs and program directors with specific strategies for managing challenging faculty.
Wednesday March 2, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern via Zoom
Please plan to join us on Zoom to learn about the research conducted by two colleagues who recently completed their doctoral degrees: Amber Gray and Tom Scholz.
Concordia Faculty Seminars are informal interactive presentations and conversations on faculty and staff projects including grants, research, and service designed to promote scholarship, spark new ideas, provide opportunities for meaningful discussion, and increase collaboration. Faculty, staff and students are welcome at attend.
With Charles Schulz (Theology, Ann Arbor) and Jeff Walz (Political Science, Mequon)
Tuesday March 8, 3:00 – 4:00 pm Central/4:00 – 5:00 pm Eastern via Zoom
Listen to faculty colleagues share their classroom strategies for teaching stewardship and citizenship as part of the curriculum that addresses Global Learning Outcome #2 Service and Global Citizenship “Our graduates are globally-minded citizens.” Also learn about the framework for assessing GLO #2 through the following types of student work.
Thursday March 10, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern via Zoom
Presenter: Susan Gallanis
One way faculty can help students succeed is by learning how frequently students interact with their Blackboard course content. In this session faculty will learn how to access this information from their Blackboard course. We will also take a closer look at Blackboard rubric and test question data with a Blackboard tool called EAC and how it can be used to improve student learning.
Wednesday March 23, 3:30 – 4:30 pm Eastern in the Manor Ballroom
Facilitator: Erin Laverick
In this session, faculty will learn how to observe a peer’s teaching, using the CUWAA observation form. They will also find a partner and plan for days/times to collaborate on the peer observation process.
Tuesday March 29, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern via Zoom
Does it seem like your personal life gets in the way of your job life? Are you rushing from thing to thing without a moment to take a breath? Join faculty Beth DeJongh (Pharmacy) Beth Buckley (Pharmacy) and Natalie Ross (Nursing) for this conversation about strategies for making our work-life integration as faculty more manageable. Prior to this session, you will be asked to rate the influence of your own challenges in faculty work-life integration.
Thursday March 31, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern via Zoom
Presenters: Eric Schulz (HR), Laurie Doty (Provost Office), Sandy Hannemann (HR), Erin Laverick (VPAA – Ann Arbor)
Audience: Deans, Department Chairs/Program Directors, Academic Administrative Assistants
Join your colleagues to learn about the hiring process for Adjunct Faculty in three phases: 1) Job Posting & Applications; 2) Screening, Interviewing & Selection; and 3) Candidate Approval, Hiring and Onboarding. This session includes updated work flow and instructions document, how to find the paperwork, roles played by Deans, Department Chairs/Program Directors or Designee, Academic Administrative Assistants, and HR.
Thursday April 7, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm via Zoom
Presenters: Kate Robertson and Nicole Muth
Finals are approaching! This session will share best practices for classroom instruction, as well as effective study strategies for faculty to recommend to students, that can lead to optimum student learning and performance.
Wednesday April 20, 3:30 – 4:30 pm Eastern in the Manor Ballroom
Facilitator: Erin Laverick
Prior this meeting, faculty will complete the peer observation so they can come together and discuss what they learned/gained from the peer observation process. They will also reflect on how they will apply what they learned in their future teaching.
Thursday April 21, Noon – 1:00 pm Central/1:00 – 2:00 pm Eastern
Scott Van Ornum will share strategies for teaching his organic chemistry course that have been developed over the past ten years at CUW. He will address faith and learning concepts and how his hobby of Indiana Jones plays a role in his curriculum in keeping students engaged.
Here are the recording and resources used at this session that was held on 02/16/2022:
Discussion Rubric (pdf), Discussion Rubric (zip)
Presentation Rubric (pdf), Presentation Rubric (zip)
Writing Rubric (pdf), Writing Rubric (zip)
The rubrics on this post are zip files that you can import into Blackboard. Start by downloading the zip files (don’t open them). Then follow these instructions to import them into your course, beginning at step 5: https://celt.cuw.edu/wp-content/uploads/Copy-a-Rubric-from-One-Blackboard-Learn-Course-to-another-Blackboard-Learn-Course-Fall-2015-10132015.pdf