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Academic Boot Camp

Our program aims to prepare new instructors through relationship building, university integration, course planning, and content ownership. The institute focuses on practical teaching methods and collaboration, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment.

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Academic Boot Camp

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  1. Academic Boot Camp Training New Teachers for our Programs M. Bonesteel & P. Serumola

  2. Project Advance Summer Institute • Objectives: • Establishing personal relationships • Bonding new instructors to University • Becoming part of the larger whole • Focusing and concentrating • Owning pedagogies and course content • Planning Courses

  3. Establishing Personal Relationships • Social events • Housing • Sharing hardships • Sharing meals & adventures • Working together on projects • Sharing ideas and resources

  4. Bonding Instructors to University • Campus access • Faculty ID cards (use of campus recreational facilities) • Library access • Computer cluster access • SU Paraphernalia • Bookstore discounts

  5. Becoming Part of the larger whole • Large group social gatherings • Cocktail party • Picnic with door prizes • Meeting faculty from various disciplines • Whole group orientation

  6. Focusing and Concentrating • On-campus location • Relationships • Bonding • Access to SU facilities

  7. Course Pedagogies and Content • Teacher hat • Student hat • Curriculum designer hat

  8. Teacher Hat • Instructor modeling • Sharing resources • Imagining • New ideas

  9. Student Hat • Assignments • Course content

  10. Curriculum Designer Hat • Planning syllabi • Sharing resources • Swapping ideas

  11. What the Teachers say • The printed materials provided good introduction to teaching a university course • The organization of summer workshop • The effectiveness and clearness of the presentations • Confidence of teaching a university course

  12. What the teachers say (cont.) • Material appropriateness and relevancy • Opportunity to collaborate • Flexible learning environment • Opportunity to create own syllabus • Enhanced skills • Readiness • Time

  13. What We’ve Learned • Once they’re here, the retreat setting is appreciated • Food is a must (remember the vegans!) • Talked with, not at (Professionalism) • Teachers appreciate a blend of practical and theoretical • Teachers can teach us as much as we teach them.

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