Internship Program One-on-one mentoring Co-teaching Course-integrated instruction experience

1. From Burnout to Buy-in: Instructional Culture at UT-Austin June 25, 2006 “Thank goodness for LIS! Their proactive methods and supportive approach have been essential to the success of the art and art history instruction and information literacy programs at UT.” - Laura Schwartz, Head, Fine Arts Library • Internship Program • One-on-one mentoring • Co-teaching • Course-integrated instruction • experience • Immersion • Send at least 2 librarians each year • Co-hosting Regional Immersion July 2006

2. Teaching Fundamentals: Teaching PhilosophyTeaching StylesLearning StylesTeaching to All Types Class Planning: Contacting FacultyGoals and ObjectivesLesson Plans Teaching Tools: BoardsHandoutsPresentation SoftwareWeb Pages Active Learning: What Is It? Why Do It? Where Do You Start? Tips for Successful Assignments But What About...? Example Activities In the Classroom: Creating a Learning Environment Starting the Class Speaking to an Audience Asking and Answering Questions Making Transitions Managing the Time Resolving Difficult Situations Evaluation: Evaluating your Teaching Evaluating Student Learning • Tips and Techniques for Library Instruction • Guides users through the fundamentals of teaching • Concepts are interconnected and build upon each other • Concise topic summaries, practical tips, examples and exercises • Introduces instruction to beginners/refresher for experienced instructors *Featured Web site, LOEX News, Winter 2003 *Teaching Resource - LOEX Clearinghouse for LI *LI Resource in The Educator’s Reference Desk/SUNY • Instruction Listserv & Blog • Classroom updates • Training announcements • Share tips and new ideas • Updates on instruction initiatives • Instruction Clearinghouse • Developed by library staff from across the University of Texas Libraries • Includes: • General and subject/topic specific • handouts • Active learning exercises • Class planning outlines • Assignments created for faculty • Feedback and assessment forms • All downloadable and adaptable • Useful for new and experienced • instructors

3. Instruction Discussion Groups and Workshops • Two to four discussion groups offered each year • Active Learning, Keeping Students Engaged, Burnout Prevention, Evaluating Student Learning, Teaching the Web, Teaching SFX, Getting Involved with Blackboard • One in-depth workshop offered each year • Create Effective Assignments, Be an “Embedded Librarian” (Blackboard integration) • Wrap-up/Celebration offered annually at the end of spring semester • Choose a few librarians to talk about special projects and accomplishments • Round robin • Food, coffee and time to socialize and unwind! • Guiding Principles: • Always include active learning • Discussion groups are learning communities – attendees share ideas and expertise and instruction staff facilitate discussion • Don’t be afraid to address current issues causing stress in the instruction community (ex: SFX, Google Scholar) • Recognize and respect the expertise of librarians from across the organization Burnout Prevention For this discussion group, we put a tip on a fortune inside fortune cookies. Everyone chose a fortune cookie and read their tip and then the group discussed it. At the end of the session, we gave this handout to people as reinforcement of what they discussed. Librarians at the Be an “Embedded Librarian” workshop CSI: Library Instruction This DVD, starring Instruction Services staff, shows a simulated class where the instructor did everything wrong. It was used to generate discussion about presentation style. University of Texas Library Instruction Services Team Michele Ostrow  AJ Johnson Meghan Sitar     Head, LIS  Information Literacy Librarian Instruction and Outreach Librarian micheleo@austin.utexas.edu    aj@austin.utexas.edu      msitar@austin.utexas.edu