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Welcome!. Stephen F. Austin New Faculty Orientation Fall 2013. Teaching Excellence Center. Established January 2006 Services: Seminars related to teaching Teaching Circles New Faculty Development Series Speaker Events Teaching Tips emails Individual Consultation
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Welcome! Stephen F. Austin New Faculty Orientation Fall 2013
Teaching Excellence Center • Established January 2006 • Services: • Seminars related to teaching • Teaching Circles • New Faculty Development Series • Speaker Events • Teaching Tips emails • Individual Consultation • Classroom observation
Contacts for the TEC • TEC Website: http://www2.sfasu.edu/teachingexcellence/ • TEC Email: tec@sfasu.edu • TEC Phone: 468-1831 • TEC Offices: 2nd Floor Steen Library • TEC Associates: one representative from each college, the Library, and OIT
Teaching Excellence CenterLeadership John Moore Director Interim Chair, Biology
Associate Directors Norm Markworth Physics & Astronomy Leslie Cecil Social and Cultural Analysis dc
TEC Fellow Heather Olson-Beal Secondary Ed.
TEC and New Faculty Orientation • The New Faculty Orientation committee plans these fall orientation events and additional social events designed to help you become part of the SFA community
A Colleagues’ Survival Guide: Advice and Faculty Handbook • This guide is written by faculty for faculty. • Helpful pointers for SFA and community • A final version now available online (original guide combined with old Faculty Handbook). • www.sfasu.edu/facsenate/docs/faculty-handbook-survival-guide.pdf • Future versions will be updated by members of the Faculty Senate.
Seminars • Call on one or more faculty members to discuss topics of interest. • Clickers • Collaborative Learning • Undergraduate Research • Publishing • …and many more
Teaching Tips Email list • Receive teaching tips and short electronic articles (often with links to more complete information) • 1- 3 Tips per month • Join by signing the sheet today, or send Lesliean email (see your handout for her email address)
New Projects • Gems of SFA • Bill Arscott’s Cinematography • http://youtu.be/sNSU7D7a3TY • Legacy Project • Look for new web pages on these soon.
Thank you for your time! • If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us! • Your packet should contain a short summary sheet with contact information and web addresses. John: jmoore@sfasu.edu Norm: nmarkworth@sfasu.edu Leslie: cecillg@sfasu.edu Heather: olsonbehk@sfasu.edu