Syllabus Preparation for New Faculty
Please register for this workshop using this form.
The beginning of a new faculty position is exciting
and comes with new expectations for course development. The CFT hopes to ease
this transition by helping new faculty create their syllabi in advance of the
upcoming school year. As such, this 4-week virtual learning community will
provide camaraderie, resources, and accountability for the work of syllabi
development. Our first session will include a brief presentation about
Understanding by Design for course development (Wiggins & McTighe, 1998),
introductions of group participants, and goal setting for the duration of the
group. At each subsequent meeting, participants will spend two hours co-working
using the Pomodoro Technique. We will start the session by sharing our progress
on syllabi development goals, discussing any obstacles, and committing to goals
for the co-working session. After this discussion, we will work in 20-minute
blocks alternating with 5-minute breaks. During our last 10 minutes, we will
discuss our accomplishments during the working sessions and set goals for the
next meeting.
Date: Every Friday in the month of April (April 7, 14, 21, 28)
Time: 11 am - 1 pm (CDT)
Location: Zoom (you will receive the link in the confirmation emails)
Facilitator: Julie Sriken, Graduate Teaching Fellow
Questions? Please contact julie.f.sriken@vanderbilt.edu
