Faculty Affairs Newsletter

Spring 2023 CAFE Conference

Friday, January 13th, 2023, Kauffman Conference Center

Please take this opportunity to collaborate with your UMKC colleagues in a conference hosted by the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence. We have a dynamic schedule of speakers, presentation formats and topics to choose from this year. Please click the link below to view the schedule and don't wait to register!

View the Conference Schedule

Registration is now open!

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CAFE Conference will feature local documentary

While the full program is still a work in progress, we do know that we will be screening the documentary film, Class of COVID-19, produced by Donna M. Davis, Professor of Educational Leadership, Policy and Foundation in the School of Education, Social Work and Psychological Sciences.

Join the CAFE team and your colleagues for the screening and discussion of this award winning documentary!

Make Your Voice Heard: Faculty Survey to Launch in February

Over the years UMKC has participated in the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey. Our most recent participation was in 2017. Much has changed at UMKC since that time, and it only seems appropriate that we gather information about faculty perceptions regarding faculty workplace experiences to help inform us about programs and practices that support faculty at UMKC. Be on the lookout for more information soon!

Faculty Writing Initiative

Looking for dedicated time and space to write this semester? Apply by December 16 to take part in the Faculty Writing Initiative.

Now entering its sixth semester, the FWI offers faculty-structured writing time to make progress on writing projects. Each session begins with goal setting and ends with progress check-ins. Discussions about writing strategies bring structure and a sense of community to the solitary work of writing.

Feel free of writing guilt going into the weekend. Gain a sense of camaraderie by writing in a group environment. The FWI helps faculty build writing time consistently into their schedules. The FWI group encourages each other in building a writing practice, instead of reading and responding to writing.

Interested? Complete an online application here by December 16, 2022. The FWI will select faculty to ensure that the initiative serves writers from all disciplines and across all ranks in the university.

If you have any questions, please email Dr. Byrd (antoniobyrd@umkc.edu) or Dr. Greer (greerj@umkc.edu).

Apply for the Faculty Writing Initiative

Peer Observee Application

The Peer Observation Pilot Program

The UMKC pilot Peer Observation Program will be carried out in the spring 2023 semester. This program is designed to promote teaching development through creation of a collaborative partnership between the faculty member being observed (the Observee) and a trained Observer.

The Role of the Observee

We are seeking 10-20 faculty who would like to have one of their classes observed by a colleague. This classroom observation will occur between the dates of Feb. 13 and April 10, 2023. This Peer Observation Program is developmentally focused (instead of evaluative) and is designed to be reflective in nature. By working closely with a trained Observer, the Observee maintains ownership over their own professional development. Observees can either choose to identify a specific area of focus for the observation or ask for a more generalized observation.

Why should you apply to be Observed?

There are many benefits to regular engagement and discussion with peers about teaching such as exchange of ideas, development of knowledge and skills, getting guidance on specific areas in need of development, etc.

Peer observation can provide an additional input about your teaching in addition to the regular end-of-the-semester course evaluations completed by students.

Application deadline: January 17, 2023

Apply to be an Observee

Accepting Nominations for
UM System Faculty Awards

The UM System Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to share information regarding this year’s system-level faculty awards. Please visit our website for more information.

Curators’ Distinguished Professorships
Nominations due to the Office of the Provost by March 1, 2023

The University of Missouri Board of Curators requests nominations for Curators’ Distinguished Professors and Distinguished Teaching Professors. These five-year academic appointments are reserved for outstanding scholars with established national or international recognition for research and teaching excellence. These are the most prestigious faculty awards bestowed by the Board of Curators. The distinction includes a $15,000 annual stipend.

Any active, full-time faculty member may be nominated. The nomination can be made by any faculty member or administrator.

C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship
Nominations due to the Office of the Provost by December 1, 2022
Nominations due to the UM System Office of Engagement by December 16, 2022

The University of Missouri System Office of Engagement requests nominations for the C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship. This award recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates commitment, dedication, and effectiveness in advancing the land-grant mission through extension, international education, and agricultural economics programs. The C. Brice Ratchford Fellowship is awarded by the UM System President once annually. The recipient will receive a $4,000 award.

Any active or emeritus faculty member associated with one of the four UM universities may be nominated for this award. The nomination can be made by any member of the university community.

Questions? Contact UMAcademicAffairs@UMSystem.edu

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