Condensed format of upcoming UCET events! Click links for more information or contact ucet@iusb.edu. No registration needed unless noted otherwise.
UCET Dossier Prep Groups: Senior Lecturer, Teaching Professor, Tenure, Full Professor, Clinical Senior Lecturer, Clinical Associate Professor, Apr. 2. If you will be submitting a dossier for promotion to Senior Lecturer, Teaching Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor, Clinical Senior Lecturer, or Clinical Associate Professor in Aug 2021, you are invited to join a sponsored group that can help you put together a dossier that presents your case in the best light possible. If you are interested in participating or have questions, please contact Elaine Roth, UCET Career Mentor, elaroth@iusb.edu.
The next meetings this Spring will occur on Zoom at the following times:
Fri, Apr. 2, 3:00-4:00pm: Zoom session for Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor candidates – focus on Teaching Statement
Fri, Apr. 2, 4:00-5:00pm: Zoom session for Teaching Professor and Full Professor candidates – focus on Teaching Statement
Registration for the 2021 Midwest SoTL Conference on Apr. 9 is Now Open! The morning keynote and concurrent sessions are live via Zoom on Fri, Apr. 9. Registration is open until 12 noon Eastern time on Apr. 8. Registration fee is $25 for faculty/staff and $10 for students. The afternoon Twitter Quick Hits sessions are free. Find out more information and register here: https://midwestsotl.iu.edu/
“Write More, Worry Less” Faculty Writing Group. Many faculty members have found success in making progress on their research by being part of “write more, worry less” faculty writing groups. These groups emphasize carving out blocks of time for writing, sharing early drafts, and creating specific interim deadlines for key parts of larger projects. Faculty members who have participated in these groups have seen an increase in their writing productivity. The writing group will meet every three or four weeks via Zoom to share successes, dissect problems, and encourage and support each other. Members will also read excerpts from the imperfect but thought-provoking book Deep Work by Cal Newport (2016). Contact workshop organizer Lisa Zwicker at zwicker@iusb.edu if you’d like to be involved.
Bender Joy of Teaching Event. Perhaps this year more than any other, it’s important to stop and take a moment to reflect on the joys of teaching that have come along with one of the most challenging teaching years in many of our careers. Rather than a specific activity or theme for this semester’s Bender Joy of Teaching event, FACET and UCET invite you to grab a lunch (on us) to take to your office or a picnic table in the lawn, log into Zoom, and then reflect on some of the lessons you’ll take away from this past year. Amidst all of the teaching challenges, what were the most rewarding moments you’ll remember or use for inspiration in the future? Were there elements of your teaching that actually went better than you expected? We’ll discuss these and other questions over lunch.
Thurs, Apr. 29
11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. lunch pick-up
12 – 1p.m. Zoom Session (https://iu.zoom.us/j/85856334065 )
Please RSVP to Jamie Smith at jms21@iusb.edu by April 20 if you plan to attend.
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