The Baruch College Faculty Handbook

Last
updated on 9/13/04

FACULTY
SEMINARS IN SPRING 2004

Support
for many of these seminars is provided in part by the Joseph
Drown Foundation.

Two
Seminars for Instructors of LTT 2850 and English 2850

• • Teaching the works
    of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

    April 27 at 12:00 p.m., VC 8-210

• • Teaching
    “Pedro Paramo” by Mexican writer Juan Rulfo
    May 5 at 10:45 a.m., VC 7-210

Marquez and Rulfo
are included in the Norton Anthology used by LTT and English
faculty teaching Great Works 2850. Organized by the department
of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature and the English
department, these events are made possible by a grant from
the CUNY Council on Foreign Languages and supported by additional
funds from CUNY Vice Chancellor Louise Mirrer and the Drown
Foundation.

Grading
criteria in Writing II (English 2150)

Thursday,
April 22, 12:45-2:15 p.m.

Wednesday,
May 5, 4:00-5:30 p.m.

Visible
Knowledge Project

Thursday,
April 1, 12:00-2:00, VC 14-285

The Visible Knowledge Project is a multi-year, grant-funded
investigation of ways in which technology can enhance student
understanding in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Prof.
Paula Berggren (English) and her VKP colleagues from CCNY,
Lehman, and York will discuss the “researchable questions”
that they are asking and demonstrate some of the effective
pedagogical strategies they have identified. You are invited
to share your own insights into the process of student learning
and consider how the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
can help us all improve our classroom practice.

Ethics
Discussions in the Classroom: How to Start Them, How to Keep
them Going, and How Not To Go Off the Rails

Tuesday,
March 2 at 2 p.m., Room VC 14-290

Monday,
March 8 at 6 p.m., Room VC 14-290

During Ethics Week
(March 15-19) we encourage members of the faculty to discuss
ethical issues relevant to their subjects/disciplines with
their classes. Initiating and sustaining such discussions
can, of course, be challenging. To help you meet that challenge
we are sponsoring three sessions of this faculty development
workshop led by Prof. Douglas Lackey (Philosophy) before Ethics
Week begins:

The
Teaching Portfolio (of special
interest to junior faculty)
Monday, March 1, 10:30-12:00, Room VC
14-266

Teaching portfolios
have become a necessary tool in the job or promotion seeker’s
tool belt. If you are stymied by the question: “What
is your teaching philosophy?” then you should strongly
consider working on a teaching portfolio right away. In this
seminar, Richard Holowczak (Associate Professor, Computer
Information Systems and Director, Subotnick Financial Services
Center) will present the basic components of a teaching portfolio,
and will discuss how they can be used for formal evaluation,
and self-evaluation and improvement.

Making
the Transition to Active Learning

Monday,
January 26, 2:00-5:00, VC 14-270

Monday,
January 26, 7:00-9:00, VC 14-270

Active learning
has received considerable attention recently as faculty look
for ways to enhance the effectiveness of traditional teaching
methods. This workshop will introduce faculty to a range of
proven instructional techniques, including active, collaborative,
cooperative, and problem-based learning. The workshop will
define each of these instructional methods and provide an
overview of their effectiveness. Time will also be provided
so participants can experience active learning and

develop ways to incorporate it into their own courses. Participants
should leave the workshop with practical teaching materials
that can be used immediately, as well as with helpful references
on active learning to stimulate future course developments.

The workshop is designed for faculty who are interested in
introducing active learning into their courses or expanding
the active learning component of their courses. The primary
goal of the workshop is to help faculty make the transition
to a more active learning environment, with lessons drawn
from the educational literature and our own experience making
this transition.

Owing to the generous
support of the Joseph Drown Foundation, we are able to sponsor
these two sessions. They will be led by Professors Michael
Prince and Brian Hoyt of Bucknell University.

FACULTY
SEMINARS IN FALL 2003

Academic
Integrity

Many
of the faculty development efforts in Fall 2003 have focused
on academic integrity, with sessions in the following departments:

 

September
4: Black and Hispanic Studies

 

September
10: Political Science

 

September
11: History

 

October
9: English

 

October
23: Math

 

October
28: Philosophy

 

November
13: Fine and Performing Arts

 

November
20: Modern Languages and Comparative Literature

 

November
20: School of Public Affairs

 

Grading
criteria in Writing I

English
Department Conference Room, VC 7-210

The
English Department expects that everyone currently teaching
ENG 2100 will attend one of these sessions to discuss appropriate
criteria for grading student work in ENG 2100.

• • Thursday,
    November 20, 12:45-2:15 p.m.

• • Wednesday,
    December 3, 12:15-1:45 p.m.

• • Monday,
    December 15, 9:30-11:00 a.m

Adjunct
Teaching Workshops in the Zicklin School

Informal
discussions of teaching excellence led by excellent adjunct
faculty in ZSB. To accomodate varied schedules, the following
three events (two dinners and a brunch) are planned:

 

November
10, 6-8 pm, VC 14-270   

 

Terry
Balkaran, Accounting

 

Annette
Courgey, Statistics

 

Al
Lieberman, Marketing

 

Bert
Merchant, Accounting

 

November 15, 9-11 am, VC 13-215   

 

Herb
Brinberg, Management

 

Cynthia
Clark, Management

 

Dan Gagliardi, Marketing

 

November
18, 6-8 pm, VC 14-270   

 

Elaine
Anderson, Law

 

Terry
Balkaran, Accounting

 

Cynthia
Clark, Management

 

Ed Martin, Accounting

 

6
November, 12:30 pm, VC 14-280

Strategies
for Fostering Academic Integrity in the Classroom

Sponsored
by the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute

Workshop
led by Alison Lovell, Senior Communication Fellow

 

•
learn
effective strategies to reduce student plagiarism

 

•
work with
other faculty to assess the best ways to confront the problem

 

•
take steps
to foster academic honesty in your own courses, even this
semester

 

•
share
your stories about student plagiarism

 

5 September,
9:30 am, VC 14-250

Orientation
Session II (for new full-time faculty)

Orientation II
will be designed to respond to issues that will have arisen
during the first week of teaching and to introduce new faculty
to some of the important people throughout the college.

29 August,
9:30 am, VC 14-250

Orientation
Session I (for new full-time faculty)

This session will
focus on teaching and will include discussion of syllabi,
academic integrity, and classroom management.

Summer 2003
(and continuing)

Technology
Orientations for Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct faculty
were offered payment at the 60% rate for orientation sessions
in classroom and other instructional technology. The sessions
are ongoing, see http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/bctc/training/faculty_training.html

for schedule and
contact information. Contact Dennis
Slavin (212-802-2805) for payment information.

See the archived
Faculty Seminar Series for 2002-2003
and the series for 2004-2005.