Mark your calendar for these upcoming events, starting January 19

January 14, 2021

Please note that on Monday, January 18, the college will be closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Next week @ Baruch…

Tuesday, January 19

1:00 PM-2:15 PM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Teaching Online: Fostering Meaningful Participation and Establishing a Course Rhythm with Your Students, facilitated by Seth Graves and Ron Whiteman, Center for Teaching and Learning

In the online environment, it’s important that your students have multiple and diverse opportunities to engage with each other and the course material. Especially vital is that they feel part of an understood pacing and schedule in the class, and are able to pinpoint their place in the progression of your curriculum. This workshop will explore some solutions for defining participation in your class, developing a mutual understanding of its pacing and deadlines, and using online learning platforms to create a humanizing and interpersonal experience. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.

Kindly register in advance HERE.

Wednesday, January 20

12:00 PM-1:30 PM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

(Re)design One “Unit” Workshop Series: Session III, hosted by Allison Lehr Samuels and Pamela Thielman, Center for Teaching and Learning

Join us for Revision and Refinement, Session III of this hands-on workshop series that gives you the chance to explore, build and reflect on (re)designing a unit in your course. Participants will be asked to complete some asynchronous pre-work (designed to take less than 30 minutes) so that you are ready to maximize the time you spend in the 90-minute synchronous workshop sessions. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.

Kindly register in advance HERE.

Thursday, January 21

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Academic Integrity: Baruch Policies and Procedures speakers, Dennis Slavin, Associate Provost, and Annie Virkus-Estrada, Associate Dean of Students and Academic Integrity Officer.

Join a session designed to review Baruch’s policies and procedures on Academic Integrity and to answer your questions. Highly recommended for people in their first year of teaching.

Zoom: https://baruch.zoom.us/j/8683869982

Passcode: 345678

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Baruch College VoiceThread Training, hosted by the VoiceThread Training Staff

BCTC, in collaboration with CUNY Central, has added a new asynchronous discussion tool to Blackboard called VoiceThread. While Blackboard already has a tool for asynchronous discussion, VoiceThread adds robust functionality that enables instructors and students to contribute recorded or uploaded digital media (e.g., images, audio files, videos) to a conversation within a course. VoiceThread trainers are offering online workshops for Baruch faculty. After registering you will automatically be sent the login information for the session. Questions?: helpdesk@baruch.cuny.

Friday, January 22

10:00 AM-11:00 AM (repeat of 1/21 at 2 PM)

Baruch College VoiceThread Training, hosted by the VoiceThread Training Staff

Looking Forward…

Tuesday, January 26

11:00 AM-12:00 PM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Resources to Manage your Workload, hosted by the CTL Staff

Learn about ideas and options to help you balance your workload. Learn what’s available on Teach Hybrid, Teach OER, Teaching in the Time of COVID + other CTL and external resources.

For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.

Kindly register in advance HERE.

12:00 PM-1:15 PM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Readying Your First Day of Class (Spring 2021 Workshop), hosted by the CTL Staff

Having trouble finalizing plans for your course’s first “meet-up” this spring semester? Or perhaps your plans are ready, but you need some feedback or a chance to play-test an idea or two. Join this workshop for an opportunity to hear about and experience what others are doing on their first day, and to further solidify plans of your own. Throughout this interactive workshop, we’ll also dedicate some time to helping you think through how to communicate well with students, both leading up to and during your first class period. We’ll also welcome questions on how to: create a warm and welcoming environment, pace the day out well, and iron out possible technical kinks in advance of your class time. Come work with us and “ready” your first day of class! For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.

Pre-registration is required for this workshop, click HERE to register.

5:00 PM-6:00 PM

Academic Integrity: Baruch Policies and Procedures speakers, Dennis Slavin, Associate Provost, and Annie Virkus-Estrada, Associate Dean of Students and Academic Integrity Officer.

Join a session designed to review Baruch’s policies and procedures on Academic Integrity and to answer your questions. Highly recommended for people in their first year of teaching.

Zoom: https://baruch.zoom.us/j/8683869982

Passcode: 345678

Thursday, January 28

3:00 PM-4:30 PM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Course Prep Working Session Week 4, hosted by the CTL Staff

Do you need dedicated time and a supportive environment to work on your course? Based on the successful model of our Writing Retreat, this is a dedicated time for you to focus on your course, whether it’s polishing up your syllabus, thinking through an assignment or making a draft of your opening day PowerPoint. During the session you’ll be assigned to a virtual breakout room in which you can work quietly on your course materials. If a question pops up, you can consult with a member of the CTL. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.

Kindly register in advance HERE.

Friday, January 29

12:00 PM-1:00 PM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

New to Teaching @ Baruch, hosted by the CTL Staff

Are you new to Baruch? Teaching for the first time? Unsure about what kind of first impression you want to make on your class? Do you have questions about creating your syllabus? Join us the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of Adjunct Faculty Services in an informal discussion of these and other teaching issues pertinent to the beginning of the new semester. Feel free to bring your syllabus, introductory assignments and other materials. This is an excellent opportunity to meet other adjunct faculty and to learn about resources available to you as a faculty member. While the focus of the event is on those teaching at Baruch for the first time, all faculty are welcome. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.

Kindly register in advance HERE.

Events for the Office of the Associate Provost’s weekly email must be submitted by noon on Wednesday of the week before the event takes place. To submit an event, please click here.