Faculty Development Events

and Deadlines

2013

Wednesday, January 23, 1:00-3:00 p.m. Missoula College East Campus AD11. Effective Use of SMART Boards.  

Friday, January 25, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (includes lunch). UC 332-333. Improve Your Proposal Writing. RSVP to Amy Kinch required.

Friday, February 8, 12:10-1:00 p.m. Skaggs 336. Pedagogy Project Microtalk. Effective Backseat Driving: Mentoring Graduate Students.  

Monday, February 11, 1:10-2:00 p.m. UC 329 (Alumni Boardroom). Disability in Context: Building Disability Perspectives into Your Course Content.

Friday, February 15, 9:10-10:30 a.m. SS262. Funding Priorities of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) and Interdisciplinary Research Opportunities. Contact Amy Kinch to register for this videoconference session with Amber Story, Deputy Division Director of BCS in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) at NSF.

Friday, February 15, 1:10-2:00 p.m. The Payne Family Native American Center (PFNAC) 103. Flipping the Classroom. 

Friday, February 22, 11:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (includes lunch). PFNAC 201. Plagiarism: How to Address Cases of Academic Misconduct and Try to Prevent Them from Happening in the First Place. Please RSVP to Amy Kinch for this session.

Friday, March 1, 1:10-2:30 p.m. PFNAC 103. Changing the Way We Teach for the Global Century: Addressing the Needs of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Your Classes.  

Thursday, March 7, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. MLIB 283 (Student Learning Center). Promoting Information Literacy Skills: A Workshop on Designing Assignments and Activities for UM Writing Courses. Sponsored by the ASCRC Writing Committee.

Friday, March 8, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 12:00-1:00 p.m. PJWEC 123.  The Informal iPad Interest Group (i3G) Meeting.

Wednesday, March 13, 1:10-2:00 p.m. DHC 117. Understanding the National Science Foundation’s Review Criteria on Broader Impacts.

Wednesday, April 17, 11:10 a.m.-12:00 p.m. DHC 117. How to Protect Yourself when Entering into Contracting or Consulting Agreements.

Other Events

Thursday, April 18, 4:00-6:30 p.m. Phi Delta Kappa International/Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences Research Symposium. PJWEC 241. Refreshments served at 4:00. Presentations:

• A Proposed Theoretical Model for Assessing the Potential for Teacher Retention/Attrition Daniel Zielaski, Graduate Student, Department of Educational Leadership.
• The Rise of Alternative Teacher Certification Scott Hohnstein, EdD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
• Assessing Barriers and Enhancers to Increasing Physical Activity during the School Day in Children on an American Indian Reservation: A Qualitative Research Study Vernon Grant, PhD Student, Individualized Interdisciplinary Program
• Outcomes of Montana’s Children’s Autism Waiver Ann N. Garfinkle, PhD, Associate Professor of Special Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction