Early-Career Professional Development Circles
Launching an academic career is a daunting challenge, especially if you try to do it
alone. Join your early-career peers (faculty in their first three years of teaching
at Illinois State University) in a program designed to reduce your stress and increase
your success. You are warmly invited to join CTLT’s Fall 2009 “Early-Career
Professional Development Circle.” Here are the basics:
- Who is invited?
- Anyone in his/her first, second, or third year of teaching at Illinois State University
is welcome.
- Where do we meet?
- The Circle meets in the CTLT Instructional Resource Commons in the ITDC Building,
301 S. Main, just north of Jimmy John’s.
- When do we meet?
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The Circles meet from 3:30-4:30 on the following dates. Thursday sessions repeat
the content from Wednesday sessions, so pick the day that’s most convenient:
EARLY-CAREER FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CIRCLES
- Wednesday/Thursday, September 9/10, 3:30-4:30 pm
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| Topic: |
Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education |
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Based on the work of Arthur W. Chickering and Zelda F. Gamson |
- Wednesday/Thursday, September 23/24, 3:30-4:30 pm
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| Topic: |
Eight Rules for Working at Teaching with Moderation |
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Based on the work of Robert Boice |
- Wednesday/Thursday, October 7/8, 3:30-4:30 pm
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| Topic: |
Seeking and Using Feedback |
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Based on the work of Robert J. Menges and Associates |
- Wednesday/Thursday, October 21/22, 3:30-4:30 pm
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| Topic: |
Stress and the Early-Career Faculty Member |
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Based on the work of Robert J. Menges and Associates |
- Wednesday/Thursday, November 4/5, 3:30-4:30 pm
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| Topic: |
Early Career Faculty Well Being and Vitality |
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Based on the work of Robert J. Menges and Associates |
No need to attend all five sessions. Just come whenever you can!
And mark your calendars now for . . .
END OF SEMESTER LUNCHEON Friday, December 4, Noon-2:00 pm
- Why should I come?
- The Circle is designed to achieve two important outcomes:
- to provide early-career faculty with the social support they need to counter
the stress of beginning a teaching career in higher education
- to provide early-career faculty with answers to their questions about teaching
and learning in an effort to help them accelerate their success in the classroom
- Who will facilitate the Circle?
- The Circle facilitator is Dr. Claire Lamonica, CTLT Associate Director. Claire has
almost three decades of teaching experience—most of them in higher education,
almost two decades of experience in teacher preparation and professional development,
and a career-long interest in working with students and faculty at “points
of transition.”
- How can I get more information?
- For more information about CTLT’s Early-Career Professional Development Circles,
call or email CTLT Associate Director Claire Lamonica at cclamon@ilstu.edu or
438-7695.
