NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION

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NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION

• PART II
• Revised April, 2007

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PART II

• You are now ready to start working on Part II
  of the New Faculty Orientation. Obtain a copy of
  the text, EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING, from your
  Director of Education or Department Head.
• In addition to the readings and exercises
  from that textbook, you may review the
  PowerPoint's for each chapter that are available
  on the website, http//www.faculty.ecpi.edu/ftd

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PART IIEXCEPTIONAL TEACHING

• Please email your answers (use an attached
  word document) to jcopeland_at_ecpi.edu.
• Each presentation should be forwarded to me at
  the end of each week.
• The entire program should take about a term to
  complete.

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PART II - Pre-Assignment

• Prior to reviewing this section, read Faculty
  Adoption of Educational Technology by Franziska
  Zellweger Moser, taken from the EDUCAUSE
  QUARTERLY
• This article will introduce you to an educational
  theory that will provide the basis for
  integrating technology as a part of the active
  learning strategies in your classroom.
• After you have read the article, please provide a
  brief summary of points and ideas that you
  believe can assist you in preparing your
  classroom lessons and activities. Email your
  response to jcopeland_at_ecpi.edu.
• EDUCAUSE QUARTERLY, No. 1, January 2007

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EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING

• Chapter 1 - Classroom Teaching and Learning
  Challenges (Pages 7 25)
• Review the PowerPoint from the training website
  that discusses the chapter information
  (http//faculty.ecpi.edu/ftd, look in Improving
  Student Learning)
• Complete the following exercises and email your
  responses to jcopeland_at_ecpi.edu

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Chapter 1 Assignment 1

• Review the chart on page 24 of the text. Check
  off the items that define the characteristics of
  the students in your classes.
• Write a brief summary of your findings and how
  this information will assist you in your classroom

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Chapter 1 Assignment 2

• Characteristics of Exceptional Teachers
• Review the Articles by Harry Wong, and Judith
  Lloyd Yero (www.TeachersMind.com) on page 26-27,
  and use as a guide to develop your statement on
  what you think the 10 characteristics of
  exceptional teachers should be.
• Review your statement with your Director of
  Education or Mentor and email a copy to
  Jcopeland_at_ecpi.edu

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EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING

• Chapter 2 Planning a Successful
• Course (pages 30-69)
• Review the PowerPoint (Exceptional Teaching
  Chapter 2) for this chapter which defines how
  ECPI prepares and plans for each course. It is
  available on the training website, in the
  Improving Student Learning section,
  http//faculty.ecpi.edu/ftd in the Improving
  Student Learning Section

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EXCEPTIONAL TEACHINGCHAPTER 2 ASSIGNMENT 1

• Review your course objectives from your syllabus
  and select one of the objectives. Rewrite the
  objective using Blooms taxonomy verbs and
  verbiage (Figure 2-2). Under each category,
  select at least two areas to rewrite the
  objective to define desired outcomes
• Email your answer to jcopeland_at_ecpi.edu

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EXCEPTIONAL TEACHINGCHAPTER 2 ASSIGNMENT 2

• Review the support materials that your textbook
  publisher offers for your course. Using the
  chart on pages 54-55, analyze these materials
  with your needs and define how you can integrate
  them into your course.
• Email your answer to jcopeland_at_ecpi.edu

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EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING

• Chapter 3 Planning Effective Course
  Sessions (Pages 70 111)
• Review the information in the chapters. There
  are a multitude of guidelines for preparation of
  lessons and materials for each class session. The
  Power Point for this chapter provides an overview
  and additional classroom methodologies.
  http//facultu.ecpi.edu/ftd/ in the Improving
  Student Learning section

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CHAPTER 3 Assignment 1

• Review the section, Elements of a Session
  Plan, (page 102-104) and the lesson blueprint and
  complete the exercise on page 111, Professional
  Portfolio.
• Review your lesson and session plans and
  compare them with the templates in the lesson.
  Describe what changes and additional you have
  made in your lesson planning.
• Email to jcopeland_at_ecpi.edu these changes.

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EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING

• CHAPTER 4 Delivering Engaging Instruction
• (Pages 112 151)
• This chapter deals with using active and
  collaborative techniques in the classroom.
  Review the techniques in the chapter. You may
  also want to review the Active Learning
  PowerPoint on the training website in the faculty
  workshops section. As in the other chapters, a
  PowerPoint specific to this chapter is also
  available on the training website.
  http//faculty.ecpi.edu/ftd/ in the Improving
  Student Learning section.

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Chapter 4 Assignment 1

• Review the Ten Tips for First Day and On-going
  Success on pages 118 and 119. Using a chart
  format, discuss each of the topics and add an
  activity, class assignment, or methodology that
  you can incorporate into your class that would
  accomplish the goals in each specific item. I
  would suggest the format in the following screen.
• Email the final chart information to
  jcopeland_at_ecpi.edu

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SAMPLE FORMAT FOR CHART
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CHAPTER 4 - Assignment 2

• Review the types of students listed on page
  125 of the text. Discuss which class methodology
  you would use for each type of student listed in
  this section.
• Discuss these methods with your Director of
  Education, and/or mentor and email your points to
  jcopeland_at_ecpi.edu

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CHAPTER 4 Assignment 3

• Active and Collaborative Learning in the
  Classroom is so crucial to success at ECPI.
  Students must experience Hands On teaching and be
  fully involved in the learning process. The
  entire chapter discusses many of these classroom
  techniques and methodologies.
• Review these techniques (see following slide)
  and develop a chart to review how to integrate
  some of these methods into your current class

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Chapter 4 Assignment 3 contd

• Online polls and electronic surveys
• Collaborative learning
• Management of Labs
• Demonstrations, simulations and case studies
• Research sessions using the Internet and
  WebQuests
• Student related presentations and discussion
  groups
• Framing of authentic context in lesson using
  virtual software

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EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING

• Chapter 5 Assessing Learning (pages 152 185)
• How we assess our learning is based on how well
  we have defined our objectives. Assessment has
  many forms and varieties. This chapter discusses
  many of these techniques and provides the
  instructor with guidelines on how to execute them
  in the classroom.
• You may also wish to view the related PowerPoint
  on this chapter, which also contain more related
  techniques (website-http//faculty.ecpi.edu/ftd/
  in the Improving Student Learning section).

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Chapter 5 Assignment 1

• Using the checklist on Page 184 to evaluate your
  course assessment techniques, compare it with the
  evaluation procedures and exercises that you are
  using. Write a brief summary of your finds and
  develop an action plan to redefine your course
  assessments.
• Review your plan with your Director of Education
  and/or mentor and email results to
  jcopeland_at_ecpi.edu

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Chapter 5 Assignment 2

• Obtain all the testing materials available for
  your textbook from the publisher. Compare the
  assessments with the textbook content. Compare
  them with your schedule of activities and course
  objectives. How well do they align? (Page 185)
• Review this information with your Director of
  Education and/or mentor and email results to
  jcopeland_at_ecpi.edu

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END NOTES

• This text and assignments in Part II of the
  training is designed to assist you in continuing
  to improve in your teaching career.
• We encourage you to revisit the text,
  EXCEPTIONAL TEACHING, periodically and continue
  to take part in teacher development programs so
  that you will be fully successful in your career
  at ECPI.

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YOUR SUCCESS STUDENT SUCCESS

• Good lesson planning
• Classroom preparation
• Variety of teaching methods
• Good student customer service
• Continuous professional growth

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CONGRATULATIONS

• You have completed Part II of the New Faculty
  Orientation. Submit the Final Evaluation form
  and the Continuing Education form to
  jcopeland_at_ecpi.edu and you will receive your
  certificate!