Event – Office for Faculty Excellence

Black History Month and Beyond: A Faculty Panel

seninav — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:05:27 +0000

Come learn how our professors build their courses to catalyze inclusivity, challenge biases embedded in American collegiate education, and foster community in the classroom.

Implicit biases are everywhere. They’re a part of the institutions, ideas, and processes we interact with on a daily basis. Sometimes, they’re so embedded in our day-to-day lives that they go unnoticed and unquestioned. Universities and their pedagogical traditions are no exception, with implicit biases creating challenges that can make college classrooms unwelcoming for students from diverse backgrounds.

However, once you know they exist, addressing implicit biases is not an impossible task — especially at a university like ��Ʒ��˸��, where many of our esteemed faculty members are not only aware of these biases, but also work intentionally to design courses that effectively educate a diverse student body.

Please note, while this panel is being held in honor of Black History Month, the inclusive practices discussed are designed to be actively and consistently implemented beyond February.

Panelists

Chinasa Eke-McClean

Jeannie Headley

Heather Edwards

Reginald Halaby

Daniel Jean, Moderator

Hispanic/ Latino/a/e Heritage Month and Beyond: A Faculty Panel

seninav — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 05:00:41 +0000

Designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), ��Ʒ��˸�� University is committed to promoting an inclusive environment to support the success and sense of belonging of all Hispanic students, faculty, and staff. What can faculty do to achieve this goal in their classrooms and other interactions with students? Inspired by Hispanic/Latino/a/e Heritage Month, we’ve invited members of our faculty and staff to talk about their experiences and practices around issues of representation, support, identity, belonging, and bias. Our panelists share their strategies for making Hispanic/Latino/a/e Heritage Month more than a month.

Panelists:

Carlos Molina, Professor, Biology

Blanca Elizabeth Vega, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership

Rosy Bido, Academic Advisor, College for Education and Engaged Learning, Educational Foundations

What’s Open: Demystifying the Varieties of Open

seninav — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 20:32:52 +0000

Open Access, Open Educational Resources, Open Pedagogy, Open Science, and Open Data promote equity and inclusion in the classroom and broader academy. Removing barriers to access enables more learning, more sharing of knowledge, and even greater learning in turn. Join OFE and the Harry A. Sprague Library for this information session on all things Open to learn which methods would benefit you and your students as you think about your courses for next term or your research.

This event will take place online on Thursday Dec 7th @3pm. Please register to receive the link.

Simple Syllabus: A Tool To Support Student Success. A Faculty Panel

seninav — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:45:42 +0000

A clear syllabus helps support student success in your course. Simple Syllabus, grounded in the Montclair Syllabus template, is a new tool to help faculty make their syllabi clear, organized, and easy for students to navigate.

Student response to Simple Syllabus has been positive. Here are a few comments from a recent survey:

“It made [the syllabus] simple, quick, and accessible.”
“It helped keep everything organized.”
“It gave me a better understanding of what would be covered in the course, as well as what would be expected of me.”
“I was more willing to view the course syllabus since the Simple Syllabus was easier to look at and read.”

Join us online on Tuesday, November 28, 2-3pm to hear from faculty who have piloted this tool. Please register to receive the zoom link.

Prioritizing the Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being of Students of Color in Classrooms and Beyond, Jan Collins-Eaglin, guest speaker

seninav — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 15:10:45 +0000

Promoting an academic environment that is supportive of students’ mental health can alleviate the stress and reframe how we define student success. There are academic and classroom stressors that are particularly salient among students of color who may experience daily microaggressions, harassment, and racial discrimination. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the unique experiences of undergraduate and graduate students of color in the classroom, taking into account disciplinary cultures and the broader campus climate. This session will also offer practical guidance for how instructors can promote well-being in campus learning environments and support the mental health of students of color. Led by Jan Collins-Eaglin, Senior Advisor for the Steve Fund, a national organization dedicated to supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color.

Open Educational Resources (OER) Bootcamp

seninav — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:21:12 +0000

This session will provide an overview of OER, including what it is and how you can use it, as well as places to find it. It will cover strategies for adapting them and considering the ways in which they can support student engagement and success. Participants will have time to search for and work on your materials for your classes.

Summer 2023 Research and Writing Jumpstart

seninav — Wed, 10 May 2023 16:27:17 +0000

Montclair faculty and instructors of all ranks are invited to come together for a week-long program to jumpstart their research and writing for the summer.

The week will begin with intention setting, and each day will feature morning and afternoon writing sessions, with a lunch-and-learn break featuring presentations on grant writing, scholarly profiles, and finding the right journal for your work.

Participants may attend in person or online.

Sign up by May 24th to receive an invitation to write out and articulate your goals in advance — the more we plan, the better we execute.

We invite participants to commit as much as they can to get the most out of the program, but everyone sets their own schedule.

9-11:30: Morning writing session

12-1pm: Lunch-and-learn (lunch will be provided for in-person attendees)

Tuesday: Grant Writing, with Maneesha Kelkar
Wednesday: Creating a Scholarly Profile, with Siobhan McCarthy (Sprague Library)
Thursday: Finding the right journal for your work, with Catherine Baird (Sprague Library)

1:30-4: Afternoon writing session

Tuesday, May 30: Grant writing, with Maneesha Kelkar
- Have a vague idea about a grant? Not sure how to start? At this session, Maneesha Kelkar will lead participants through a basic overview of grant writing, with particular attention to grants in the social justice field. Although individual grants and fields have their own requirements, Maneesha will draw on her experiences writing and reviewing grants to offer some more broadly applicable tips. Bring ideas you have for your own grant proposal or learn some ideas for future applications.
- Maneesha Kelkar has nearly two decades of experience leading social justice organizations, with work ranging from service provision to policy advocacy. She has consistently used grant writing as a key tool to raise funds for the issues she believes in.
Wednesday, May 31: Creating a scholarly profile, with Siobhan McCarthy (Sprague Library)
- How are scholarly profiles different from any other professional or social network, and how can maintaining one improve your visibility as a researcher, or help with job prospects as a graduate student? In this workshop, we will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of the various scholarly networks, including Research Gate, Google Scholar, ORCID, and Selected Works (Digital Commons).
Thursday, June 1: Finding Venues for Publication: Research Tools and Considerations, with Catherine Baird (Sprague Library)
- In this mini-session, we’ll talk about discovering journals, as well as considerations of quality, open access, predatory and peripheral publishers.

We invite participants to commit as much as they can to get the most out of the program, but everyone sets their own schedule.

Sign up by May 24th to receive an invitation to write out and articulate your goals in advance — the more we plan, the better we execute.

Adapting Open Educational Resources (OER) for Your Course

seninav — Tue, 09 May 2023 18:49:31 +0000

In this session, we will discuss and implement strategies for adapting OER materials for your course in ways that can support student engagement and success, including Open Pedagogy. Participants will have time to work on their materials.

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Getting Started with Open Educational Resources (OER)

seninav — Tue, 09 May 2023 18:25:41 +0000

Join Sprague Library and the Office for Faculty Excellence for a three-part series aimed at helping faculty to:

learn more about OER,
find resources for their courses, and
incorporate them into their pedagogy.

OER can serve many different purposes, including reducing course costs for students, providing more relevant resources for your course, and filling in gaps in representation. Open pedagogy is the practice of engaging with students as creators of information rather than simply consumers of it (description licensed under a by the University of Texas Arlington Libraries).

The Series (Virtual)

Session 1. Using Open Educational Resources (OER): A Faculty Panel. Wednesday, April 26, 11AM

Session 2. Finding OER for your courses. Thursday, May 25, 10-11:30.

Session 3. Adapting OER for your courses. Thursday, June 1, 10-11:30

OER Bootcamp

Finding & Adapting OER for Your Courses: Sessions #2 & #3 of Getting Started with Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Pedagogy. Tuesday, June 20, 10-1.

Those who attend all three sessions (or session 1 and the bootcamp) will receive a certificate of participation.

Annual Teaching and Learning Showcase

seninav — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:50:56 +0000

When: May 2, 2023 (a reading day)

Where: ADP Center OR Zoom

�ճ��Office for Faculty Excellence and the ADP Center for Learning Technologies are pleased to announce the revival of the Annual Teaching and Learning Showcase highlighting the work of Montclair faculty. The hybrid conference will be held on Tuesday, May 2 (a reading day).

Please join us for this day-long showcase of Montclair’s teaching and learning excellence. Presenters include faculty, staff, and some of their students sharing their projects, practices, and pedagogical experiments, and fostering cross-disciplinary conversations. Sessions will run from 9 am – 4 pm, and you are welcome to attend as many of the sessions as you’d like.

Coffee and lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. In-person attendees will also have the opportunity to visit our showcase lounge and meet with representatives from Advising, CAST, the CWE, ITDS, OFE, and Sprague Library to ask quick questions and to learn about resources available to support them in their teaching.

Detailed Schedule