Programs and Events
New Faculty Institute
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New Faculty Institute Orientation
Aug. 16 – 18, 2011
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Faculty Convocation Events
Faculty Retreat
Aug. 21 – 23, 2011
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Mid-Year Convocation
Jan. 6, 2012 8:30 a.m - 3:30 p.m.
Rolling Hills Community Church - 3550 SW Borland Rd, Tualatin, OR
In case of inclement weather: If West Linn/Wilsonville School District is closed, our event will be rescheduled; if two hours late, we will begin two hours late.
End-of-Year Convocation
April 28, 2012 Convocation Lunch from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Klages Dining Center
Professional Learning Communities
Global and Cultural Engagement
Fall and Spring 2011-2012, seven sessions across the school year; Newberg
Facilitated by Michael Bevis, Director of the English Language Institute, and Joel Perez, Dean of Transitions and Inclusion
The purpose of this faculty learning community is to create space for meaningful dialogue about global and cultural engagement as it relates to a students classroom experience. Specific attention will be given to practical steps that faculty can use to think about issues of global and cultural engagement as it relates to their classroom management and pedagogy. In addition faculty will understand the importance of global and cultural engagement related to being a Christ centered institution.
Application for Global and Cultural Engagement. Due date: September 8, 2011 5:00 p.m.
Meeting Dates: The first session meets Sept. 29th from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. The remaining dates will be set as a PLC.
Honorarium: $300.00 + events/books
Second Year Faculty PLC
Fall 2011, Newberg
Facilitated by: Patrick Allan, Provost and Karen Buchanan, Dean of Instruction
This Professional Learning Community (PLC) is designed to provide guidance and support for you, as second year faculty, to begin to prepare for your third year review. Using a workshop approach, participants will:
- Become familiar with portfolio requirements of the review process and create a plan for the preparation of the portfolio
- Read and review a number of texts on the integration of faith and teaching/learning
- Participate in collegial dialogue centered on group readings
- Create an integration of faith and teaching/learning essay that is a required part of your portfolio (feedback from colleagues and a writing mentor will be part of the process)
Meeting Dates: Mondays: 9/12, 9/26, 10/10, 10/24, 11/7, 11/29 – 3:40-5:00 p.m.
Honorarium: $350.00
Blended Learning PLC
Spring 2012, Newberg - Meeting Dates: to be determine
Facilitated by: Karen Buchanan, Dean of Instruction and faculty colleagues
Blended learning has proven to be an effective model of course delivery. A number of recent studies site blended learning courses as the most popular modality when compared with face-to-face delivery and fully online delivery. This PLC is designed to offer faculty the opportunity to study the literature on blended learning and then apply best practices to the redesign of a face-to-face into a blended learning experience. The expectation is that participants will teach the blended learning course in a future semester and share their experiences with faculty colleagues.
Meeting dates TBA: Please complete and return application to Brenda Burg bburg@georgefox.edu
Honorarium: $350.00
Mobile Literacy PLC
Spring 2012, Portland Center
Facilitated by: Gloria Doherty, director of Hybrid Learning and Robin Ashford, Associate Librarian
Our learning community will explore ways in which digital strategies are increasing learning and we'll experiment with some mobile technologies for the classroom. we'll even take a look at how mobile technologies are trending for education. From theory to practice, our professional development community will test and prove how mobile technologies contribute to learning.
Tuesday, Jan 24 from 3:30 to 5pm - Portland Center. Please complete and return application to Brenda Burg bburg@georgefox.edu
Honorarium: $350.00
Teaching for Student Learning: Effective Strategies for the University Classroom
Spring 2012, Newberg
Facilitated by: Karen Buchanan, Dean of Instruction and Gary Sehorn, Assistant Professor of Education
This PLC is designed to enhance your teaching, increase student learning and deepen your reflective practice. Participants will begin by reviewing current literature regarding how people learn and then apply that knowledge as they explore effective instructional and assessment design strategies in their coursework.
Meeting Dates: Wednesdays: 1/18, 2/1, 2/15, 2/29, 3/14, 4/4 (10:40 – 11:30 a.m.) Please complete and return application to Brenda Burg bburg@georgefox.eduHonorarium: $350.00
Scholarly Writing Workshops
Workshop #2: The Book Review
The workshop focus areas include:
- Editing principles and practices
- Editing and submitting the book review
- The book review essay
- Elmore Leonard’s 10 rules of writing
- The research article introduction
Meeting Dates: November 4th & 5th (Friday 6:00pm – 9:00 pm, Saturday, 8:30 – 4:00)
Facilitated by: Ken Badley, Professor of Education
The faculty development office is pleased to sponsor a limited number of faculty who would like to participate as they seek to enhance their scholarly work. For information, contact Karen Buchanan.
Workshop #3: The Article
The workshop focus areas include:
- The research article: sources and trajectories
- The literature review
- Co-writing
- Querying and submitting articles
- Advanced editing
Meeting Dates: February 10th & 11th (Friday 6:00pm – 9:00 pm, Saturday, 8:30 – 4:00)
Facilitated by: Ken Badley, Professor of Education
The faculty development office is pleased to sponsor a limited number of faculty who would like to participate as they seek to enhance their scholarly work. For information, contact Karen Buchanan.
Book Clubs
Fall 2011
Enrique’s Journey, by Sonia Nazario
Facilitator: Beth LaForce, Professor of Education
Our undergraduate students are all reading Enrique’s Journey this fall as part of their freshman seminar. Come join some colleagues as they read, discuss this book, and talk about how themes in this book might impact your work with students. Academic Affairs will provide books and treats for each session. Come for coffee and conversation.
Meeting Dates: Friday, Sept 16 , Wednesday, Oct 5th and Friday, Oct 21st. 10:40 – 11:30 a.m.
Place: Wood-Mar Conference Room
Spring 2012
Book -- TBA
Dates: Jan 20 (Friday) and Feb 10 (Friday), 10:40 – 11:30 a.m.
Thinking About Leadership and Higher Education: Multiple Perspectives, Liberal Ideas
Facilitator: Patrick Allan, Provost
Meets: M-F, 9:00 a.m.-Noon June 18-22, 2012 (location TBA)
This reading and discussion group will meet each morning from 9 – 12 for one week to discuss leadership and liberal education using a variety of readings from such authors as: Ella Baker, David Brooks, John Dewey, Emily Dickinson, Nicholas Farnham, Joseph Featherstone, Vaclav Havel, Martin Luther King, Lao-Tzu, Abraham Lincoln, Machiavelli, John Cardinal Newman, Martha Nussbaum, Parker Palmer, Plato, Karl Popper, Jedediah Purdy, Michael Sandel, Earl Shorris, Alexis De Tocqueville, Alfred North Whitehead, Virginia Wolf.
The purpose will be to think together about leadership and higher education across time and disciplines, and to see what we can learn about our common work here at George Fox.
Faculty Events and Learning Opportunities
Fall 2011
September
Learning Environments for ALL our Students: Promoting Academic Success for Students with DisabilitiesPresented by: Rick Muthiah, Director of Academic Resource Center
Literature indicates that 11% of college students have disabilities and that a growing number of students with disabilities are entering post-secondary education. Most GFU faculty have had, or will have, students with visible or invisible disabilities.
The session will:
- touch on legal and moral obligations to provide services to students with disabilities
- discuss practical steps to provide accessible environments for students with disabilities
- invite discussion about how to better serve all our students
Wednesday, Sept. 21st, 11:40 a.m. - 12:35 p.m. Cap & Gown A
Please RSVP to Brenda Burg to reserve your lunch bburg@georgefox.edu
Faculty Forum
A Passionate Pursuit: My Scholarship Journey
Presented by: Mike Foster, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Friday, Sept. 23rd, 10:40 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Hoover 105
October
Summer Research Grant and Leave Proposal Information Forum (Instead of Lunch & Learn this month)
Presented by: Kris Kays, Assistant Professor of Psychology
- What is a GFU Faculty Research Grant/Leave?
- How does some one apply for this?
- What are the requirements and expectations?
Come hear the answers to these and other questions about the research grants/leaves/writing groups, hosted by the Faculty Development Committee (FDC).
This meeting will review the grant application process and requirements. Light refreshments will be served. For more information attend the meeting or contact the FDC chair, Kristina Kays.
Friday, October 7, 10:40-11:30 a.m. Hoover 105
November
Creating e-Pubs for Education
Presented by: Gloria Dorhety, Director of Hybrid Learning and Robin Ashford, Portland Center, Reference and Distant Service Librarian/Associate Librarian
What in the world is an e-Pub? Come and learn about how educators are able to create customized e-Pubs to support their coursework. E-Pubs can effectively incorporate documents, learning objects and library support materials in one space. They can often be used with mobile devices and e-book readers.
Monday, November 7th, 11:40 a.m.-12:35 p.m. Villa Academic Complex 101
Please RSVP to Brenda Burg to reserve your lunch bburg@georgefox.edu.
Spring 2012
February
Managing Cooperative Learning Groups
Presented by: Tom Buchanan, Assistant Professor - MAT and Gary Kilburg, Director, The Mentoring Institute
We will be exploring cooperative and collaborative learning structures that enhance student learning.
The session would probably include (in collaborative ways):
- looking at what research says about the benefits of this learning
- some of the parameters to keep in mind to structure effective collaborative learning
- and then some modeling of structures and sharing among group members
Thursday February 9th 11:40 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Cap & Gown A.
Please RSVP to Brenda Burg to reserve your lunch bburg@georgefox.edu.
March
When Amos Meets Jabez Towards a Biblcal Theology of Wealth
Presented by: Roger Nam, Assistant Professor - George Fox Evangelical Seminary
What is a biblical perspective on wealth and poverty?
This presentation will examine three seemingly incongruous messages within their socio-historical contexts:
- Amos' condemnation of the wealthy -Amos 6:4-7
- The provision for Jabez -1 Chronicles 4:9-10
- Jesus' interaction with the poor widow -Mark 12:41-44
Tuesday, March 20, 7:30 p.m. Hoover 105 (For more information click here)
April
E-Development Opportunites
R.S.V.P. to Gloria Doherty, Director of Hybrid Learning gdoherty@georgefox.edu
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