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Funding for Faculty Development
Bush
Urban
Faculty Seminar
Quantitative Methods
for Public Policy
Teaching and Learning
Chairs
New Faculty
Civiv Engagement Center
Provost
Employee Handbook
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Major Goals of the Center for Scholarship and Teaching
Supporting Excellence in Scholarship
- Provide opportunities for scholarly engagement
among Macalester Colleagues, including Food for Thought,
and Harmon Reading and Research Series
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Enhance
collaborations and mentoring between faculty through better
communication of expertise and interest areas (faculty database
development)
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Help
keep faculty abreast of enhancements in information technology
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Serve as a clearinghouse for information
on intramural and extramural funding opportunities, and provide
practical support in obtaining funding
Supporting Excellence in Teaching
and Advising
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Provide a effective orientation program for
new faculty that includes the New Faculty Seminar
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Facilitate mentoring and collegial engagement
through effective "match-making" and seminars, e.g. Talking
About Teaching
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Provide feedback and mentoring on teaching
independent of the tenure process
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Develop and house a collection of text, media
and I.T. resources in support of teaching and advising
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Help faculty develop teaching skills that
support the education of students from a wide variety of cultural
backgrounds.
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Develop resources on the effective assessment
of student learning
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Provide updates and training on teaching
technologies
Seeking ways to Integrate Scholarship
& Teaching
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Provide opportunities for faculty to talk
about possibilities for integration
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Support pilot programs designed to test new
ideas for integration
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Support student-faculty research projects
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Foster team-teaching as a way of refreshing
faculty perspective on teaching
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Develop and house a collection of resources
on the benefits and challenges of integration and successful
examples
Encouraging Public Scholarship and
Civic Learning
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Consolidate and disseminate information on
all Macalester programs that involve civic engagement
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Support pilot programs designed to enhance
civic learning
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Provide opportunities for faculty to talk
with one another about the possible connections between their
teaching and/or scholarship and the broader community
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Bring speakers from the community to campus
to enliven and challenge our understanding of ourselves as an
urban liberal arts college
Special Projects Related To Our
Statement of Purpose and Belief
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Exploring the history and meaning of the
liberal arts college, and its role in educating future generations
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Establishing student competencies (e.g. cross-cultural
effectiveness, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, writing,
oral communication)
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Making better use of the students' co-curricular
experience to enhance their academic education
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