New Faculty Orientation

We take seriously the need to help new faculty become acclimated to teaching at Macalester, our students, and institutional policies. New Faculty Orientation is designed to provide newly hired faculty with the most important and immediate information through a set of talks, seminars, and social occasions in August and September prior to the beginning of the academic year. For faculty hired for the 2009-2010 academic year, New Faculty Orientation formally begins with a set of optional workshops, followed by two days of required meetings.

Monday August 24, 2009
6:00 p.m. New Faculty Barbecue (Optional)

Tuesday, August 25, 2009
8:30-11:00 Course Design Workshop (Optional)
11:00-12:00 Lunch (Optional)
1:00-3:30 Moodle Workshop—Macalester’s Online Course Management Program (Optional)

Wednesday, September 2, 2009
8:00-4:00 Faculty Orientation (Required)
6:00 p.m. Dinner for Tenure Track Faculty and partners (Required)

Thursday, September 3, 2009
8:00-12:00 Information Services Orientation (Required)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:30-3:30 Syllabus Design Workshop (Optional)

In addition to the few days that formally comprise “New Faculty Orientation,” the Serie Center offers programming for newly hired faculty (both visiting and tenure track) throughout the year. This includes the New Faculty Seminar, Visiting Faculty Seminar, Take a New Faculty Member to Lunch, Connected Colleagues, and occasional workshops.