BLOOMSBURG APSCUF CHAPTER

USEFUL INFORMATION

• University Wide Meetings – Information and Schedule
• APSCUF forms and benefits (includes healthcare, dental, and vision information)
• APSCUF-BU Bylaws
• Tenure Criteria and Procedures (Approved 8/20/2021)
• Collective Bargaining Agreements

NEW FACULTY INFORMATION

• State APSCUF New Faculty and Coach Orientation (Email the Bloomsburg office manager for one-time passcode.)
• Moving To Bloomsburg
• Getting Started On Campus
• Setting Up Classes
• Technology Questions
• Helpful Organizations
• Research Grants
• Performance Review
• Other Important Information
• Articles and Essays for New Faculty
  • An Open Letter to Next Year’s Full-Time Tenure Track Assistant Professors by Billie Hara
  • The Five Characteristics of Successful New Faculty Members by Rob Jenkins
  • How We Value Faculty Work by Gary A. Olson
  • The Three-ring Circus of Academia: How to Become the Ringmaster by Michelle L. Toews & Ani Yazedjian

COMMITTEES

• Bloomsburg Campus-wide committees description (PDF)
• Bloomsburg Campus-Wide Committee Membership 2023-2024 (Aug 2023 update) (PDF)
• Commonwealth University Institution-Wide Committee Membership Listing (May 2023 update) (PDF)
• APSCUF/BU Officers and Committees 2021-2023 (Fall 2021 update) (PDF)
• APSCUF/BU Social Justice committee information (PDF)

FACULTY TEACHING TIPS & BEST PRACTICES

• Additional Useful University Teaching Websites from other campuses
  • Center for Teaching Excellence (University of Kansas) http://cte.ku.edu
  • Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning (Harvard University) https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/online-resources
  • Engaging Students in Discussion – Center for Teaching Excellence (University of Virginia)
    http://cte.virginia.edu/resources/engaging-students-in-large-humanities-discussions/
  • Explore the Art and Science of Facilitating Learning https://www.teachinginhighered.com/
  • How to Create a Syllabus (Kevin Gannon, Grand View University) https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/advice-syllabus
  • MERLOT (Curated online resources by California State University) https://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
  • Pedagogy in Action (Carleton College) https://serc.carleton.edu/sp/index.html
  • Self-Paced Tutorials Center for Educational Innovation (University of Minnesota) https://cei.umn.edu/faculty-and-instructors
  • Solve a Teaching Problem – Eberly Center (Carnegie Mellon University) https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/solveproblem/index.html
  • Teaching in Higher Education http://teachinginhighered.com/ 
  • Writing Across the Disciplines (University of Minnesota) http://writing.umn.edu/wac.html
• Blogs and Free Electronic Newsletters
  • Faculty Focus (Magna Publications) https://www.facultyfocus.com/
  • Great Ideas for Teaching (Mira Costa College) http://www.miracosta.edu/studentservices/writingcenter/gifts.html
  • IDEA: Improving Learning In Higher Education (Kansas State University) http://www.ideaedu.org/category/helpful-resources/knowledge-base/idea-papers
  • Lingua Franca: Language and writing in academe (Chronicle of Higher Education) https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca
  • ProfHacker: Teaching, tech, and productivity (Chronicle of Higher Education) https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker
  • Tomorrow’s Professor (Stanford University) https://tomprof.stanford.edu/

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