BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY

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USEFUL INFORMATION

• 2018-19 Master Meeting Schedule
• Healthcare details
• PASSHE Technology Transfer and Commercialization (click on the Faculty Guide on right side of page)
• APSCUF-BU Bylaws
• Tenure Criteria and Procedures (Approved 10/31/05)
• Collective Bargaining Agreement – Article 15 – Tenure

Note: While every effort is made to make sure the documents above are the most recent versions, faculty are encourage to double check them against the documents on the (S:) Drive.

NEW FACULTY INFORMATION

• Moving To Bloomsburg
• Getting Started On Campus
• Setting Up Classes
• Technology Questions
• Helpful Organizations
• Research Grants
• Performance Review
• Other Important Information

FACULTY TEACHING TIPS & BEST PRACTICES

• Advising Syllabus
• Advisor Essentials
• Class Participation
• End of Semester Tasks
• Field Trips
• First Day of Class
• Grieving Students
• Information Literacy
• Improving Student Learning
• Rubric Basics
• Self-Authorship and Learning Partnerships
• Student Learning Outcomes
• Syllabus Best Practices
• Useful University Teaching Websites
  • Center for Teaching Excellence (University of Kansas) http://cte.ku.edu/teaching-ku
  • 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
  • PASSHE Virtual Conferences: Transforming the Teaching and Learning Environment
    http://www.passhe.edu/inside/asa/DEConf/Pages/Virtual-Conference-Home.aspx
  • 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/

COMMITTEES

• BU university-wide committees description (PDF)
• BU University Wide Committee Membership 2018-2019 (May 17, 2018)
• APSCUF/BU Officers and Committees 2017-2019 (Feb 2018 update)
• APSCUF/BU Social Justice committee information (PDF)