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Intersession Mellon Faculty Workshop

The Center for Faculty and Curricular Development (CFCD) invites all faculty to attend a Mellon
faculty workshop on Friday, January 18th from noon to 4 PM. "Difficult Conversations in the Classroom" will explore pedagogical strategies for handling controversial
issues--questions of sexual, racial, ethnic, religious political or gender identity, for instance--as they arise in a liberal arts setting. The Bok Center's Lee Warren suggests that "the challenges of dealing with hot moments are 1) to manage ourselves so as to make
them useful and 2) to find the teaching opportunities to help students learn in and from the moment." Our focus in this workshop--facilitated by Dr. Emmanuel Ago, Dean for Multicultural Affairs at Barnard College, who has conducted similar seminars with faculty
at Barnard and Swarthmore--will be to learn how to meet both challenges more concretely
in our own teaching practice.

As this is a workshop, space will be limited. If you would like to participate, submit a short (1 page) statement to Deirdre d'Albertis by DECEMBER 21. Workshop participants will be stipended $150 for the day. This workshop is made possible through the generous
support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Mellon Faculty Workshop

"Designing Writing-Rich Courses"
with Carol Rutz, Director of the College Writing Program at Carleton College
Friday, March 7
10 AM to 3 PM
Finberg House

The Center for Faculty and Curricular Development (CFCD) is proud to offer a one-day workshop for Bard faculty addressing the all-important question of how to incorporate writing more effectively into
our teaching acrossthe curriculum. Carol Rutz will lead us in a two-part workshop/discussion. In the morning session, "Learning from our Students," we will identify criteria that matter to us as teachers. What do faculty from different disciplinary perspectives share in terms
of evaluating student writing? In the afternoon, we will focus specifically on "What We Want Our Students to Learn." How do we shape criteria for good writing into actual guidelines for our courses? Many of us are thinking about our offerings for next semester right now; this is a great opportunity to reshape an old syllabus or experiment with the design of a new course.

As this is a workshop, space is limited. Faculty are invited to apply by sending a short
statement of interest to Deirdre d'Albertis
on or before Feb 25. Questions? Call 758-72
For More Information Contact: Deirdre d'Albertis

Mellon Faculty Workshop on Tuesday, January 23

With Michael Reder, Director of Connecticut College's Center for Teaching & Learning

Join Bard faculty for a day-long, two-part workshop based in the tradition of "making teaching community practice" (Shulman). The morning session will be structured as a syllabus workshop. What does the syllabus communicate to students about expectations for learning? How can we write our syllabuses more effectively? Bring a syllabus for the upcoming semester and be prepared to edit! The afternoon session will focus on grading practices. How do we deal with grade inflation? What standards do we bring to bear on our practices of evaluation?

As this is a workshop, space will be limited. If you would like to participate, submit a short (1 page) statement to Deirdre d'Albertis by December 22. Workshop participants will be stipended $250 for the day.