CFCD Events
Lightning Lunches
Workshops
Two and Three day workshops on various aspects of pedagogy are offered in January, June, and August. Details are posted here and sent to faculty via email. See below for some recent offerings.New (and Newer) Faculty Events
These CFCD events are organized specifically for incoming and 2nd-year faculty.Past CFCD Events:
2011: September
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Intro to Bard
5:30 pm
, New (and Newer)
Hopson Cottage (Admissions)
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Teaching Engaged Reading
12-1 pm
, Lightning Lunch
FDR (French Room)
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Assignment Design: Getting the Essays You Want to Read
5:30 pm
RKC 102
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Digital Media: Using Visual Resources Across the Curriculum
12-1 pm
, Lightning Lunch
FDR (French Room)
Monday, 3 October 2011
Using In-Class Writing to Deepen Student Learning
12-1:00pm, Lightning Lunch
Location: TBA
Monday, 17 October 2011
Creating Class Opportunities for Civil Engagement
12-1:00pm, Lightning Lunch
FDR (French Room)
November
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Getting the Most Out of Student Presentations
12-1:00pm, Lightning Lunch
FDR (French Room)
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Digital Media: Social Media and Moodle in the Classroom
5:30pm
Hopson Cottage (Admissions)
Monday, 7 November 2011
Advising in a Diverse World
12-1:00pm, Lightning Lunch
FDR (French Room)
Monday, 14 November 2011
Using Advising Day Well
12-1:00, Lightning Lunch
FDR (French Room)
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Digital Media: The Ins and Outs of Academic Web Pages
12-1:00, Lightning Lunch
FDR (French Room)
2012: January
26-27 January 2012
CFCD Workshop: Teaching Writing Rich Courses
9:00am to 4:00 pm each day
In this workshop, we will consider ways to get more student writing into our courses without spending more time grading. Topics include designing the assignments we want to read, providing useful feedback to students, expeditious grading and efficient handling of papers, dealing with grammar, and using writing to tackle challenging subject matter. Working closely with John Bean's book Engaging Ideas, we'll uncover and develop some tried and true strategies, and then we will spend time weaving these new ideas into the syllabi of our own courses. This is a two-day workshop: 9:00 to 4:00 on January 26th and 27th. (Please save the 28th as a snow day.) Breakfast, lunch, and a copy of Engaging Ideas is included.
February
Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Teaching Engaged Reading
12-1 pm , Lightning Lunch
FDR, French Room
Critical thinking, an integral part of a liberal arts education, depends on the close and engaged reading of materials. Students don't necessarily arrive at college with those skills. How can we best help them learn to read closely and deeply? Join Matthew Deady and Marina Van Zuylen this coming Tuesday for lunch and discussion focusing on strategies to help students develop strong analytical reading skills across the curriculum.
Friday, 10 February 2012
Getting Published Today
11am panel, noon lunch
Finberg House
Publishing remains integral to academic and writing careers. But in this day of presses tightening their belts, the competing interests of print and on-line venues, and the pressures of "publish or perish," how do we best navigate these waters and optimize opportunities? With Miriam Altshuler, literary agent representing fiction and non-fiction; William Breichner, Journals Publisher, Johns Hopkins University Press; Jonathan Brent, former Editorial Director, Yale University Press; Helen Tartar, Editorial Director, Fordham University Press and former editor, Stanford University Press. Chaired by Garry Hagberg, Editor, Philosophy and Literature journal.
Reservations for lunch and individual afternoon appointments with panelists are requested.
Monday, 13 February 2012
Smooth Finishes: Spring Semester & Advising the Senior Project
5:30 pm
Hopson Cottage (Admissions)
Thursday, 23 February 2012
Finding Direction: The Art of Advising (a student/faculty panel discussion)
5:30 pm
Hopson Cottage (Admissions)
March
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Commenting on Student Writing
12-1 pm , Lightning Lunch
FDR, French Room
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
18-22: Your Student
12-1 pm , Lightning Lunch
FDR, French Room
Monday, 26 March 2012
Supporting Scholarship with an NEH Fellowship
12-1 pm , Lightning Lunch
FDR
April
Thursday, 12 April 2012Preparing for Pre-tenure Review
7 pm , New (and Newer)
Hopson Cottage (Admissions)
June
5-7 June 2012CFCD Workshop: Course Design
This new workshop will focus on the essential steps of developing a successful course, from the initial insight and planning phase through the design of both the syllabus and the assignments. Beginning with goals specific to the course and discipline, we will work to create a semester of work that maximizes student learning without overburdening the professor. Participants will have time to work on their own courses -- either a new class or one in need of reinventing -- as we consider some of the best practices available to us as educators. We will consider such topics as structuring the syllabus, teaching critical thinking, making the best use of student writing and exams, integrating class activities and work done outside of class, developing an approach to grading, and ascertaining what students have really learned.
August
23-24 August 2012CFCD Workshop:
Teaching Writing-Rich Courses
(9:00am to 4:00pm, both days)
In this workshop, we'll consider ways of building greater attention to writing into our courses. Topics include commenting efficiently on student papers, handling paper load, using peer review and/or tutors to get the most out of student drafts, and (everyone's favorite) dealing with student grammar. Together, we will study some proven tools and practices that help ensure that students emerge from the semester as stronger, more self-aware writers, and we'll discuss how to do all this without increasing your work load. We will also discuss ways of using writing to generate better class discussions and to promote greater learning of course content. Breakfast and lunch each day, plus a copy of John Bean's book 'Engaging Ideas,' are included.
September
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Intro to Bard: Reception for New Faculty
5:15-6:45 pm
, Dine/Discuss and Dash
Bard Alumni/ae Center (next to Two Boots)
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Teaching Engaged Reading
12-1 pm
, Lightning Lunch
Faculty Dining Room, French Room
Rubrics and Being the Most Effective Teacher You Can Be
5:30-6:45 pm , Dine/Discuss and Dash
Bard Alumni/ae Center (next to Two Boots)
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Teaching First-Year Students
12-1 pm
, Lightning Lunch
Faculty Dining Room, French Room
October
Monday, October 1, 2012
Lightening Lunch
Tweaking and Trouble-Shooting: Making Early-Semester Adjustments
(12:00-1:00 p.m.)
Faculty Dining Room
(Alcove)
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Lightening Lunch
Everything You Wanted to Know about Fulbright Fellowships
12:00-1:00pm
Faculty Dining Room
(French Room)
Monday, October 22, 2012
Lightning Lunch
Responding to Student Work (Grading, Commenting on Essays, & Crite Sheets)
12:00-1:00pm
Kline Dining Commons / Alcove
November
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Senior Projects Boards: Best Practices and the Midway
7:00pm
Hopson (Admissions Office)
Tuesday, 13 November
Conversation on Teaching and Technologies
Dine/Discuss and Dash
5:30 - 6:45 p.m.
Alumni/ae Center
(Next to Two Boots)
2013
February
Monday, 4 Feb. 2013
Advising Students in Academic Difficulty
12-1:00 pm, FDR
Lightning Lunch
Tuesday, 5 Feb. 2013
Assignment Design
12-1:00 pm, FDR
Lightning Lunch
Monday, 18 Feb. 2013
Using Small Group Work in the Classroom: Good Practices
12-1:00 pm, FDR
Lightning Lunch
Tuesday, 26 Feb. 2013
Making Sense of Student Evaluations
12-1:00 pm, FDR
Lightning Lunch
March
Monday, 4 March 2013
The Art of Introductions
12-1:00 pm, FDR
Lightning Lunch
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Managing Class Discussion
12-1:00 pm, FDR
Lightning Lunch
Master Class: Conversations on Teaching
12-1:00 pm, FDR
Lightening Lunch
April
Thursday, 25 April 2013
The Advising Process and Using Advising Days Effectively
5:15 – 6:30 pm
Hopson Cottage (Admissions)
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