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Faculty Resources

The Center for Teaching Effectiveness offers TAMUK faculty a variety of resources in support of their professional development. These include workshops on effective teaching strategies; a library of print materials and videos; sample tenure and promotion portfolios; teaching awards; and funding for travel for conference presentations.

Workshops

Workshops are offered periodically and are open to all TAMUK faculty. Topics include service learning; cooperative learning; active learning strategies; and avoiding plagiarism, among others. These workshops are led by faculty who have knowledge of and experience in the topic. The following workshops are being offered in 2011-2012.

• Using Turnitin: TBA
• AVID Workshops: TBA

Teaching Awards

The Center for Teaching Effectiveness presents two awards annually: the Non-Tenure-Track Teaching Excellence Award and the Outstanding General Education Teacher Award, each recognized with a plaque and a monetary award.
The following faculty members have received these awards in recent years:

• Non-Tenure-Track Teaching Excellence Award
  • 2010-2011:  Adria Palacios Vasquez (Department of Accounting and Finance)
  • 2009-2010:  Cyndi Walker-Ewert (Department of Psychology and Sociology)

• Outstanding General Education Teacher Award
  • 2010-2011:  Marco Iniguez Alba (Department of Language and Literature)
  • 2009-2010:  Michael Verderber (Department of Language and Literature)

Reading Room and Lending Library

The Center for Teaching Effectiveness offers faculty a collection of books, videos, DVDs, and articles as resources for teaching effectiveness. These materials may be perused in the Reading Room located in Library 204 or borrowed for temporary use. The Center also has sample portfolios for tenure and promotion which may be reviewed in the Reading Room.
To browse through the resources available, please contact Jaya Goswami at jaya.goswami@tamuk.edu.

Syllabi Development

Faculty are encouraged to consult the Constructing a Syllabus Handbook by Michael Woolcock, Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning, Brown University (posted here with permission) for ideas on developing an effective course syllabus. Here is a sample syllabus containing the elements required in a syllabus at TAMUK.

Teaching Portfolio

Faculty interested in developing a teaching portfolio are encouraged to consult the Teaching Portfolio Handbook by Hannelore Rodriguez-Farrar, Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning, Brown University (posted here with permission) for practical suggestions on developing a teaching portfolio.