CETL Archives
Workshop Archive - Fall 2003
Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence and Office of Student Disability Services Presents
Title: Accommodating Students with Disabilities
in Higher Education:
A Four-Part Series
Facilitator: Owen Zimpel (Student Disability
Services)
Date: Monday, October 20 & 27,
November 3 & 10, 2003 & Wednesday, October
22 & 29,
November 5 & 12, 2003
Time: 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Monday's)
& 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. (Wednesday's)
Location: Atwood — North Glacier
Description: The number of students with disabilities is rapidly growning in American higher education. Nationally the percentage has grown from 2.6% in 1979 to 9.0% in 1998, as reported by the National Clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities. With this steady increase in numbers, chances are that you as a faculty person, will be faced with some decisions regarding how to handle a student's disability-related issues. Most faculty do not feel that they have received adequate training in how to appropriately work with students with disabilities.
Students, instructors, the campus, Student Disability Services (SDS), and other offices at the university all share responsibilities for educating students with disabilities. An overview of these responsibilites is provided in this workshop.
Materials presented in this workshop series are provided through the auspices of the ASD (Accommodating Students with Disabilities) Project at Utah State. St. Cloud State University was selected to be one of the training sites and evaluators of the project's content and materials.
Session 1: Topics to be addressed include: famous people with disabilities; faculty memebers' key role in the success of students with disabilities; learning to accommodate students with disabilities; students can and do do well given the same academic expectations and appropriate accommodations; faculty perceptions of students with disabilities and students-with-disabilities perceptions of faculty.
Session 2: Topics to be addressed include the law associated with students with disabilities; responsibilities (student, faculty/instructor/disability services office, and institutional); and frequently asked questions about the process.
Session 3: Topics to be addressed are resources: services and equipment; information on accommodated testing; information on using note takers; information on using interpreters, RID's (Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) code of ethics; universal design, suggestions for improving student performance; a guide for disability courtesy; and syllabus statements.
Session 4: A student's perspective. Discussion will center around students and what they have to say about disability accommodations. A videotape will be viewed that shares this information.
About the Presenter: The presenter for this four-part series is Owen Zimpel, Director of Student Disabilities Services at St. Cloud State University. Owne's B.S. is in Applied Psychology (counseling emphasis) from SCSU; his M.S. is in Rehabilitation Administration and Services (RA&S) from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale (SIUC). His is ABD at SIUC in Rehabilitation.
Title: MnSCU Center for Teaching & Learning
Grants Request for Proposal Workshop
Presented by: Richard
Rothaus, Interium Assistant VP for Research & Faculty Development;
Susan Jensen-Cekalla, Director, Grants Development and Administration
SCSU Office of Sponsored Programs
Date: Thursday, November 13, 2003
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Location: MC 114/115
OR
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Location: MC 114/115
Discipline/Program Workshops: Each year the MnSCU Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) solicits for system-wide, discipline-based faculty development workshops. These workshops are one-day events to which all MnSCU faculty in the discipline or program area are invited to participate. Workshops can also be planned to be interdisciplinary in that faculty from more than one discipline/program meet to discuss common issues. The goal of these workshops is to provide a time and a place for faculty to engage in discipline-specific or interdisciplinary conversations about teaching and learning. Get grant funding for location, food, speakers, and supplies. Grants are funded through the MnSCU Office of the Chancellor and the Bush Foundation. Deadline March 1, 2004, for Fall 2004 Workshops.
AND
Other CTL Grants: The Center for Teaching and Learning offers opportunities for MnSCU faculty and staff to apply for funds to enhance teaching and learning on MnSCU campuses. The CTL Grants are available through support from The Bush Foundation and the Office of the Challcellor through the Learning That Lasts program. The Center for Teaching and Learning seeks proposals for the enhancement of teaching and learning on Minnesota State Colleges and Universities campuses. Projects may begin in July 2004 and are to be completed during the 2004-05 academic year. Proposals are due by January 22, 2004
Eligibility: All full- and part-time faculty, administrators, and staff at MnSCU institutions are eligible. Individual faculty members pursuing teaching innovation projects on their own are required to work with at least one other faculty or staff member in some capacity (i.e. an outside evaluator, a consultant on instructional design, or an administrative partner to overcome barriers to active learning).
Funding: Amount of award: up to $5,000; or $15,000 (see below)
Two grant levels are available: seed grants will be given to foster change within smaller programs or courses or to pilot larger projects and will be limited to $5,000; growth grants will be given to broaden previous initiatives (supported by previous CTL grants or other means) or to implement larger change projects and will be limited to $15,000.
Title: Tales from a Teaching Institute
Facilitator: Christine Imbra (ELCP) and Judy Foster
(ENGL)
Date: Monday, November 17, 2003
Time: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Monday)
Location: Atwood — North Glacier
Brief Description: Judy Foster (English) and Christine Imbra (Educational Leadership and Community Psychology) both attended the 25th annual Virginia Tidewater Consortium Summer Institute on College Teaching last June at the College of William and Mary in Colonial Williamsburg. They will share what they learned in this intensive week-long institute, what they've applied to their classes, and what kind of results they are getting. Come join the discussion.
Objective of workshop:
1. Inform colleagues about the Summer Institute as a professional
development opportunity.
2. Provide concrete and practical examples of new teaching practices
learned at the Summer Institute.
3. Offer participants ideas for their own classroom practice.
The Virginia Tidewater Consortium's Summer Institute on College Teaching is in its twenty-fifth year of helping faculty at every level and discipline to become more effective teachers. Over the years humdreds of faculty have participated in the Summer Institute and have found it worthwhile and rewarding. The Summer Institute is unique in that it allows faculty members the opportunity to discuss college teaching and learning in-depth with their colleagues in a non-threatening, pleasant environment.
