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Annual Report 1996-1997, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Report of the Fiscal Affairs Committee's activities for the academic year 1996-1997.

Faculty Senate Annual Salary Report: 1996-1997, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

The report contains salaries for all full-time faculty from each budget unit. The first listings are by salary by rank. The second set of listings are by salary by rank within each budget unit. Mean contract salaries for unit and for rank within unit are also given.

A Preferred Vision For Administering Secondary Schools : A Reflective Essay, Joyce M. Bechtel

Graduate Research Papers

The term instructional leader encompasses many aspects. The instructional portion includes the knowledge base, the master teacher, the evaluator, the mediator, and the communicator with parents, community and teachers. The leader portion includes the perceptive director, the goal directed visionary, and the organizer with enthusiasm and energy.

Teachers depend on the principal to assist them in gaining instructional skills and utilizing curricular material that is necessary to teach effectively. The principal should be their master teacher and evaluator. As an evaluator, a principal will confer with and provide feedback to the staff, and will evaluate the education programs.

Bridgewater State College Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog 1997-1998, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater State College Catalogs, 1960-2009

No abstract provided.

Resolution 97-F-B - 15 Minute Parking Spaces, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution to increase 10 minute parking spaces to 15 minutes.

Resolution 97-F-C - Student Heath Service Sign, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution requesting a sign for the Student Health Service building on the south lawn.

1997-1999 Catalog, Wku Graduate School

Graduate School

Graduate School catalog regarding admissions, curriculum and policies.

Resolution 97-F-A - Writing Credits For Thesis Programs, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Resolution requesting that writing credits be allowed for senior theses.

Report To The Faculty Senate On Student Ratings Of Teaching, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Professional Responsibilities & Concerns Committee report regarding the history of student evaluation at WKU, methodology used in 1997-98 and recommendations for changes.

A Vision For The Administration Of A Secondary School : A Reflective Essay, Steve E. Dodge

Graduate Research Papers

In order to keep a school running smoothly today administrators must be able to perform a wide variety of jobs effectively. The key role that any principal must play is that of a leader. The ability to lead determines how effective an administrator will be in carrying out all of the other roles. The leadership of a school's instructional program is an area in which the principal has perhaps the greatest potential to influence the largest number of people. Through this role one impacts all programs of the school.

Ua68/11 Department Of Philosophy & Religion, Wku Philosophy & Religion

WKU Administration Documents

Brief overview of the Philosophy & Religion department through about 1997.

General Undergraduate Catalog, 1997-1998-1999, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 1990-1999

Marshall University General Undergraduate Catalog for the 1997-1998-1999 academic years.

Graduate Catalog, 1997-1998, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 1990-1999

Marshall University Graduate Catalog for the 1997-1998 academic year.

A Preferred Vision For Administering Elementary/Secondary Schools : A Reflective Essay, Brad E. Small

Graduate Research Papers

The success and future of our nation, if not the entire world, depends on educating our children. For this reason, I have decided to seek anew career in educational administration after serving as a teacher and coach for.the past twelve years.

As the building principal, you lead by example. What the principal does on a regular basis overtime, becomes the most important aspect of the school (D. Else, Personal. Communication, 1997). I really understood the power of that statement. When looking back at my former principals, I can see how their actions helped or hindered their leadership. Students and.staff will …

Ua1b4 1997 Faculty Awards, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

Program for 1997 WKU faculty awards.

Ua12/8 Chief News, Wku Police

WKU Administration Documents

WKU Police departmental newsletters for 1997.

Volume 10, Number 01, Lana Wachniak Editor

Reaching Through Teaching

Full text of Volume 10, Number 01 of Reaching Through Teaching.

22nd Annual Conference Program

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Mission Statement

Welcome

1997-98 Core Committee

Executive Directors/Presidents

Acknowledgments

Conference Overview

Sessions

Resort Conference Center

Institutional Transformation As Scholarly Activity: The Experience Of Portland State University, Charles R. White, Judith A. Ramaley

Public Administration Faculty Publications and Presentations

In American higher education, change is continuous but occurs most often at the margins, generally taking the form of piecemeal or isolated efforts and programs. Only rarely are change projects comprehensive in their scope and transformative in their effects. In this chapter we describe the context for comprehensive curricular change at Portland State University and offer a more general theoretical construct about institutional change in higher education. That there are so few examples of comprehensive institutional change in American higher education is indicative of the complex mix of internal and external factors that constrain change efforts. We have found that …

Editorial Matter 1997

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Ordering Information

Permission to Copy

Instructions to Contributors for the 1998 Volume

Reviewers for the 1997 Volume

Mission Statement

Membership, Conference and Programs Information

Contents

Foreword, by Deborah DeZure

Introduction, by Deborah DeZure

About POD

Faculty Development And The Inclusion Of Diversity In The College Classroom: Pedagogical And Curricular Transformation, James A. Anderson

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Colleges and universities are confronted with a plethora of questions and concerns that are associated with the inclusion and success of diverse student populations. Especially critical is the role that faculty will play in fostering a supportive and effective learning environment which benefits the wide range of racial, cultural, gender, and class groups. Faculty development activities can assist faculty to make their courses more inclusive both in content and in pedagogy. Those who direct teaching excellence and faculty development efforts must be more proactive as they impact faculty attitudes toward diversity.

Institutional Missions, Multiple Faculty Roles: Implications For Faculty Development, Ann E. Austin, Joseph J. Brocato, Jonathan D. Rohrer

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The authors review the context in which the topic of faculty roles is gaining attention, draw on data from a qualitative study of how faculty construct their roles, and argue that faculty developers and other institutional leaders should consider expanding the scope of faculty development activities in ways that support faculty across the full breadth of their roles. The article concludes by suggesting that faculty developers ask questions about faculty roles in the institutional context and "map" faculty development opportunities to ensure that multiple roles are supported.

Teaching Awards: The Problem Of Assessing Their Impact, Nancy Van Note Chism, Borbala L. Szabo

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Although teaching awards are a popular approach to the reward and improvement of teaching, their impact has not been studied extensively. The studies that have been done find that they are motivational and affirming, but extensive, clear effects on teaching improvement have not been documented. Part of the difficulty in studying effects of awards involves goal complexity and vagueness. Suggested ways of studying effects begin with goals and employ a variety of approaches, ranging from interviews and surveys to document analysis.

Long-Term Patterns In A Mentoring Program For Junior Faculty: Recommendations For Practice, Milton D. Cox

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Faculty developers believe mentoring programs are beneficial for new and junior faculty. Although there are reports on the early years of these programs, few have existed for more than 15 years. This article reports on a junior faculty program in place for 18 years with the same goals, format, and activities. The endurance of its mentoring component, with continuing support of faculty, former mentors and protégés, and administrators, is a measure of its success. Mentoring patterns relative to gender, mentor repetition, protégés who later mentor, and multidisciplinarity within pairings may be of assistance and encouragement to anyone initiating or continuing …

Improving Teaching Through Faculty Portfolio Conversations, Patricia Hagerty, Kenneth Wolf, Barbara Whinery

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The authors recount their experiences using portfolios of their teaching as the basis for conversations with colleagues and students about their teaching effectiveness. The authors identify a number of features that affected the quality of these conversations, including group composition, individual commitment, artifact collection. and conversation structure. The authors conclude that these portfolio conversations enabled them to develop insights into their teaching that they might not have been able to gain otherwise.

Small Group Techniques: Selecting And Developing Activities Based On Stages Of Group Development, Sandra A. Harris, Kathryn J. Watson

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Research shows that active and cooperative learning activities can be effective teaching methods; however, developing and carrying out these practices is often challenging, perhaps even confusing and frustrating, to educators who have not been trained in group processes. This article reviews basic principles for using group techniques in college classrooms, describes the developmental stages of groups, and provides examples of activities and assignments as well as processes for reflection and evaluation.

The Pedagogical Colloquium: Taking Teaching Seriously In The Faculty Hiring Process, Pat Hutchings

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

In an effort to make teaching and learning more central, a growing number of campuses are adopting some form of the "pedagogical colloquium," a strategy proposed by Lee Shulman, President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, in the context of a national project on the peer review of teaching. The purpose of the pedagogical colloquium is to create an occasion for examining and assessing the teaching skills and potential of faculty job candidates. Different models are now evolving, from formal presentations parallel in nature to the research colloquium commonly expected of job candidates, to more informal discussions …

University Professors At Mid-Life: Being A Part Of ... But Feeling Apart, Irene E. Karpiak

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This article explores the experiences of mid-career and older faculty members in higher education through a qualitative study of 20 associate professors (15 men and 5 women) between the ages of 41 and 59 at a Canadian university. In non-directive interviews, "graying" professors discussed their satisfactions and struggles, not only in relation to their students and their academic work, but also in relation to the whole university and its administration. An emergent schema is presented that identifies four attitudes characteristic of this group of professors: Meaning, Malaise, Marginality, and Mattering.

Wac Revisited: An Overlooked Model For Transformative Faculty Development, James S. Laughlin

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Recently, higher education specialists have called for new faculty development initiatives, claiming current faculty development efforts need to go beyond a reductive "teaching tips" approach to consider transformative practices aimed at improving learning. While such critiques are valuable, they tend to overlook one mode of development that has had undeniable success in initiating significant individual and institutional transformations in the realms of teaching and learning. Over the past two decades, the faculty workshop in writing across the curriculum (WAC) has become a major part of successful WAC programs across the country. This article discusses how, at their best, such workshops …

A Global Faculty Development Network: The International Consortium For Educational Development (Iced), Karron G. Lewis, Eric Kristensen

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Although higher education systems around the world differ considerably in structure and the methods used in teaching, there is universal concern for the quality of undergraduate teaching and learning. Thus, faculty and educational development activities are a worldwide phenomena. In 1993, The International Consortium for Educational Development (ICED) was born to facilitate exchange of faculty and educational development information. This article looks at the history of ICED and the accomplishments of this organization since its inception. We look at examples of faculty development work in Sweden, Australia and Finland and consider the implications these international programs might have for faculty …