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OPID serves as a statewide faculty development resource for University of Wisconsin System institutions. Established in 1977 as the Undergraduate Teaching Improvement Council, it was first led by a council of campus representatives who focused primarily on teaching improvement. Over the past few years OPID has expanded its emphases to meet the broader professional needs of faculty and academic staff with programming on topics such as student learning, the scholarship of teaching and learning, career stages, and faculty roles and rewards. OPID's Council remains essential to its operation, both as an advisory board and as a liaison between System and its campuses.
Visit the OPID website OPID 2011-2012 Calendar
aculty College 2009 Inform
Two $5,000 awards are given to faculty and academic staff members at UW System institutions in recognition of outstanding career achievement in teaching. In addition, one $5,000 award is given to an academic department, program or other academic unit which demonstrates exceptional commitment to and effectiveness in teaching. Documentation is available at:
http://www.wisconsin.edu/opid/awards/
Submit proposals to the Teaching and Learning Center by the UW-Parkside institutional deadline on January 25, 2012.
Nominations for the Awards are due to UWSA on February 1, 2012.
Press Release Faculty College Application
We are pleased to announce that the UW System's annual Faculty College, sponsored by the Office of Professional and Instructional Development, will convene this year at UW-Richland, in Richland Center, from May 29 – June 1, 2012. Faculty College is the UW System's premier faculty development event. Each year, the College hosts approximately 100 faculty and instructional academic staff from across the System for three days of intensive exploration of teaching, learning, and curricular issues. The UW-Parkside deadline for applicants is Friday, March 2, 2012.
This year OPID is pleased to have Dr. Robert Duke, the Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professor and Head of Music and Human Learning at The University of Texas at Austin, as our featured speaker. He will present a keynote talk on Strategic Confusion on Tuesday evening.
Faculty College 2011 Seminars:
• “Engaging the Whole Student – Theatre in the Classroom ,” by Suzanne Burgoyne, Curators' Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri and Producing Director of the University's Interactive Theatre Troupe ;
• “Getting Started Doing Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research by Renee A. Meyers, Coordinator of the UWS Leadership Site for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), and Professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;
• "Teaching for Engagement and Student Learning – 10 Things Every College Teacher Should Know ” by Greg Valde, Director of the LEARN Center and the Teaching Scholars Program and Associate Professor of Educational Foundations and at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.
Look for detailed abstracts of the seminars listed above in the Faculty College 2012 brochure, which will be arriving in the mail soon, and online at: http://www.uwsa.edu/opid/conf/fc_upcoming.htm .
Who Should Attend
While the audience for Faculty College is not limited, traditionally participants tend to come from the following groups:
1. New faculty who wish to develop their pedagogy.
2. Faculty who wish to develop their knowledge and skills in assessing student learning.
3. Faculty who are interested in developing a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning project.
4. Experienced faculty who seek to renew their vitality and learn new teaching approaches.
5. Faculty with instructional and/or faculty development responsibilities.
6. Faculty representing a spectrum of disciplines and levels of experience.
7. We would particularly urge you to send people who have not previously participated in Faculty College!
Costs:
OPID will continue to pay most expenses for Faculty College, including the cost of meals and double-occupancy lodging at Richland Center for all participants. Participants who request single rooms are responsible for paying the additional costs above double-occupancy room rates. UW-Parkside will support the cost of carpooling to and from Richland Center.
To Apply:
If you would like to be considered for participation in Faculty College 2012 please fill out a
Faculty College Participant Application.
Deadline for Submission
Completed applications are to be submitted to the Teaching & Learning Center, WYLL 245, by Friday, March 2, 2012.
For additional information contact Jim Robinson at the Teaching and Learning Center (595-2068).