Faculty Center for Innovation

Deep Dive

Presented by Lisa Wolf-Wendal

January 11th (Friday) from 2:00-3:00pm, CST

Onsite = Watson Literacy Center

Offsite = https://zoom.us/j/405850890

Faculty across all stages of the academic career often struggle with how best to manage the increasing work demands placed upon them in relationship to their ever-changing demands in their personal lives. Too often, however, we focus our attention only on pre-tenure women faculty with young children, assuming that this is the only group that needs attention and assistance. Work/life management is important to faculty members across the career span, for both men and women, and for faculty in both tenure and non-tenure positions. This talk examines how a range of faculty, with different identities and in different phases of the career, manage work and life responsibilities. Special attention is paid to how institutions like Park University can facilitate work/life integration through policy and practice.

Special Interest Group

Presented by Tami Radohl

January 22nd (Wednesday) from 12:00-1:00pm, CST

Onsite = Norrington Learning Lab

Offsite = https://parkuniversity.zoom.us/j/992306328   

Simulated and active learning strategies demonstrate knowledge
attainment in safe, controlled academic environments. These
approaches showcase higher-order thinking, increase student
engagement, and bolster confidence in knowledge. Join us in
exploring ways to replicate the real world in our face-to-face and
online classrooms.

Special Interest Group

Presented by Brant Winn

January 23rd (Wednesday) from 12:00-1:00pm, CST

Onsite = Gibson

Offsite = https://parkuniversity.zoom.us/j/716658958   

Join us as we explore together to find answers to the following questions: What is trauma? What is resilience? How does trauma and resilience impact learning? Who is resilient and what makes them so? How can resilience be fostered in the wake of trauma? What can we learn from highly resilient individuals that will help inform our work with students?

Innovation Exchange

Presented by Kathy Jackson

January 28th (Monday) from 1:30-2:00pm, CST

Onsite = Norrington Learning Lab

Offsite = https://zoom.us/j/890254447

Come and exchange with your fellow faculty ideas from the effective sciences on pedagogies to impact your first impression to students, mobilize student efforts, prolong student persistence, and when all else fails, master your emotions when challenges occur. Ideas will be shared from Sara Rose Cavanagh’s book, The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion. The Park community can view the ebook HERE.

Special Interest Group

Presented by Kathy Jackson

January 29th (Tuesday) from 2:00-3:00pm, CST

Offsite = https://parkuniversity.zoom.us/j/4395698513

Join me in exploring how growth mindset can inform all that we do
with students in the classroom. It starts with ourselves
understanding how our brains work and how we view learning, our
goals, and mistakes. Learn new language of encouragement for
growth and the Power of Yet.

Special Interest Group

Presented by Erica Jansen

January 31st (Thursday) from 10:00-11:00am, CST

Offsite = https://parkuniversity.zoom.us/j/959827988

We’re exploring ways to bring active learning, collaboration, and
community into our Pirate Patch classrooms. How can we maximize Pirate Patch technology to create a dynamic, student-centered environment? Join us as we discover and share our best practices.

Special Interest Group

Presented by Erica Jansen

January 31st (Thursday) from 7:30-8:30pm, CST

Offsite = https://parkuniversity.zoom.us/j/959827988

We’re exploring ways to bring active learning, collaboration, and
community into our Pirate Patch classrooms. How can we maximize Pirate Patch technology to create a dynamic, student-centered environment? Join us as we discover and share our best practices.