• Quick Reads: Culture of Caring, Grading rubrics, Mid-semester feedback
• Library Lunch & Learns: September 21, 23, 29
• Celebration of Teaching & Learning Symposium Committee
• Southern Indiana Conference on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: October 1-2
• LEAP Indiana events
• Resources for Teaching
• Portfolio Guidelines & Preparation Documents
• Calendar of events

Quick Reads

• Creating a culture of caring (Active Minds & ACUE, 2020; 12 min read): 4 practical approaches for faculty to support student well-being and mental health.
  • Are concerned about a student or learn information that could impact their well-being and success? Please submit a CARE Team form.
• Grading Criteria and Rubrics (Brown Univ): Tips for developing grading criteria and rubrics, along with example rubric scales and rubric collections.
• Mid-Semester Feedback (UNC Charlotte; 6 min read): Tips and example questions for gathering and using mid-semester feedback from your students.
  • 3 Easy Ways to Solicit Mid-semester Feedback (Brown Univ, 1 min read)
  • Request a FACT from CETL to help you gather student feedback.

• Teaching Strategies: Trauma-informed teaching, Supporting student learning | Reusing Pre-Recorded Videos; Reflecting on Course Changes; Feedback on Student Work | Post-Class Reflection Notes; Routines | Reconsidering our Teaching Approach; Scaffolding | Student Engagement in Synchronous Online
• Students: Tips for Students | Reading the Online Room, Inclusive Teaching, Reducing Cheating | Collaborative Note-Taking; Course Value; Study Skills | Late work; Email tips | Why Students Can't Focus
• Assignments/Assessments: Social annotation | Assignment Instructions via Quiz; Backcasting | Rethinking Assessments | Assessment Ideas; Cognitive Wrappers; 7 Principles for Remote Learning
• For You: Two-minute Rule | A Plan to Save Time | Thinking and Decluttering |  7 Types of Rest | Take a Breath | Responding to Microaggressions 

Rice Library Lunch & Learns

• Fancy Tools and Fancy Hats: Come learn how to maximize the library's new catalog and fUSIon search tool to suit your research needs!
  September 21 | https://usi.zoom.us/j/8816192316
• Browser Extensions for Research: Calling all researchers, from freshman to faculty: We are covering ways to get full text to those articles you can’t find. We’ll show you how to use our tools in your browser to find what you need for that project, paper or passion.
  September 23 | https://usi.zoom.us/j/9145572846
• Citation Managers: Demonstrate and discuss Citation Managers for USI researchers: Zotero/Endnote/Mendeley.
  September 29 | https://usi.zoom.us/j/7425972521

Celebration of Teaching & Learning Symposium

Southern Indiana Conference on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

LEAP Indiana Events

• LEAP Indiana will be hosting Faculty Learning Communities for faculty in Indiana: 1) Learner Experience Design or 2) Managing Traumas and Stressors with College Students. See the details and registration
• LEAP Indiana Webinar: Inclusive Certification Program with Mona Kheiry and Michael Slavkin, Marian University on Monday, September 27 at 11:30 am-12:30 pm. See details and registration for the 4th Monday series.
• IUPUI Scholarly Teaching Symposium: Friday, October 1 at 9 am-1 pm, virtual. Learn more and register to attend (free).
  Keynote: New Takes on High-Impact Practices (HIPs) to Assure Quality and Equity by Dr. Jillian Kinzie is Associate Director, Center for Postsecondary Research and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) Institute

Teaching Resources 

• Faculty Planning Calendar and Chairs Planning Calendar for 2021-2022
• Syllabus Template and Syllabus Statements (updated August 2021)
• Guidance for Faculty for 2021-22 from the Provost's Office
• Materials from the recent CETL teaching and learning workshops to help you prepare your courses and improve your time management.
• Online Learning's website with resources to support your online instruction and technology tips to share with your students. 
• Tech Takeaways brief videos with tips on using instructional tools from Online Learning, Rice Library, and Disability Resources

Portfolio Guidelines & Preparation Updates

• Portfolio Guidelines (updated June 2021)
• Portfolio Checklist/outline (updated June 2021)
• Portfolio FAQs: a supplement to the Guidelines (updated June 2021)
• Guidelines for Preparing for Electronic Submission of the portfolio (new, June 2021)
• Optional Covid Impact Statement (new, June 2021)
• CV template (this is a guide)
• Application form and Appraisal forms
• Calendar for Personnel Decisions (updated May 2021)
• Slides from the June 2021 webinars on portfolio preparation provided