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HRD Training

Building Community
Diversity
Communication
Computer Courses
Continuous Quality Improvement
Personal Growth and Development
Personal Safety
Policy and Procedures
Job Openings
Miscellaneous

Faculty Explore Excellence in Teaching

Building Community -- Human Relations for the 21st Century.

Human Relations for the 21st Century is designed to develop human relations skills, heighten awareness of others and foster a sense of community throughout the UA campus. Workshops that bear the Building Community logo are available to UA employees.

Sexual Harassment Awareness and Prevention -- HRD Team, date TBA. HRD encourages employees to look at the on-line opportunity for training in this topic: www.newmedialearning.com/psh/ua/.

Diversity

The Diversity HRD presentations are part of the "Building Community" program.

The Diversity Experience -- HRD Team, date TBA

Communication

Advanced Connections -- Moving Quality Service Beyond the Basics -- HRD Team, call to schedule a workshop

Computer Courses

E-Course -- HRD, May 5-7, 1:30-4:45 p.m.
Windows for E-Course -- HRD, May 5-7, 1:30-4:45 p.m.
Advanced Word -- HRD, April 28 and May 1, 1-4 p.m.
Advanced Excel -- HRD, May 5-6, 1-4 p.m.

Continuous Quality Improvement

CQI Leadership Seminar Series. CQI workshops are part of the Leadership Seminar Series designed for people in academic and administrative organizations, such as deans, department chairs, directors, managers, assistant and associate directors and faculty who lead projects, or plan on moving into leadership roles. All workshops will be facilitated by John Dew, director for Continuous Quality Improvement. Contact the CQI Office at 348-9831 to schedule workshops, which are designed for 2-4 hours.

Personal Growth and Development

Training and development opportunities are available through UA's Employee Assistance Program.

The following workshops may be scheduled based on participant demand and instructor availability:

Getting Organized through Paper Management
Stress Management and Time Management
Dealing with Difficult People
Listening Skills for the Workplace

Personal Safety

Right to Know -- Janie Fowler, Health and Safety, May 6, 1 p.m.

Policy and Procedures

Conducting Effective and Legal Interviews -- HRD, May 8, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
On-Line Purchasing Procedures -- Susan Petty and Judy Voss, UA Purchasing, April 30, 1-4 p.m.
Purchasing Procedures -- Susan Petty and Judy Voss, UA Purchasing, May 7, 9-11 a.m.
Effective Affirmative Action Recruiting Strategies -- Shirley Darr, Auxiliary Services, date TBA

Job Openings

The University of Alabama is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. For the latest employment information, call the UA job line at 348-7780 or visit the Employment Office web site. Remember that office, technical, clerical, maintenance and service positions stay on the Job Line only five days. Faculty positions are listed under the appropriate college or school.

Miscellaneous

New Employee Orientation introduces all new UA employees to campus life and provides them and employees with a status change (regular, part-time or temporary) an opportunity for benefits advisement and enrollment. New employees and employees with status change must pre-register and attend a New Employee Orientation session within the first 30 days of employment to be eligible for health insurance. Sessions are offered every Monday.

Three ways to register and to check out training material:

Call 348-7125
Fax to 348-2072
E-mail dharbin@bama.ua.edu

Human Resources Development training sessions will be conducted at G54 Rose Administration building unless otherwise stated. Persons with special needs should contact Daphne Harbin.

The Training Resource Center (TRC) offers videos for a staff development "lunch and learn" program. The TRC accommodates six to eight people.

Faculty Explore Excellence in Teaching

Dr. Jerry Rosiek presents "R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Teaching: Establishing an Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching." (Photo: Rickey Yanaura)

As a follow-up to faculty discussions in the fall semester regarding effective practices in teaching large lecture classes, a faculty team organized the first Exploring Excellence in Teaching Week, held last month. (See related article in Jan. 20 Dialog.) The faculty team, with support from the Center for Teaching and Learning, University Libraries, and the Faculty Resource Center, organized a series of eleven workshops and discussion groups that were open to all faculty and graduate teaching assistants.

Exploring Excellence in Teaching included sessions on Race, Class, and Gender in the Classroom; Effectively Teaching Large Lecture Classes; Using Library Assignments to Teach Critical Thinking Skills, Teaching with Web-Supplemented Materials, and Using Classroom Surveys and Student Teams to Improve Classroom Teaching. Workshops were organized to discuss publishing opportunities in the Scholarship of Teaching and to explore the possibility of establishing an Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching at The University of Alabama.

Shomari Thomas, 4, and his mom, LaShondra Cannon

Faculty participating in the recent Excellence in Teaching Week include (left to right) Dr. Subha Chakraborti, Dr. John Dew, and Dr. Caryl Cooper listening to the presentation from students. (Photo: Rickey Yanaura)

Students in New College participated in a discussion with faculty regarding faculty and student responsibilities toward learning, and the Student Government Association organized a panel of students to share their perspectives on teaching methods that make great classes and encourage student learning.

The series of workshops concluded with a panel discussion of faculty from promotion committees from several different colleges who discussed what teaching does (and should) mean in terms of tenure and promotion.

Plans have already started for an expanded Exploring Excellence in Teaching Week for the spring semester of 2004. Faculty interested in helping with the planning of this event, or would like to host a workshop or panel that shares effective practices with your peers, contact John Dew in the CQI Office at 348-9831 or at jdew@aalan.ua.edu.