Forum Five: Curriculum, Teaching & Advising
Faculty and Staff Forum on Accreditation
November 30 , 2006
ASUN Alumni Room
Brainstorming Session 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Refreshments and Informal Gathering 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Number of participants: 17
Description of forum: Forum to discuss Curriculum, Teaching & Advising
Forum topic: Standard two – Physical Resources
Questions: What do we consider out best assets?
What are our special challenges?
Session facilitators: Eric Herzik and Mike Havercamp
Agenda
Purpose / Background – Eric Herzik
Ideas – Mike Havercamp
Where do we go from here? – Eric Herzik
Our Strengths
Key words & Phrases
Good teachers.
General Education.
Recruiting.
Better programs because pre-requisites are enforced and reviewed.
Improved advising.
More visibility.
More knowledge by advisors.
More training of advisors.
ETP
Smart classrooms.
Training.
Supported.
Math & Writing centers.
TA training.
Improved communication among advisors.
Collaboration with K-12 on preparation.
Interest in cross listing and team teaching.
Centralized advising works well within colleges.
Opportunity to voice concerns.
Use of Loa’s.
Some freedom to teach creative events.
DARS & online admissions and records systems.
Our Challenges
Key words & Phrases
Enforce prerequisites.
Ensure departments have 4-year plans for all degrees.
Outreach should be rewarded.
Ph.D.’s are ready for the academic life (grant writing, teaching, advising, designing courses).
Low pay for Loa’s.
Appropriate rewards, consideration for advising.
Continue to upgrade the technology.
Increased admin responsibilities for faculty has led to diminished focus on CTA.
Recognize the need for adequate monies for advising.
More resources for Dbases, curriculum , assessment and advising.
Writing course geared toward disciplinary need (writing about literacy).
Compensation for summer advising.
Mandatory advising at key points.
More diverse course delivery.
Courses need to be offered more frequently or provide more options for course substitutions.
Eliminate courses from catalog that have not been taught in a certain period.
Appropriate rewards for teaching excellence.
Too many LOA adjuncts, uneven quality, lack of program continuity and office hours.
Formal training for graduate students and Jr. Faculty.
Trimesters – turn summer into a full semester, not mini sessions.
Need more consistency in cross-campus advising.
Better measures of quality teaching and advising.
Simultaneous UNR & TMCC enrollment.
Students should commit to one campus at a time
More departments should train for teaching their outgoing graduate students.
Assessment activity should be recognized as scholarly activity.
Required courses: Should they be required if offered only every other year.
Sufficient number of entry-level core classes.
Physical facilities limit classroom size
Photographs from the session...
