← Back to Event List

PROF-it Series: "How to Develop a Syllabus"

Attending this event counts toward CIRTL Associate Level

Location

The Commons : 329

Date & Time

September 27, 2019, 12:00 pm2:00 pm

Description

Brown bag seminar. Feel free to bring your lunch and beverages.

This seminar is part of the PROF-it (Professors-in-Training) series. Participants will learn how to develop a syllabus, manage time in the classroom, and plan content for the semester. Guest Facilitator: 
Dr. Linda Hodges, Director, UMBC Faculty Development Center, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs.


Linda C. Hodges, Director of the Faculty Development Center, was Director of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Teaching and Learning at Princeton University from 2003-2009 before retiring to Maryland. She holds a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Kentucky and was a faculty member for over 20 years before transitioning into faculty development. Prior to coming to the McGraw Center in 2001, she was the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Chemistry at Agnes Scott College near Atlanta, Georgia. During her faculty tenure at two different institutions, she taught a wide range of courses, participated in faculty governance, and served as department chair. In 1999 she was one of 28 faculty members chosen nationally to study and assess new pedagogical approaches as a Carnegie Scholar of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She has published widely on her work in faculty development, engaged student learning, and effective teaching practices. Her special interests are in pedagogies of engagement and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Contact Office of Professional Development Program Coordinator Yarazeth Medina yarazeth@umbc.edu for additional information.


Important: Attending this event counts towards your CIRTL certification. For inquiries about CIRTL please visit https://cirtl.umbc.edu/ or contact Dr. Tracy Irish tirish1@umbc.edu.


Please click "Going" below to RSVP for this event.