Headwaters: Onboarding Series for New and Junior Faculty

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Headwaters is a weekly, small-group, discussion-based series for first year full-time faculty (term and tenure-track) and pre-professoriate postdocs. Designed as a resource to help you navigate the faculty experience, it offers brief, topic-focused check-ins where you can ask questions, get timely advice, connect with peers, and learn how to best utilize UAA鈥檚 systems and resources. Whether you're looking for help to acclimate to higher education culture, strengthen your teaching skills, or you want to expand your professional network, this is where you鈥檒l want to be!

Details for Headwaters

When: Every Tuesday starting Sept. 9 and ending Dec. 2

Time: 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Where: Via Zoom

  • Participate in New Faculty Orientation
  • Participate in Fall Teaching Academy
  • Participate in a Faculty Learning Community (topics vary - information and registration links will be provided in our faculty newsletters)
  • Check with your chair/director, associate dean, or dean for recommendations relevant to your particular department or college needs and priorities
  • Participate in Winter Teaching Academy
  • Participate in a Faculty Learning Community (topics vary - information and registration links will be provided in our faculty newsletters)
  • Check with your chair/director, associate dean, or dean for recommendations relevant to your particular department or college needs and priorities

Together with the UAA/APU Consortium Library, CAFE has worked to deepen the resources available to UAA faculty around teaching, learning, and leadership in higher education. The list below includes a few of our favorite resources, but this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. We often share articles, blog posts, and other items of interest in our faculty newsletters and our . Have a recommendation for us? Please share! Connect with the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) for additional information on the following resources and/or topics in the Headwaters series.  

Ambrose, S. A., Norman, M. K., DiPietro, M., Lovett, M. C. Bridges, M. W., Stephens, C. (2010). How learning works: Seven research-based principles for smart teaching. Tantor Media.

Boice, R. (2000). Advice for new faculty members: Nihil Nimus. Allyn & Bacon.

Darby, F. and Lang, J. M. (2016). Small teaching online: Applying learning science to online classes. Jossey-Bass.

Eyler, J. R. (2018). How humans learn: The science and stories behind effective college teaching. Wester University Press.

Lang, J. M. (2016). Small teaching: Everyday lessons from the science of learning. Jossey-Bass.

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