MICHIGAN FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
May 21-28, 2011

Itinerary

Saturday, May 21

• Arrival of Delegation

Sunday, May 22

• Orientation and Initial Survey
• Introduction to Faculty Development and CRLT
  • Associate Vice Provost Constance Cook
• How Faculty Development Improves Higher Education
  • Virginia Lee (CRLT)
• Current Research on Effective Teaching and Learning
  • Matthew Kaplan, Virginia Lee (CRLT)
• Luncheon with UM Chinese Students
• UM Student Panel
• Classrooms Tour
• Walking Tour of Central Campus
• Bus Tour of Medical School, North Campus, and Stadium
• Dinner with CRLT Staff

Monday, May 23

• Teaching Center Services and Strategies
• Constance Cook (CRLT)
• Incentives for Improving Teaching: Grants Programs and Teaching Awards
  • Chad Hershock, Matthew Kaplan, Erping Zhu (CRLT)
• Luncheon with President Mary Sue Coleman
• Incentives for Improving Teaching: Policies for Promotion and Tenure
  • Provost Philip Hanlon
• Institutional Meetings/Group Discussion
• Dinner
• Theare Performance

Tuesday, May 24

• Working with University Leaders to Create a Culture of Teaching
  • Constance Cook, Virginia Lee (CRLT)
• CRLT in the College of Engineering
  • Cynthia Finelli (CRLT)
• Luncheon with UM Chinese Faculty
  • Dean David Munson, College of Engineering
• Teaching Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Critical Thinking
  • Professors Aileen Huang-Saad, John Marshall, Colleen Seifert
• Improving Teaching in the Liberal Arts
  • Dean Terrence McDonald, College of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Private Dinners with Faculty and University Leaders

Wednesday, May 25

• Observation of UM Classes
  • Professors Amy Gottfried, Brenda Gunderson, Teresa Tinkle
• Local Shopping
• Luncheon with Faculty Exemplars (Wolverine Room, Michigan Union)
• Teaching Effectively Using Teams
  • Professors Shaun Jackson, Mika Lavaque-Manty, Susan Montgomery
• How to Evaluate Teaching
  • Matthew Kaplan, Virginia Lee
• Free Evening

Thursday, May 26

• Developing a Teaching Center Mission Statement
  • Constance Cook, Erping Zhu (CRLT)
• Teaching Center Evaluation and Quality Control
  • Mary Wright (CRLT)
• Institutional Meetings/Group Discussion
• Picnic Lunch
• Role of a Teaching Center in Curriculum Development and Assessment
  • Crisca Bierwert, Virginia Lee, Deborah Meizlish (CRLT)
• UM Museum of Art
• Dinner with UM Provost Phil Hanlon and Deans

Friday, May 27

• Using IT to Make Large Classes Feel Small
  • Erping Zhu, Barry Fishman, Perry Samson
• The Future of Higher Education Instruction
  • President Emeritus James Duderstadt
• Luncheon with CRLT Staff
• Serving Faculty and Graduate Students Throughout Their Careers
  • Tershia Pinder-Grover, Laura Schram (CRLT)
• Planning the Future
• Final Survey/Feedback
• Farewell Dinner

Saturday, May 28

• Departure of Delegation