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Phoenix Campus Faculty Refresher Training
This workshop will provide faculty with updated
knowledge and tools necessary to be effective in
the classroom and in compliance with the
Phoenix Campus and University policies.
Objective
Workshop Agenda
• Automated Faculty Scheduling System• New Classroom Set-up• Assessments• Learning Team Requirements• New CMT/CPR• Scholarship
Question # 1
• The Faculty Scheduling System changed from manual to automated.
• True
• Check your UOPX email account daily!• Respond ASAP-must respond within 7 days• After 7 days the class will auto decline and
solicit the next person in queue
• Accepting or Declining• Go to the Faculty tab • Click on Solicitations • Accept or decline
Automated Faculty Scheduling System
Question # 2
• Faculty Schedulers manually schedule classes up to three months out.
• False
The system schedules classes according to:• Mentorships, which have priority• Current course load (cannot exceed 20, including
Online classes)
• Last taught date (the longer you have been out, the more solicitations you will receive)
• Preferences (Faculty tab, faculty preferences, choose the top 3 classes for better odds)
Automated Faculty Scheduling System
Question # 3
• The New Classroom syllabus must be sent two weeks before each course start to [email protected] for review and approval prior to posting
• False• OLS Instructor Policies and Syllabi must
be sent as stated
• Use Instructor Policies (IP) builder tool on eCampus under the Faculty tab.
• Include: • UOPX faculty email• Personal email• Phone number/
availability
Preparation of Instructor Policies
• Include: • Your instructor defined policy for late assignments
• Learning Team policies (handout)
• Employee student statement
Instructor Policies in Instructor Announcements
Post your IP in Instructor Announcements in the New Classroom
Question # 4
• Facilitating in the New Classroom is a required online workshop to be eligible to teach in future classes in the new platform.
• True
Setting Up a Syllabus in New Classroom
• Course Design Guide is not used in New Classroom
• Default syllabus in New Classroom offers the most current course design materials
• To set up a syllabus, select the default syllabus to edit or choose a previously saved syllabus (validate old syllabus)
Setting Up a Syllabus in New Classroom
• Publishing Syllabus• Customized syllabus must be published
by 11:59pm Arizona time, 8 days prior to start date
• If not posted by deadline, default syllabus will be auto-published.
• Can use “Edit Syllabus” feature to make adjustments to the Learning Activities
Syllabus Preparation and Modifying Assignments
• Do not modify objectives• You can modify the assignments for
weeks 2-5 or 6• Verify the rigorous assignment(s)
directly align with the objectives• Due dates/time– 6 pm the night of class
Instructional Alignment
Some assignments are programmatic assessment assignments and may not be altered, but other assignments may be modified as long as the modification or alteration is done in a way that students are still required to demonstrate mastery of the provided objectives.
Credit Hour Policy
• “Credit hours are awarded in accordance with common practices among institutions of higher education. Course content and outcomes are determined by faculty and are delivered in a format informed by adult learning principles and aligned to Carnegie unit guidelines” (University of Phoenix,
2013, p. 1).
• Credit hours assigned by activity
Reference
University of Phoenix. (2013). Curriculum development guide for credit hour policy implementation, Draft 1.1.
Credit Hour Policy
• Adherence to these guidelines is established during initial course design and verified through a review of the final faculty course syllabi.
• If modify assignments, must insure credit hour requirements are met.
Reference
University of Phoenix. (2013). Curriculum development guide for credit hour policy implementation, Draft 1.1.
Question # 5
• Assessments are an initiative for the university.
• True
Assessments
• Apply multiple assessment techniques in the classroom through: – Quizzes– Exams– Presentations– In-class activities
• Gather the data and submit to the Lead Faculty Area Chair at the Content Area Meetings.
The New Classroom Resources
• Faculty Resources Page (eCampus > Faculty tab > Faculty Resources & Publications heading > Faculty Resources link)
• New Classroom Support PhoenixConnect® Community (eCampus > Faculty tab > PhoenixConnect® tab > Communities link > Faculty Communities link > New Classroom Support link)
• New Classroom Training: sign up to day! (3-day workshop: eCampus > Faculty tab > Faculty Development heading > Workshops link > Search Workshops link > Facilitating in New Classroom - Local Campus Faculty)
Question # 6
• A faculty member can grade a Learning Team assignment without a valid Learning Team Charter on file.
• False
Learning Team Requirements
• Learning Team Requirements• Learning Team Charters
required• Learning Team Evaluations • Learning Team matrix available
Question # 7
• A faculty member must assign a team member who has been dropped for not contributing to a team.
• False
Question # 8
• The new CMT/CPR can be found in the Library tab.
• False
Question # 9
• The new CMT/CPR evaluates facilitation and feedback only.
• False
New CMT/CPR/Mentorship
• Review new CMT/CPR• Purpose• Use
1
2
3
Scholarship at theUniversity of Phoenix
• Purpose: Develop a Scholarly Identity• Promise: A faculty and university culture where
SCHOLARSHIP is an ongoing activity that is well understood, of interest to, and utilized by the faculty
• Prepare: Attend Scholarship Workshop(s)• Perform: Research topic • Propose: Call for Proposal is due on May 15,
2014• Present: GFM June 7, 2014: 3rd Annual
Research Symposium
Summary
• Automated Faculty Scheduling System• New Classroom set-up• Assessments• Learning Team Requirements• New CMT/CPR• Questions?
Questions?