Academic Affairs Department Chair Notes - Message #5

By Terri Tarr, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

Associate faculty (adjunct, part-time) serve a vital role in the education of our students and need to be welcomed and supported in their work on our campuses. To strengthen communication with associate faculty and increase their sense of belonging in the department, we suggest the following if you don’t something similar already in place:

• develop a standard email from the department to welcome them and provide necessary information.
• use a listserv to communicate with them regularly and to forward official campus or university announcements.
• create a Canvas course to share news, resources, expectations, and teaching ideas.
• establish connections among associate faculty and others in the department.

Consider sharing these resources with associate faculty to prepare them for a successful teaching and learning experience for both themselves and their students:

• IUPUI Faculty and Staff Central. A gateway to information from the registrar, academic policies, and more.
  
• Student Engagement Roster. A tool for providing constructive feedback to undergraduate students that is important in supporting student success.
  
• A Canvas Semester Checklist for IU Instructors. Pressbook with instructions for getting a Canvas course site ready for students, wrapping up a course, and submitting final grades.
• IU Canvas modules template. Apply the template to make it easy for students to navigate a large volume of content. More customized department or course module templates can be extremely useful.
  
• IU Teaching for Student Success: An Evidence-Based Approach, 2e. A free, online, asynchronous faculty professional development course.
• Center for Teaching and Learning. Advances excellence in teaching practices and professional growth among all members of the campus community to enhance student learning and success.
  • Event calendar
  • Feedback on teaching
  • Quick Video Guides on Teaching and Technology
    
  • Just-in-Time Course Design Resources
  • Subscribe to the CTL Happenings newsletter
  • Request a teaching or instructional technology consultation
• The Forum Network and the Teaching and Learning Resources. Learn about high-impact practices, links to centers around campus to assist you with specific needs, resources to enhance student learning, and more!

Where do you advertise to fill for adjunct faculty vacancies? Do you use PeopleAdmin Faculty Applicant Tracking System?

Please email feedback to etagelppA lehcaR.

All students, faculty and staff will be expected to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

We anticipate being back at full capacity for classrooms and the vaccine requirement will allow the university to lift most restrictions on masking and physical distancing this fall. The IUPUI academic calendar provides key dates for campus holidays, fall break, etc. If you or your faculty have concerns about being physically on campus in the fall because of an underlying condition or an inability to take the vaccine, use this this portal to submit accommodation requests.

• Next month, we will discuss use of Academic Analytics to support the awards process.

Reminder

• Register for the July 13 virtual session for Administrators' Update on the Promotion & Tenure Process.
  

• Faculty Affairs Guidance materials shared via IU Office 365: A repository of helpful information including how-to’s, when-to’s, and where-to’s.
  
• New Faculty Notes: Just-in-time monthly guidance to new faculty who cycle through New Faculty Orientation each year.
  
• Hiring Best Practices
  
• The Forum Network: An integrated coordinating structure that supports faculty collaboration and creativity.
  
• Faculty Crossing: A technology-rich collaboration space for faculty and teaching staff of all appointments. Part workroom, part café, the space provides a welcoming environment that promotes creativity and innovation. This space will reopen in the fall.