Faculty Development Information

Workshops on Teaching, Scholarship, Service and Career Planning

• Center for Faculty Development - Workshop calendar

Campus Events

• If you are not receiving an "SJSU This Week" email every Monday, please visit the site  to sign up for this service to help keep you apprised of university events and important dates

• SJSU Events Calendar

• Spartan Daily SpartaGuide (check newspaper daily)

• Campus Reading Program Events

• School of Music & Dance Concert Schedule

• Center for Literary Arts Schedule

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Teaching Resources

• Teaching & Learning Resources from the Center for Faculty Development

• Teaching Ideas from Some COB Faculty (pdf)

• Books (some may be available in the Ctr for Faculty Development in the IRC building, 2nd floor)

  • Free online resource by Professor Joe Hoyle with lots of tips that can be immediately implemented

  • McKeachie's Teaching Tips 

  • What the Best College Teachers Do 

  • Advice for New Faculty Members 

  • The Compleat Academic - A Career Guide 

  • Effective Grading 

• How to Speak: Lecture Tips from Patrick Winston of MIT (short videos)

• Teaching and Learning Information from Carleton College 

• Harvard Business Review  - Get free access to cases and notes by registering at the educator link at that site

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Student Success Information

• Student retention informationfrom Penn State

• SJSU NSSE data

• Benchmarks of Effective Educational Practice (from NSSE) - please read - great info!

• Promoting Student Success - What Faculty Members Can Do (pdf) (NSSE)

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Retention, Tenure & Promotion (RTP) Information

• Teaching & Learning Support Opportunities from the Ctr for Faculty Development

• Office of Faculty Affairs

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Lecturer Information

• Annual evaluation information

• Office of Faculty Affairs

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Research/Scholarship Information & Opportunities

• Be sure people know you exist and what your areas of expertise are:

  • Experts Database - be sure you are listed

  • Have a website and keep it current

  • Participate in activities of your professional/academic association

  • Submit your publications and presentations to be noted in the College of Business Intellectual Contribution Newsletter.

• SJSU Behavioral and Applied Research Group

• Graduate Studies & Research Office  - guidance, resources, IRB and more

• Grant Information

• SJSU Research Foundation - Funding opportunities, workshops, and more

• King Library page with links to online research and other materials 

• King Library Database - PapersInvited - provides information on calls for papers and much more

• Lucas Research Grants - Check CoB events calender and blog of Lucas School Associate Dean for dates - Click here for list of recipients for 2006-2012 (for more information ask these recipients about their work)

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Service Opportunities

There are many opportunities for service on and off campus. For off-campus opportunities, consider the professional organizations you belong to. For on-campus:

• Serve as faculty advisor to a student club

  • COB Student Clubs

• Serve on an Academic Senate Committee:

  • Academic Senate

  • Committee Information

  • Let the COB Committee on Committees representative - Shailaja Venkatsubramanyan (shailaja.venkatsubramanyan@sjsu.edu) know of your interest in serving on a committee.

• Ask your Department Chair about service opportunities in the department and college.

• Chairing a committee? Check out Marlene Turner's guide to being an effective committee chair

• Look for campus activities, such as strategic planning forums, COB's Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship events, reading discussion groups, Educated Person brown bags, and other events where you can interact with students and employees.

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Family and Living Support

• Higher Education Recruitment Consortium - a variety of information including job leads a family member moving to the area may be interested in.

• On-campus faculty and staff housing

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Questions? Contact Professor Annette Nellen - Director, COB Faculty Development: 4-3508 or email to Professor Annette Nellen at annette.nellen@sjsu.edu