1. Adjunct, newbies, and non-tenure track faculty – oh my!
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PRESENTED BY BEN WOLFE & STEVE WERNINGER
KU EDWARDS CAMPUS ACADEMIC & FACULTY SUPPORT CENTER
Adjunct, newbies, and non-tenure track faculty – oh my!
Overcoming the challenges of faculty support at the KU Edwards Campus

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Welcome & Objectives
Identify strategies to improve part-time lecturer, non-tenure track faculty, and new faculty engagement and learning.
Discuss examples and best practices that broaden participation of new faculty and part-time lecturers.
Evaluate your institutional approach to engaging new faculty and part-time lecturer onboarding and identify gaps and roadblocks preventing their participation.

3. OUR JOURNEY FIRST STEPS Branch campus
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OUR JOURNEY
Branch campus
Absence of faculty support structure
Performed annual faculty orientation, very low attendance
No formalized faculty development offering
FIRST STEPS
Creation of the Academic and Faculty Support Center (2015)
Implementation of small Faculty Steering Committee
Improved Faculty Development Offerings
Organization and Effort toward Faculty Development offerings tailored to non-tenured track faculty
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Gaining Momentum
Enrollment Growth approaching 11% in the Spring semester, with increasing 2YC and non-traditional students
A number of new programs has expanded the number of resident faculty and faculty types on our campus
Leavenworth Campus provides an opportunity to expand our offerings to a unique military audience with differing timelines and demands

5. Take A Moment: Who are the target faculty audience?
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Who are the target faculty audience?
What are their motivations?
What are the differences in demands by traditional tenure-track faculty, non-tenure track faculty, part-time faculty, academic staff, etc.?
What are the challenges and barriers to engaging multiple faculty types?
Take A Moment:

6. OUR LEARNING EXPERIENCE:
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OUR LEARNING EXPERIENCE:
RESEARCH
Balancing workforce focused programs and teaching faculty within a research-focused university.
RECOGNITION
Moving toward a more inclusive “all faculty” climate and culture.
ONBOARDING
Addressing the gap in onboarding for part-time lecturers in need of basic classroom skills and resources.
ACCESS
Recognizing and offering access to meet the needs of part-time faculty.

7. New Faculty Orientation
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What We Offer
New Faculty Orientation
Moved to an evening session with light dinner that will allow access to most of whom we attract as faculty.
Developed a comprehensive faculty handbook to highlight necessary policy, how to access resources, and example canned syllabus language.
Embed Faculty Development into orientation to cover classroom management, new technologies, and pedagogy.

8. Faculty Development What We Offer
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What We Offer
Faculty Development
Lunch & Learn sessions with light snacks. This is an effective time to reach resident faculty.
Added distance connections to increase access to those who can participate remotely.
Relevant content developed from faculty feedback with primary focus on needs and interest of teaching faculty. Topics include everything from LMS tools, instructional strategies, alternative course delivery, and emerging trends in Higher Ed.
Building academic community amongst faculty through annual Faculty Convocation.

9. Faculty Growth & Succession Training
5/17/2018
What We Offer
Faculty Growth & Succession Training
Creation and Implementation of an Academic Program Leader Academy. We focus on developing leadership, administrative, and supervisory skills.
Addresses the challenges of managing an academic program from a distance, with governance residing on the main campus.
To provide community and development opportunities for “lone wolf” faculty.
Build the next group of administrative leaders for the campus.

10. Evaluation and Assessment
5/17/2018
What We Offer
Evaluation and Assessment
Survey and Assess every offering provided by our department to seek quality feedback from those we’re seeking to engage.
What better method to determine if we’re providing the content that is needed and in the format most desired?

11. Evaluate you own situation
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Evaluate you own situation

12. 5/17/2018
WHERE WE’RE HEADED
DISTANCE: Working diligently to increase engagement of distance learners, streamed offerings by partner departments, and access to recorded offerings.
DEVELOPMENT: We’re actively working with several campus departments to develop a Master Teacher program with focus on part-time faculty needs.
DIRECTION: Working collaboratively with key departments across all campuses that are critical to our growth and success:
Vice Provost for Faculty Development
Center for Teaching Excellence
Center for Online and Distance Learning

13. Questions? QUESTION & ANSWER Benjamin Wolfe, PhD Director
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QUESTION & ANSWER
Questions?
Benjamin Wolfe, PhD
Director
Academic and Faculty Support Center
Steve Werninger
Academic Technologist & Faculty Coordinator
Academic & Faculty Support Center

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