OPPORTUNITIES FOR FACULTY & STAFF

Burkhouse Staff Development Center Workshops

The Department of Human Resources makes available each year over 40 workshops for faculty, staff and administrators on a variety of leadership-related topics including “dealing with difficult people,” “interpersonal communication,” “team building” and “transformational leadership.” Many of these workshops are free of charge for Miami employees. For more information, call 529-6409.

Alumni Teaching Scholars Faculty Learning Community

: Sponsored by the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, this program offers eight awards for tenure-track junior faculty members (2nd through 5th year at Miami) to enhance their interest in and commitment to teaching through a two-semester series of seminars, retreats and conferences, a teaching project, course teaching portfolios, and association with an experienced faculty mentor. A one-course release is provided for one semester and up to $200 for teaching projects.
For more information, contact Dr. Milt Cox.

Center for Community Engagement (Miami University-Middletown)

The CCE is an energetic collective of interdisciplinary faculty and staff that fosters mutually productive partnerships between the campus and surrounding communities to enhance the University curriculum’s emphasis on service learning and community engagement and ensure the intellectual and economic health of both the campus and the surrounding communities.
For more information, contact Eric Melbye.

Department Chairs Community Enhancing Leadership and Productive Change

Sponsored by the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, this program provides eight awards for department chairs or regional campus area coordinators. Participants exchange information and document the collective wisdom and best practices; provide a support system for academic leaders; introduce possibilities for leading colleagues in the enhancement of teaching, scholarship, and service; and develop and implement individualized leadership development plans. Each participant receives up to $500 for professional expenses related to teaching and learning. For more information, call 529-9266.

Hanna House Leadership and Service Library

is a contemporary collection of leadership and service books and resources housed in Hanna House, home of the Office of Community Engagement and Service. These resources are also listed on Miami’s library database. For more information, visit Hanna House or call 529-2961.

Topic-Based Learning Communities for Faculty

Sponsored by CELT, each topic-based learning community is yearlong and has a curriculum designed to address a special campus teaching and learning need, issue, or opportunity. Faculty and professional staff members propose topics to the FLC program director, who then advertises a call for applications across the university. These FLCs offer membership to and provide opportunities for learning across all faculty ranks and cohorts plus appropriate professional staff. A particular topic-based faculty learning community ends when the campus-wide teaching opportunity or issue of concern has been satisfactorily addressed. Funding for professional expenses related to teaching and learning varies by community.
For more information, call 529-9266

Off-Campus Opportunities

American Council on Education

offers a variety of leadership programs for administrators in higher education.
http://www.acenet.edu

FindaSeminar

is a national seminar information service.
http://findaseminar.com/

Higher Education Leadership Forum

is an annual forum for faculty and administrators to learn from information technology experts.
http://chronicle.com/leadershipforum/

Mid-Miami Valley Leadership Program

provides regular workshops and programming for adults.
http://thechamberofcommerce.org/leadership.asp

Kellogg Leadership Conference

is a yearly conference held at Northwestern University.
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/leadershipConference/