Each academic year, Evergreen welcomes a cohort to join the faculty. The Learning and Teaching Commons is delighted to welcome and orient faculty. Throughout their first year, new faculty participate in orientation sessions as their governance assignment. These sessions include:
- Intensive summer gatherings designed to support curriculum planning and design
- A series of workshops and campus spotlights during the academic year
- Online modules
- Celebrations and social activities
2024-2025 New Faculty Agenda
The new faculty convene during Monday governance hours (3:15-5:00) several times each quarter. Additionally, new faculty discuss matters of teaching well with their colleagues through participation in the seminars and workshops. Resources, links, and other useful information are available in the new faculty canvas group.
Gatherings located in Commons (SEM II E3123). Contact us at learningandteaching@evergreen.edu to arrange for zoom option.
Summer 2024
Fall 2024
| SEP 30 | Week 1 | Welcome and Check-in with Provost Coburn | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| OCT 07 | Week 2 | Office Hours: Narrative Evaluations | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| OCT 14 | Week 3 | Week 5 Check-ins & Academic Statements | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| OCT 28 | Week 5 | Difficult Dialogues in the Classroom and Beyond | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| NOV 04 | Week 6 | Fall Faculty social | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM |
| NOV 18 | Week 8 | Office Hours | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| DEC 02 | Week 9 | End-of-Quarter Debrief | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
Winter 2025
| JAN 06 | Week 1 | Winter Quarter Check-in | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| JAN 13 | Week 2 | Office Hour with John Caraher, Dean of Faculty | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| JAN 27 | Week 4 | Mapping and Pacing: Visioning Your Career Arc | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| FEB 03 | Week 5 | Supporting Neurodiverse Students and Students with Disabilities | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| FEB 10 | Week 6 | Winter Faculty Social | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM |
| FEB 24 | Week 8 | Office Hours with John Caraher, Dean of Faculty | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| MAR 03 | Week 9 | End-of-Quarter Debrief | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
Spring 2025
| MAR 31 | Week 1 | Winter Quarter Check-in | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| APR 07 | Week 2 | Office Hour with John Caraher, Dean of Faculty | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| APR 14 | Week 3 | Inclusive and Culturally Sustaining Teaching | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| APR 21 | Week 4 | Getting to Know Your Union | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| APR 28 | Week 5 | Thinking About Your Summer | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| MAY 05 | Week 6 | Spring Faculty Social | 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM |
| MAY 12 | Week 7 | Self-reflection: Setting the Stage for Teaching Portfolios and Self-evaluations | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
| MAY 19 | Week 8 | Paying it Forward: Advice for Next Year’s New Faculty | 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM |
New Faculty Summer Academy
Please plan to join us on campus for a week-long curriculum development and orientation academy June 24-28, 2024. (NOTE: An alternative event is available September 9-12, 2024. Contact us for details.)
AGENDA (JUN 24-28)
- MONDAY (6/24): Learning Experience Design: Starting with the learner
- TUESDAY (6/25): Learning outcomes & Assignment Design
- WEDNESDAY (6/26): Teaching Online, Seminars, & Narrative Evaluations
- THURSDAY (6/27): Building a Learner-centered Syllabus & campus tours.
- FRIDAY (6/28): Navigating Evergreen as a New Faculty Member
The activities Monday – Thursday will be an opportunity to plan your fall curriculum in the company of seasoned Evergreen faculty. Teaching partners are encouraged to attend.
SUGGESTED READINGS
Real Evergreen: An Educator’s Handbook (pdf): This extensive resource, compiled by Faculty Emeritus Joli Sandoz, offers first person accounts from faculty and staff illustrate the diverse experiences of Evergreen educators and learners. We encourage you to skim through this resource and read what interests you. If you are looking for some suggestions, we’ve compiled a list of articles below that provide a window into faculty life at Evergreen from the origin story to the present.
- The Five Foci of an Evergreen Education (1989) – p26
- Six Expectations of an Evergreen Graduate (2001) – p41
- Academic Organization and the Curriculum at Evergreen (1969) by Joseph Shoben – p38
- Arc of an Academic Quarter (2021) by Suzanne Simons – p136
- The Why of Narrative Evaluations (2004, with a 2021 Afterward) by Stephen Beck – p36
NOTE: If you are new to the Learning Management System, Canvas, please complete the Canvas Orientation for Faculty prior to orientation.
To confirm your participation and make travel arrangements, contact us at learningandteaching@evergreen.edu.
