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New Faculty Academy

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:

  1. Intensive summer gatherings designed to support curriculum planning and design
  2. A series of workshops and campus spotlights during the academic year
  3. Online modules
  4. Celebrations and social activities

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.

Faculty joining Evergreen during the 2024-2025 academic year are invited to join the New Faculty Summer Academy (details below). For more details about the New Faculty Academy, please contact us.

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.