The Triad Rejuvenator lunch is intended to give Triads a gentle push to get back together at the beginning of the new year and set their meetings and goals for the semester. This year we will be hosting a drop-in lunch at the Faculty Centre. Please mark your calendars now and stay tuned for an official email invitation (and details on how to win prizes) in December.
It is officially mid-semester and the Triad mentor team wants you to know that if you’re struggling with what to do in your Triad or need help in any way, we are here for you!
Ask a Triad Mentor to take your Triad out for coffee for your next meeting.
To arrange, please send an email to jmyoung(at)mtroyal.ca with the name of your Triad members and the time of your next meeting. Please give us at least one week’s notice.
Sincerely,
This year’s Triad skit is posted on MRU’s breeze server. Enjoy!
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REGISTER HERE by August 22.
Working without a net?
Juggling too many things?
Come to triads for support!
Thursday August 25, 2011
9:00-1:00 at the Al-Azhar Shrine Centre in Calgary.
Coffee and lunch will be served.
If you are in a registered triad this year, you will have received a paper version of this invitation in your mailbox in December. (click image for a larger view) Please note refreshments will be served, and there will be a cash bar.
This is an optional team-building activity that is designed for your triad to complete at a meeting.
Triad members can print it, fill it out, and submit it (through campus mail to Janice Miller-Young, Dept. MPE, or by e-mail to jmyoung@mtroyal.ca) in order to enter a random draw for a prize, which will be awarded at the Triad Rejuvenator Event (Thursday January 13th, 2011).
The Deadline to submit your long form census is Friday December 17th, 2010 to be eligible for the draw.
A printer-friendly version can be downloaded here: Triad long census form.
What is/are the:
Total number of people in your Triad?
Total number of letters in your last names?
Total number of years teaching in post-secondary institutions?
Total number of known offspring/pets/plants?
Total distance of birthplaces to Calgary, (kilometers) as the crow flies?
Total number of degrees? (Academic, not Celsius)
Total number of languages spoken? (Extra points awarded for fluent Klingon speakers)
Total number of instruments played?
Total number of books in your offices?
Total number of words in your offices (audio, digital and print format?)
Total number of plants in your offices?
Total number of occupants in your offices?
Total number of wheels involved in your commute this morning?
Total number of conferences attended in the past 12 months?
Total number of sporting events attended in past 12 months?
Total number of arts events attended in past 12 months?
Total number of minutes spent in physical activity in the past week?
Total number of hours spent sleeping last night?
Total number of vegetables you can name in 2 minutes?
Total number of power-point slides used in the previous week?
Results from the census will be collated, sorted, analyzed, anonymized and reported.
*Completing the census is compulsory. Penalties for non completion are as follows:
FINES – anything you write will be just fine
SENTENCING – full sentences not required, point form will do
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Articles
The article that started it all! Here’s the article Mardy Roberts found that provided the genesis of triading. If you’d like to read it, Margy MacMillan has a copy:
Galm, John A.. Welcome to Post-Tenure Review. College Teaching; v33 n2 p65-67 Spr 1985.
A series of five self-study seminars, held by eight full professors of an English department for the purpose of post-tenure review and resulting in professional renewal and improved peer relationships, is described and discussed.
Louie, Belinda Y, et al.
Advancing the Scholarship of Teaching Through Collaborative Self-Study
The Journal of Higher Education – Volume 74, Number 2, March/April 2003, pp. 150-171
Self-study research is a mode of scholarly inquiry in which teachers examine their beliefs and actions as educators and explore pedagogical questions. A three-phase model of collaborative self-study research is offered as a framework for university faculty to engage in self-study for the purpose of improving teaching and creating new knowledge.
O’Meara, Kerry Ann 1971-
Believing Is Seeing: The Influence of Beliefs and Expectations on Posttenure Review in One State System
The Review of Higher Education – Volume 27, Number 1, Fall 2003, pp. 17-43
This study examines the influence of beliefs and expectations on the first year implementation of posttenure review in one state system. The findings indicate that beliefs and expectations concerning posttenure review’s origins, purposes, and usefulness, strongly influenced participants’ experience of the process, as well as posttenure review’s impact on professional development, performance, and retirement decisions.
Salvatori, Mariolina Rizzi
The Scholarship of Teaching: Beyond the Anecdotal
Pedagogy – Volume 2, Issue 3, Fall 2002, pp. 297-310
There are a number of books in the MRU Library that may be useful – such as:
Making Teaching Community Property by Pat Hutchins – Call number: LB 2838 H8 1996.
The Social life of Information by John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid – Call number:HM 851. B76 2000
The courage to teach : exploring the inner landscape of a teacher’s life by Parker J. Palmer – Call number: LB 1775. P25 1998
The wisdom of practice : essays on teaching, learning, and learning to teach by Lee S. Shulman – Call number: LB 1027. S475 2004
Creating significant learning experiences : an integrated approach to designing college courses by L. Dee Fink- Call number: LB 2331. F56 2003
ERIC documents also contain a lot of useful information on teaching – stop by the Information Desk in the library if you’re unfamiliar with searching the ERIC database.
