Faculty Development Activities, 2008-2009

• Instructional technology and pedagogy workshops on the uses of online, audiovisual, and digital materials.
  
• Development of online and hybrid courses in critical languages.
  
• Pedagogy seminars on second language acquisition and related topics.
  
• Group discussions about teaching materials, curriculum, and classroom strategies.
  
• Individualized sessions in the language multimedia center.
  
• University-wide pedagogy forums: the Blackboard Institute, Writing Accross the Curriculum, and general education orientation.
  
• Off-campus workshops and seminars.

Language Pedagogy Seminars

• September 2nd, 10:30 am to 12 pm: Communicative strategies for the language class, Kara Rabbit, Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Atrium 258.
  
• October 2nd, 4 to 5:30 pm: Classroom management and class activities, Maiko Sato, Japanese language teacher, Passaic County Technical Institute. Atrium 258.
  
• October 29th, 3:30 to 5 pm: Using video and technology in the language class, Melda Yildiz, College of Education. Atrium 258.
  
• December 4th, 4 to 5:30 pm: Culturally sensitive approaches to language teaching, Jean Modig, World Languages supervisor, Fair Lawn School District. Atrium 258.
  
• Tuesday, February 10th, 3:30 to 4:45 pm: Reflections of ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines: ideas on how to implement them in the classroom, by Kara Rabbitt, Associate Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Atrium 258.
  
• Friday, February 27th, 9 am to 12 pm and 1 to 4 pm: Building Student Proficiency, Chantal Thompson. Student Center 209-211.
  
  Professor Chantal Thompson, pedagogy specialist in second language acquisition, will offer a full-day workshop on addressing student proficiency in every level of language teaching—from 110 courses to literature classes. A professor of French and African Literature, Professor Thompson builds upon her extensive experience as a certified ACTFL OPI tester and trainer to address pedagogical applications of ACTFL assessment. Coordinator of first-year language courses at Brigham Young University, Professor Thompson regularly provides workshops on developing student proficiency in such venues as the annual conference of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. This is a great opportunity to gain practical approaches to building our students’ written and oral proficiency at all levels.
  
  This event is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Critical Languages and the Department of Languages and Cultures. Any interested faculty and pre-service teaching candidates should RSVP to Agustina Carando, Director of the Center for the Study of Critical Languages, at carandoa@wpunj.edu .
  
  Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Location TBA.
  
• Thursday, March 26th, 3:30 to 4:45 pm: Technology in the Language Class, by Ming Jian, Professor of Chinese, Soulaiman Jendi, Professor of Arabic, and Agustina Carando, Director of Critical Languages. Atrium 258.
  
• Wednesday, April 15th, 12:30 to 2 pm: Teaching Hindi, by Herman van Olphen, from the Hindi-Urdu Flagship at University of Texas at Austin. Atrium 126.
  
• Thursday, April 23rd, 3 to 4:45 pm: Teaching Non-Roman Scripts, by Patrick McAloon, from the Chinese Flagship Program at Ohio State University. Valley Road Campus, rooms 1007-8. This workshop is part of the Teaching Asia Conference.
  
• Monday, May 11th, 3:30-5:00 pm: Teaching Arabic, Wafa Hassan, from the Arabic Language Instruction Flagship at Michigan State University. Atrium 258.
  

Additional Seminars at William Paterson University

• Thursday, November 13th, 12:30-1:45 pm (Paterson Room in the Library) Center for Teaching Excellence Forum, Improving Classroom Assessment Techniques (with Martin Gritsch, Barry Morganstern, and HSS's own Jim Hauser).
  
• Friday, November 14, 11:00-12:30 (Library Auditorium): Dr Ken Bain, Vice Provost for Instruction at MSU, Learning From the Best College Teachers: Successful teaching strategies and how they relate to assessment
  
• Monday, January 12th, Tuesday 13th, and Wednesday 14th: Writing Accross the Curriculum. To register, contact Jim Hauser at hauserj@wpunj.edu.
  
• Thursday, January 15th and Friday 16th: Blackboard Institute. To register, contact Denise Giummarra at giummarrad@wpunj.edu.
  
• Thursday, February 19th, 12:30 - 1:45 pm (Paterson Room in the Library)
  Center for Teaching Excellence Seminar, Teaching in Today's Social and Economic Conditions.