Orientation Programs for New Academics
Your colleagues from your Faculty, School or Department will be important sources of information for all those day to day things you need to know as a new academic. Apart from this, there are two types of centrally organised orientation programs. They have different focuses so you should plan to come to both.
The UTS Human Resource Unit offers an orientation to UTS for all new UTS staff members four times each year. It includes information about the university and a morning tea where you can meet senior staff members. For further information please contact Staff Services staffservices@uts.edu.au or phone 9514-1060.
IML orientation days
IML offers an orientation day for academic staff twice each year - in February and July.
Being an academic at UTS
10:30am-12:00pm, Thursday 24 July 2008
Market session on making connections and Lunch
12:30pm-1:30pm, February 2009 - date tba
Designing, assessing and evaluating subjects
1:30pm-4:30pm, Friday 25 July 2008
Learning and teaching in tutorials and lectures
9:30am-12:30pm, February 2009 - date tba
A brief introduction to UTSOnline and its use at UTS
1:30pm-3:00pm, February 2009 - date tba
All workshops are held in IML rooms 2715 or 2713, Level 27, Tower Building, City Campus
RSVP for handout and catering purposes: Enza.Mirabella@uts.edu.au or phone 9514 1669.
Orientation day schedule
- Being an academic at UTS
- 'Market session' and Lunch: Make connections with people who can provide support for staff and students
- Learning and teaching in tutorials and lectures
- Designing, assessing and evaluating subjects
- A brief introducation to UTSOnline
Being an academic at UTS
This session is part of the development program for academics who are new to UTS. In it we'll be discussing how you can make the most of the program to survive being a new staff member and develop and advance your academic career. We will try to help you to make connections between the development program, your own goals and work plans and the processes of tenure, probation and promotion. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to discuss issues and ask questions.
'Market session' and Lunch: Make connections with people who can provide support for staff and students
Successful new academics tend to seek out and get to know useful contact people across the university. This 'market session' is your opportunity to meet and ask individual questions of people who provide help for your academic work and/or for your students. These include representatives from the following UTS units, centres, schools and service groups:
- Research & Innovation Office
- University Graduate School
- ELSSA Centre
- Maths Study Centre
- UTS Library
- Student Services Unit
- Planning & Quality Unit
- Equity & Diversity Unit
- Information Technology Division
...as well as other relevant groups will be present to chat with you, answer individual questions and provide information about their services for staff and/or students.
Learning and teaching in tutorials and lectures
In this workshop we will explore ways of starting off well with your students and encouraging effective learning and teaching from the beginning of semester in lectures and tutorials. The session will include a balance of responses to your questions, interactive discussion, and input from research on good teaching and learning at university. This session is open to new and ongoing academics and casuals.
Designing, assessing and evaluating subjects
This workshop is for academics who are co-ordinating a subject at UTS for the first time and for others interested in discussing and refreshing their understandings of subject and assessment design in the context of UTS policies and procedures. We will discuss ways of designing subjects and assessment to encourage student learning and resources available for subject outlines, assessment, groupwork and learning support.
A brief introduction to UTSOnline
UTSOnline is the university's online course management system. UTSOnline is now being utilised in the large majority of subjects being taught across the university to support students in their learning. In this short session the most significant uses and features of UTSOnline will be introduced within the context of a discussion about effective and practical uses, and what you'll need to know to start using it.