Happy Holidays from the Academy
The Academy team wants to thank you for a great year! We wish you a successful finals week and semester wrap-up, happy holiday season, restful winter break, and look forward to seeing and working with you in 2023!
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Faculty-focused Subscriptions & Resources
The end of the semester is near, and winter break is right around the corner. We all need this opportunity to relax, recharge, and enjoy the holidays. It’s also a good time to reflect on the semester and take some time to focus on yourself, as the instructor. The fall semester starts with a fresh mind and ambitious ideas. Reality eventually sets in, and our own professional development takes a back seat to other priorities. So, during this holiday season we are “gifting” you with a reminder of some of the great faculty-focused subscriptions and resources that are available to all Harper instructors.
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Three Last-Minute Ways to Help Students with Citing
Do your students struggle to cite their sources? It may be late in the semester, but the Library has three quick suggestions you can use now to support to your students in this important task.
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Upcoming Info Sessions for NIU Doctoral Program
As part of Harper's commitment in our Strategic Plan to build institutional capacity to support diversity, equity, and inclusion, Harper is teaming with our NECSS partners (Districts 211, 214 and 220) to form a cohort for Northern Illinois University's Curriculum Leadership, Equity and Social Inquiry Ed.D. program. Information sessions will take place on December 12 and December 14. Learn more and register for a session.
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Register Now for Equity Dialogues in January
The first “Campus Conversations: Equity Dialogues” session will take place on January 11. The sessions are intended to afford Harper faculty and staff an opportunity to share meaningful conversations in small groups, centered around integrating equity into our daily work practices. The topic for the first session is “What does it mean to have an equity mindset?” Learn more and register by December 21.
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OER Grants Available
Through the Student Success Initiatives program, there are still funds available for Open Educational Resources (OER) Transformation Grants this year. Four types of OER grants are available to replace textbook/course material costs with OER or free/low-cost course resources.
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Spring Resources: Blackboard Course Template and More
Spring 2023 course shells are available in Blackboard. The Academy team has developed some resources to help you as you prepare for the Spring 2023 semester, including a Blackboard Course Template.
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Academy & Blackboard Support: How to Get Help
The Academy team is available on campus for drop-in support in Building F, Room F317, as well as available for remote support.
Not sure what to ask or where to start? We’re here for you! Just fill out the Academy Request Form, and an Academy team member will follow-up with you.
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Winter break is a great time to catch up on some professional development reading! The topic of the Library’s current Faculty Reads display is Serving Historically Marginalized Students. Stop by the display outside the Academy (F317) and grab a book, or check out ebooks you can access from anywhere. Disappointed you missed the past two displays (Wellbeing and Social Justice)? Links to materials from past displays as well as all current materials (print and ebooks) are listed on the Faculty Reads page.
Stop by the Harper College Art Gallery (Building C, Room C200) to see the work of our active studio art faculty. In addition to teaching, our faculty are dedicated to making and exhibiting their own work. Collectively, they represent a wide range of concept and material approaches. This biennial exhibition provides an important opportunity for art faculty members to share their work with students, colleagues, and the community.
Register now for a Spring 2023 Graduate Equivalency Course (GEC). All Harper College faculty (full-time and adjunct) can register for GECs at no cost. Learn more and register using the link above.
Use the links below to view important deadline and due dates from the Registrar's Office:
The full Spring 2023 Opening Week schedule will be posted shortly. In response to feedback from fall, there will be fewer overlapping sessions and more focused topics and shared opportunities.
Save the Date:
Wednesday, January 11
- 9-9:45 a.m. President's Address (continental breakfast before)
- 10-11 a.m. Breakout session – Campus Conversation: Building Community
Thursday, January 12
- 1-1:50 p.m. Division Meetings
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2-2:50 p.m. Department Meetings
Did you attend a professional development session focused on Interculturally-Competent Classroom Practices this semester? If so, don't forget to report your participation. Please use the link above to let the Teaching and Learning Strategic Goal Team know about a professional development experience which relates to intercultural competent classroom practices.
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General Education Assessments - Coming Spring 2023
Shared by the Learning Assessment Committee
Our General Education Learning Outcomes state that students should be able to “Use evidence to develop arguments, make decisions, and evaluate outcomes” at the time they graduate from Harper. During the Spring 2023 semester, the Learning Assessment Committee and its Critical Thinking Work Group will lead an assessment of the Critical Thinking outcome. Those of you who teach a course that maps to this outcome may be asked to participate in the assessment. Courses are selected at random and faculty members will be notified by their dean beginning January 2023. Be on the lookout for more information about this assessment in early spring.
Information Literacy Learning Outcome Update
A large-scale assessment of the Information Literacy outcome was conducted in 2019-2020. A follow-up assessment will be conducted during Spring 2023. Courses that are mapped to this outcome may be asked to participate. For more information or to get involved, please contact Deann Surdo at dsurdo@harpercollege.edu, 847.925.6356.
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The Professor Powell and Larry Moats Extra Five Minutes Faculty Award
The Professor Powell and Larry Moats Extra Five Minutes Faculty Award was created in 2012 by Larry Moats, a former member of the Harper College Board of Trustees and a Harper College Distinguished Alumni Award honoree, in memory of his Harper College mentor, Professor Robert Powell. Professor Powell was a founding faculty member of Harper College and a beloved English teacher and Dean of Liberal Arts. Harper students are asked to submit nominations to recognize teachers who have inspired them, given them extra time, and made a different in their lives.
Dr. Rita Gura, PT, DPT, Program Coordinator/Assistant Professor, Physical Therapist Assistant Program, is the 2022 award recipient. The Student Government Association chose Dr. Gura for her dedication that has gone beyond an instructor's expectations. Multiple students shared their gratitude for Dr. Gura, stating that "her dedication to students' learning is highlighted through her willingness to alter her curriculum to provide a simulated clinic during the Pandemic and by taking the time to address individual students' learning needs. She ensures a welcoming classroom environment and is available for her students outside of the classroom setting."
Congratulations, Dr. Gura, for being recognized by your students for the impact you are making in their lives.
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"A Memo to Students about Studying for Finals"
Perhaps your end-of-term assessments include final exams. If so, this memo to students about how to go about studying for them may ring true. Feel free to share it, or draft your own version utilizing some of these points, to share with your students before they begin their final exams preparation.
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Teaching Online Successfully: Register Now for Spring Courses
Register now for a Teaching Online Successfully course taking place this spring. There are three options to choose from based on your needs: Create, Facilitate, or Enhance. Each course is two weeks, fully online, 1 GEC, and there is no cost.
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Upcoming Professional Development Credit Opportunities |
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January 23 - March 17 (GECs: 3) register by: January 9
January 30 - February 12 (GECs: 1) register by: January 16
February 1 - March 8 (GECs: 3) register by: January 18
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What's Happening @ Harper? |
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Academy for Teaching Excellence | 847.925.6174 | Building F, Room F317
Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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The mission of the Academy for Teaching Excellence is to create a vibrant teaching and learning culture for full-time and adjunct faculty that cultivates professional development in support of student success. |
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Accessibility: Individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation or who have questions about physical access may contact the event host or Access and Disability Services at ads@harpercollege.edu, 847.925.6266, at least two weeks in advance of the event date.
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Harper College enriches its diverse communities by providing quality, affordable, and accessible education. Harper College, in collaboration with its partners, inspires the transformation of individual lives, the workforce, and society. |
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