New Faculty Orientation

New Faculty Orientation
Grand Rapids Community College
Dillon Carr, Deb Vilmont, Christina McElwee

Welcome New Faculty • Introductions
• New Faculty Program (Orientation and
Institute)
Agenda
Morning Afternoon
• Noon – Lunch
• 9:15 a.m. – Introduction
• 1:00 p.m. – Blackboard Session – Tony
• 9:30 a.m. – Ice-Breaker
Dykema-VanderArk (351 Main)
• 9:45 a.m. – Teaching Strategies
• 2:30 p.m. – Preparing for the First
• 10:30 a.m. – Break
Day/Semester (308 Main)
• 10:45 a.m. – Panel Discussion
▫ Attendance
▫ Best and Worst Discussion (Deb)
▫ Syllabus (Dillon)
▫ FPE (Christina)
Brief History of GRCC •Founded in 1914 by GR Board of
Education as GR Junior College
•Began with 8 faculty teaching rhetoric

and composition, mathematics, history,
biology, physics, Latin, and German
•Redistricted in 1991 to include all 20

districts within the Kent Intermediate
School District. Became Grand Rapids
Community College
When and Where
GRCC offers a variety of Main Campus, DeVos Campus,

courses throughout the year, Lakeshore Campus, Tassell M-
in three modalities (in-seat, TEC (Michigan Technical
online, hybrid), throughout Education Center), and in
the day, evening, and several high schools.
weekends.
Who We Serve... -14,465 credit students enrolled Fall
2016*
-Fall 2017
~230 Full-time faculty
~475 Adjunct faculty
~400 Support staff
~90 Administrators
~50% of credits are taught by full
time faculty
*http://www.grcc.edu/irp
What We Do...
• Is captured by the GRCC

Values
How We Do It...
• Is captured by the GRCC Ends and Strategies

▫ Ends and Strategies Online
Why We Do It...
• Is captured by our mission…

▫ GRCC is an open access college that
prepares individuals to attain their
goals and contribute to the community
Faculty Do This
Through...
▫ Teaching
▫ College Service (Including
Community Service)
▫ Student Service
▫ Professional Development
Ice Breaker
Teaching Strategies Despite a growing body of research on
teaching methods, instructors lack a
comprehensive resource that highlights
Filling the Gap and synthesizes proven approaches.
Each chapter in this book:

● Describes an approach & lists essential
features and elements
● Reviews findings from the research literature
● Describes techniques to improve
effectiveness
Lecture Method
“Studies demonstrating that lectures are not effective have relied typically on traditional, full class lectures.
Recent research suggests that there are ways to make lectures more active and thus improve learning,”
• Guided Note -Taking

• Lecture Bingo
Peer Teaching
“There is abundant research suggesting that students believe that reciprocal peer
teaching improves learning and some evidence that it actually does improve learning.”
➔ Gallery Walk
Academic Games
“Findings from studies seem to indicate that students simply like games and they find
them effective for their learning.”
➔ Crosswords
➔ Trivia
➔ Quizlet https://quizlet.com/class/4113345/
➔ KAHOOT https://getkahoot.com
Writing to Learn
“Research shows that the following writing strategies improve student learning: Pre-
work writing activities, teacher-assigned writing structure, writing that connects
content to student’s life experiences, and giving and receiving feedback on their
writing.”
➔ Graffiti Boards
➔ Yesterday’s News
Reflection
“Metacognitive reflection activities provide a vehicle for students to think about

thinking. To make connections with prior experiences, clarify learning, make plans for
learning, document the learning process, use active recall and identify successes,
failures and growth in learning.”
➔ Visible Opinion Polls https://www.polleverywhere.com/
➔ Four Corners
Points to Remember
Practice,
Learning Style
Engagement or
Differences Five Time Rule
Long-term
Break – 15 minutes
Next up:
● Panel Discussion
● Lunch
● Blackboard Session
● Preparing for the First Day/Semester
Next Meetings:
● September 21 - 9:00 am - 12:00 pm - 308 Main
● October, November, December Dates/Times
Other Upcoming Trainings
● Opening Day
● FPE Training - Tuesday, August 28 from 9-10
● FPE Training - Thursday, August 31 from 9-10
● CTE Open House - First week of classes

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New Faculty Orientation

Grand Rapids Community College

Dillon Carr, Deb Vilmont, Christina McElwee

▫ Best and Worst Discussion (Deb)

•Began with 8 faculty teaching rhetoric

•Redistricted in 1991 to include all 20

GRCC offers a variety of Main Campus, DeVos Campus,

• Is captured by the GRCC

• Is captured by the GRCC Ends and Strategies

• Is captured by our mission…

Each chapter in this book:

• Guided Note -Taking

“Metacognitive reflection activities provide a vehicle for students to think about

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