Step: Faculty Development and Research...back to top ^(75% Complete) |
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| Support faculty to grow in their discipline through research and scholarship, and professional engagement. | Completed | |
Progress Notes:- We have in place the infrastructure, support staff, and faculty necessary to support research as evidenced by our success in winning competitive awards and in peer reviewed publication.
- Faculty engage in local, state, national, and international forums that benefit from their knowledge and technical expertise.
- UAS provides research facilities to conduct scientific research and hands-on research experience for undergraduate students.
- Faculty Senate produced, disseminated, and published the faculty research guidelines
- The Faculty Development Seminar, established in 2005, provides peer led development for new faculty and staff.
- The Chancellor's Special Project Funds are awarded to faculty for projects that:
Extend student learning;
Promote student scholastics;
Improve regional processes or programs;
Encourage program development;
Provide measurable outcomes in high demand programs; retention rates; and enrollment.
- PITAAS provides project-based fellowships to faculty in areas of cultural standards.
- Wilson Endowment Funds are available for faculty professional development
- Over the course of the last several years, UAS has reallocated funds for the purchase of a building and $50.0 for research match to increase our capacity for natural resource research.
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| Encourage faculty to play active roles in professional organizations in their areas of expertise. | In Progress | |
Progress Notes:- Currently, UAS faculty have research projects that align with recommendations formulated by the US National Committee on IPY (us-ipy.gov/.) They include Southeast Alaska Monitoring Network for Science, Telecommunications, and Educational Research (SEAMONSTER) which provides for a “critical infrastructure, and technology” to transmit research data from field sites via a wireless network; Arctic Seals Population Structure which involves a predictability study of Arctic seals response to rapidly declining ice cover.
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| Assist faculty to secure funded opportunities for research, especially in service to state needs. | In Progress | |
Progress Notes:- The Vice-Provost for Research has 30 years of experience conducting research with the UA system, and provides mentoring and leadership to the growing number of Juneau faculty with research assignments.
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| Promote faculty research through inter-MAU collaboration and pursuit of research grants. | In Progress | |
Progress Notes:- Experimental Discoveries in Geoscience Education (EDGE) program, a collaboration with UAF’s Geophysical Institute, brings experiential learning to Alaska teachers by involving them in research with UAS faculty.
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| Provide coordinated instructional design and delivery resources for faculty and programs development. | Completed | |
Progress Notes:- Piloted online course evaluation in Spring 2005.
- Established faculty support web site: http://www.uas.alaska.edu/faculty_support/
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| Assist faculty in integrating technology into instruction that leads to enhanced learning. | Completed | |
Progress Notes:- Established regional Instructional Design Work Team. (2004)
- Established systematic adjunct faculty training.
- Provided high-end streaming synchronous and asynchronous software, Fall 2004.
- Earned national awards for the production quality of the educational content.
- Established ongoing web page development training for faculty and academic support staff (2003).
- By Fall 2003 over 90% of GER classes were actively using course web sites.
- UAS Online system established (1999) a course web site for every course section.
- Began video streaming UAS Live courses (2003).
- Electronic student portfolio, pilot in 2004.
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| Provide staff with opportunities for training and development. | In Progress | |
Progress Notes:- The University employee tuition waiver is a long standing employee total compensation benefit.
- Grants and Contracts training provided in August 2006 to staff and faculty to strengthen the research administration process. Nationally recognized experts in the field were brought in to provide the one-day training.
- Established ongoing web page development training for faculty and academic support staff (2003).
- UAS has institutionalized staff development day on campus. Day long training is provided with a new theme for content selected annually.
- The Certified Public Manager Program is designed to enhance the supervisory skills of public sector managers.
- Administrative Services provides specialized staff training in functional support areas related to Banner Finance, Procurement, Budget and Grants Administration, Banner HR and Personnel.
- Managers encourage active staff participation on campus and system work teams.
- Created regional Web Development Group (2001) to assist faculty and academic support staff develop departmental web sites.
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| Develop a performance appraisal system with a focus on setting goals and objectives that provide for future career development and professional success. | Completed | |
Progress Notes:- Supervisors are required to annually appraise the performance of their employees and to encourage professional development as well as continuing education.
- Implemented e-recruiting that will improve efficiency of filling student, faculty and staff positions.
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| Provide coordinate information technology instruction based on computing resources used for UA administrative and academic support. | In Progress | |
Progress Notes:- IT has developed systematic staff information technology training.
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| Assist and encourage all staff to integrate technology improvements into campus best business practices. | In Progress | |
Progress Notes:- Expanded hours of helpdesk in Spring 2002.
- Added video conference to UAS Live! Spring 2002.
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