UCITE offers the following services. All individual
services offered to faculty are carried out only at the request
of the faculty member. The results are kept confidential and
are not shared with anyone except at the request of the faculty
member.
These services are offered free to Case faculty
but are contingent on the availability of time and scheduling.
If you are interested, please contact the UCITE office by phone
at 368-1224 or by email at ucite@case.edu.
- We can observe your class and provide you with feedback
on any specific issue with which you might be concerned.
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We can lead a discussion with your students
any time during the semester and provide you with feedback
to enable you to make any mid-course corrections that might
be desirable.
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We provide individual consultation on teaching
issues.
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We maintain a library of books and videotapes
that deal with teaching and faculty growth topics.
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We have a regular series of seminars and special
events dealing with teaching issues.
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We award grants for innovative teaching ideas.
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We organize workshops on special topics at
the request of departments.
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We provide advice and support on teaching
issues to other campus organizations.
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We can advise you on the videotaping of your
classes, with the tape given to you immediately afterwards.
You can choose to view the videotape yourself or discuss
it with us. We do not do the actual videotaping. For that
you need to directly contact Media
Vision. After they tape your classes and give the tape
to you, we will view it with you and give feedback.
- We conduct the annual orientation program for new faculty.
UCITE's Assistant Director Sarah de Swart will be available
to offer Case faculty individual coaching sessions on presentation
skills. Drawing upon her background in theater and radio, these
sessions will cover (depending on need):
- Presentation skills in the classroom, at conferences, and
at meetings
- Using skills from the theater to improve presentation
of self
- Lecture skills – using voice and body language for
best effect, effective positioning in classroom, and dealing
with 'stage fright'
- Improving vocal qualities: diction, pace, volume, breathiness,
repeated patterns of inflection
- Accent reduction
- Energy, gestures, immediacy, prosocial motivators, eye
contact
- Creating good first impressions
- Reducing classroom incivilities and managing critical
incidents
- Using PowerPoint to enhance rather than distract from
presentations
- Improving other communications skills such as listening,
meeting management, group dynamics, conflict resolution,
and difficult conversations
Once again, these individual coaching services are offered free
to Case faculty but are by appointment only and are contingent
on the availability of time and scheduling. If you are interested
in making an appointment with Sarah, please contact the UCITE
office by phone at 368-1224 or by email at ucite@case.edu, or
by contacting her directly at sarah.walleck@case.edu
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