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Effective teaching is at the heart of the School, part of the fabric of the Richmond experience. The resources provided below offer tips and tools for faculty training and improvement, along with links to forms and resources needed to teach and administer classes effectively.
Improving Instruction
The Innovations in Teaching framework defines teaching innovations along 14 dimensions. SPCS gives an annual Innovations in Teaching Award to an adjunct faculty member who demonstrates innovative teaching practices. Nominations for the annual award are generally due in early December.
Our Online Resources for Teaching & Learning have been collected by a committee of adjunct and full-time faculty, spearheaded by Bob Spires and John Zinn. This event is updated as new tools and resources become known and available.
Continuity of Instruction
The University has collected tips, resources and techniques for ensuring that students are able to continue making progress toward their degrees regardless of circumstances. Recent experience with the coronavirus pandemic reveals the importance of making a plan to continue instruction. The following summarizes primary recommendations:
Campus Emergencies
In the case of an active shooter: Run. Hide. Fight. University of Richmond Police recommend watching this video illustrating the value and effectiveness of this response to an active shooter on campus.
All campus emergency alerts are posted to alert.richmond.edu and sent by email to your Richmond account. Log in to BannerWeb to opt into emergency communication by phone and text to ensure speedy receipt of emergency communications.
Reminders
Faculty meetings are held early in the spring and fall semesters. SPCS Night and Commencement are held early in May.
You may wish to become a Safe Zone Ally to support LGBTQ members of the Richmond community.
If you are interested in additional employment opportunities at Richmond, visit SPCS job postings or the HR online jobs site.
Free and discounted professional development opportunities are available for all faculty; review the list on the Adjunct Resources page.
Daniel L. Hocutt, web manager and adjunct professor of liberal arts, published an article titled “SEO as Audience Analysis: Accounting for Algorithms in Content Strategy” in Technical Communication, the journal of the Society for Technical Communication (STC).
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Andrew Schoeneman, associate professor and chair of nonprofit studies, presented a paper titled “The Industrialization of Nonprofit Labor,” co-authored with Bob Spires, associate professor of education, at a panel during the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in Montreal.
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Bob Spires, associate professor of education, chaired a panel titled “The Neoliberal Nonprofit-Trapped in a Conundrum of Care” during the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in Montreal. In the panel, Andrew Schoeneman, associate professor and chair of nonprofit studies, presented “The Industrialization of Nonprofit Labor,” a paper he and Spires co-authored.
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Daniel L. Hocutt, web manager and adjunct professor of liberal arts, co-authored an article titled “Data Analytics for TPC Curriculum” in the FOCUS section of Programmatic Perspectives, journal of the Council for Programs in Technical & Scientific Communication (CPTSC).
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