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2018 Retreat Session Materials

Legal Overview

Jaime Hammer, AU General Counsel provided a brief legal update and shared the following links.

• Discrimination or Harassment Based on Protected Class Reporting Form
• Office of Accessibility – Faculty Resources
• Auburn Cares Reporting Website
• General (Non-Academic) Incident Report:
• Concerning Student Behavior Reporting Form

In case of emergency, dial 911 for emergency services

Session Topics

Building Diverse Candidate Pools and Inclusive Departmental Culture

In this session, led by Associate Provost for Inclusion and Diversity Taffye Clayton, colleagues will explore evidence-based strategies for recruiting diverse candidate pools along with additional approaches for amplifying inclusion in departmental culture.

Elevating Your Departmental Brand

This session is designed to help identify and evaluate opportunities and best practices within your (department), and develop strategies for raising awareness and reaching current and new audiences, using faculty, students, and other resources, to achieve greater results.

Facilitating Research: Integration and Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Jennifer Kerpelman, Interim VPR, will lead this interactive session related to opportunities for supporting our faculty in integrating research into faculty work, including opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration.

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Innovative Ways to Recognize & Support Faculty Work

Diane Boyd, Director of the Biggio Center, will lead a generative discussion of evidence-based, high-impact and low-cost strategies for recognizing and rewarding faculty work including mentor development, building durable, reliable peer-feedback networks, and creative support for the integration of teaching and research. Participants will share their best practices for creating a recognition-rich culture.

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Institutional Research Resources for Deans and Chairs

Drew Clark, Director of the Office of Institutional Research, will lead colleagues in learning more about institutional data resources and their potential uses in decision-making processes.

The Strategic Budgeting Process at Auburn University

Amanda Malone, Director, Provost Budget Services, will lead participants in crowd-sourcing budget questions and providing information regarding our most frequent budget concerns, including prioritizing hiring dollars, central unit support, and funding graduate students.

University-Wide Learning Research Questions: Engaging the SCORE

The SCORE (Student Core Outcomes and Readiness Evaluation) is a newly launched pre-graduation expectation that requires students to take a one-hour assessment associated with a Core Curriculum student learning outcome. During this session Megan Good, Director of Academic Assessment, will 1) share a brief history of general education assessment at Auburn that led to the creation of the SCORE, 2) provide general details about the operational aspects of the SCORE, 3) ask participants to interpret real preliminary SCORE data, and 4) create at least one idea for improving learning in undergraduate education at Auburn.

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