Faculty Resources
2022-2023
The Moving Beyond the Discussion Board: Apps, Digital Tools, and SRS Inside and Outside the Classroom Faculty Development Community sought to investigate a broad range of tools to help keep NSU faculty on the cutting edge of digital interaction with our students, colleagues, and campus community and to support and educate faculty members who know that these systems exist, but don’t know where or how to begin deploying them. We have created “Quick Guides” for these tools, offering a contact person for each resource, video walkthroughs to help colleagues set up accounts and begin deploying tools, and in-person workshops. Crucially, this FCD sought to equip NSU faculty with resources that are not limited to the classroom. These apps, tools, and systems can certainly support more engaging, interactive, and innovative pedagogies, but also can help professors network with colleagues on committees, support graduates with job placement, and generate new modes of interaction across campus.
FDC Deliverables
We have produced two kinds of deliverables: PDF “Resource Guides” and “Video Walkthroughs”. The Stream URL links for the Video Walkthroughs are listed below.
PDF Resource/Quick Guides
Canva Quick Guide
Flip Quick Guide
Kahoot Quick Guide
Nearpod Quick Guide
Padlet Quick Guide
Perusall Quick Guide
PollEverywhere Quick Guide
Video Walkthroughs
Discord Walkthrough
Kahoot! walkthrough.mp4
Nearpod walkthrough.mp4
Perusall Quick Guide.mp4
Packback Video Walkthrough.mp4
FDC Members
Dr. Sean Bartley – Facilitator
Assistant Professor of Theatre History
bartleys@nsula.edu
Dr. Lilly Berberyan
Assistant Professor of English
berberyanl@nsula.edu
Dr. Haley Blount
Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance
blounth@nsula.edu
Dr. Maryanne Candley
Assistant Professor of Social Work
candleym@nsula.edu
Professor Jonathan Clayton
Instructor of Photography
claytonj@nsula.edu
Professor Leah Forsyth
Assistant Professor of Music
forsythl@nsula.edu
Dr. Kathryn Gentry
Assistant Professor of Education
gentryk@nsula.edu
Our interdisciplinary Faculty Development Community (FDC) focused on workforce readiness. Our goal was to support academic programs’ efforts toward preparing NSU students for work and graduate/professional school. Faculty from Engineering Technology, Psychology and Addiction Studies, and Creative and Performing Arts developed a template with case studies that illustrate the ways in which departments currently foster, and could further enhance and sustain, the pipeline through which students gain awareness, knowledge, skills, and experiences that make them workforce ready.
FDC Deliverables
Our Workforce Readiness FDC’s deliverables included a Self-Assessment tool (fillable PDF) to aid academic programs endeavoring to understand and enhance their on-going efforts to prepare students for successful entry into work and graduate/professional school. Each academic department employs strategies to promote awareness and workforce readiness among three cohorts of students (future students, current students, and alumni). Furthermore, each academic program has its own unique strengths, challenges, opportunities, and threats. Our self-assessment tool is intended to foster self-reflection which will help these academic departments/programs to identify what is working well in their unit and what are their opportunities for growth.
Our FDC’s second deliverable is a PowerPoint slide deck that was presented at the 2023 NSU Research Day. In this presentation, we define workforce readiness and illustrate a continuous improvement pathway that academic programs can follow to ensure that a Northwestern State University education is personal, valuable and impactful.
Workforce Readiness PrintReady_FINAL_April_6_2023 – Copy.pptm
FDC Members
Steven Gruesbeck, MS, NCC
Executive Director, NSU Healthcare Acamic and Career Exploration (ACE) Project
Director, NSU Service-Learning
Instructor, Department of Psychology and Addiction Studies
sgruesbeck@nsula.edu
318.357.5911
Charles R. King, Ph.D., LAC
Interim Department Head and Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Addiction Studies
Dr. Francisco A. Silva Endowed Professorship Recipient
kingc@nsula.edu
318.357.4643
Nabin Sapkota, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Technology
sapkotan@nsula.edu
318.357.5032
Pia Wyatt, M.F.A.
Professor of Theatre and Dance and Associate Director of Theatre and Dance, The Dear School of Creative and Performing Arts
KCACTF Region VI Past Co-Chair
wyattp@nsula.edu
318.357.5742
Our workplace has gone through profound changes in recent years, and the increase in burn outs and sick leave usage shows a need to establish clear boundaries in our lives and make conscious efforts to pause. Learning to take a break from our area of expertise, exploring new avenues, and connecting with others are key to overall well-being, symmetry, and temperance of character. These qualities help to re-energize faculty teaching and research, as well as model a healthier life-work balance for students.
This Faculty Development Community sought to discover and compile all that Natchitoches and NSU have to offer as opportunities to try something new with no strings attached, recruited faculty and staff members who were up to this challenge, and helped to organize a Faculty Show that celebrated our efforts in this challenge.
FDC Deliverables
https://nsula-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/g/personal/lemoinef_nsula_edu/EWxGs9iDn0NDkmEadnI11rUBEoFkLJw7IC61u1_ifHyTqA?e=AGYm8A
GREEN LIGHT CHALLENGE.mov (sharepoint.com)
FDC Members
Malena McLaren: mclarenm@nsula.edu
Christine Ferrell: ferrellc@nsula.edu
Rebecca Macijeski: macijeskir@nsula.edu
Cynthia Doffitt: doffittc@nsula.edu
Phyllis Lear: lear_p@mac.com
Kathy Autrey: autrey@nsula.edu
James Mischler: mischlerj@nsula.edu
Leslie Gruesbeck: gruesbeckl@nsula.edu