Getting Started
Our faculty support programs draw on research on what faculty find most helpful in advancing their work, including Robert Boice’s influential The New Faculty Member, which examines how the work patterns of new faculty who are highly productive researchers differ from those who take longer to get started. Here is a convenient summary of Boice’s findings: “The New Faculty Member.”
Other useful orientation pieces are “How to Prepare New Courses While Keeping Your Sanity” and Teach Better, Save Time and Have More Fun.
Principles of Instruction: Research Based Strategies that All Teachers Should Know is a short overview of active learning strategies supported by cognitive science research on how we learn.
The early career faculty resources provided by On the Cutting Edge are some of the best materials on the web. While this NSF-funded site focuses on Geoscience faculty, you will find outstanding resources on teaching, research and career development that are broadly useful.
Tips for New Faculty on Teaching from the Teaching Center at Washington University provides a set of resources conveniently coordinated with getting started at UA:
- Take Advantage of the Resources Available to You
- Before the Semester Starts: Course Planning
- Before Each Class Session or Office Hour
- During Each Class Session
- After Each Class Session
- Working with Students
- Recommended Reading
The University Center for Assessment, Teaching, and Technology is the place to start when considering resources here at UA.
The MERLOT Pedagogy Portal from California State University includes a wide range of materials on topics beginning with what to do in your First Day of Class
Additional Resource Links
These resources will help you find the best classrooms and make the best use of them.
These resources will help you connect with campus programs that can support you and your students.
- University Center for Assessment, Teaching and Technology
- Disability Resources Center (DRC) | See Universal Design for Learning
- Student Course Surveys
- University Libraries Resources for Faculty | Resources for Instructors
- University of Arizona Bookstores
- TurnItIn.com integrated with Dropbox tool in Desire 2 Learn (D2L)
- UA Libraries Copyright Guide for preparing course materials
- Interactive Fair Use Checklist
These resources will help you schedule your classes, coordinate online and extracurricular activities, and build your syllabus.
- UAccess Instructor Center | Training Guide (pdf)
- Academic Calendars
- General Catalog for: Administrative Drops, Class Attendance, Grades
- Proposing a New Course contact your curriculum coordinator for more information.
- Course Fees
- Field Trips (UHAP 7.04.03) | Contact FM Motor Pool for Vehicles
- Desire 2 Learn (D2L)
- Syllabus Policy
- Textbook Orders
- Fast Copy or UAHS BioCommunications for Class Notes
These resources will help you expand your online and in-class interactions with students.
- UA Box - Share Files and Collaborate with UA Colleagues
- Brand Resources: University Photos, Logos & Templates
- Clickers | About Clickers | How to use Clickers
- Desire 2 Learn (D2L)
- Gear to Go Center for Multimedia Equipment
- Panopto | Teaching with Techology Resources
- Qualtrics | Login to UA Qualtrics
- Software Licensing
- Specialty Hosted Websites for Faculty Members
These programs will ensure student success in the classroom and beyond.
These resources will help you expand your work with student engagement and online learning to design learning opportunities that meet the needs of all students.
These resources will help you integrate your teaching into your overall program of work.
- Writing a Teaching Philosophy - Advice and Models from the Center for Educational Innovation, University of Minnesota.
- Teaching Portfolio Resources
- Peer Review of Teaching Protocol
- Student Course Surveys
- Faculty Portfolio Reporting System
- Good Teachers Wanted, column by Mary Morris Heiberger and Julia Miller Vick
These programs are some of the ways we reward and support innovations in teaching.
These resources can help you consider how to respond to varied situations that come up in teaching.
- UA Code of Academic Integrity
- Student Code of Conduct
- FERPA: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
- Information for Instructors about Student Data
- Dean of Students: Academic Integrity and Student Conduct
- Title IX Prohibitions against Discrimination
- Grading Policy Manual
- UA Policy Prohibiting Public Posting of Final Grades
- UA Intellectual Property Policy
- Board of Regents Policy on Intellectual Property
- UA Academic Policies Index
- All University Policies