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Celebrating Creative Teaching | Fall 2009 AAU Teaching Schedule
Thursday, August 27, 2009 | 8:00am—3:15pm
601 Brannan Street
Start the Fall semester by creating and strengthening connections with colleagues and exploring how to connect the real world of art and design with our teaching and students' learning. Registration is only open to current (Fall 2009) Academy of Art University faculty (online, onsite, and hybrid). Please register online by August 20.
Please click here to register online.
You may notice that we have changed the schedule and format of this semester's conference slightly. Please contact us at 415-618-3855 if you have any questions. |
Opening Session: Creative Teaching—Taking Cues From Our Students
P. Rachel Levin
Academy students have a lot to say about how it feels to be creative and how that feeling affects their work. As instructors, we help students translate those experiences into creative sensibilities they can apply in the workplace. In this session, we'll explore ways to apply our own creative sensibilities to our teaching practice.
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Survival Skills for New Teachers
Marian Shaffner
New instructors, welcome to the Academy! Get your questions answered in a fun and informative session. Find out what to do with class rosters after you've taken role, how to respond to typical student questions, and where to get help for yourself or your students. You will leave with tools, information and ideas to make your first semester more successful.
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Fostering Creativity in the Classroom II
Natasha Haugnes
View excerpts from three new videos featuring outstanding teachers of creativity from the Academy. Explore emerging topics in discussion with your colleagues, and generate specific classroom techniques for fostering creativity in your classrooms. (Note: videos featured are different from those shown at the Fostering Creativity in the Classroom '09 Spring Conference.)
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Four-Step Lesson Planning
Molly Flanagan
Planning for a three or six-hour class can feel daunting. Simplify the task by using a four-step model that's based on how people learn. Participants will experience the four steps and create lesson plans that both motivate and inform students, and give students opportunities to practice and apply what they've learned.
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Varying Your Approach to the Critique
P. Rachel Levin
There's no right way to critique. It depends on the constraints you're working under. The trick is to vary your approach in response to time, number and skill level of your students, type of assignment, and the learning outcomes for your course. In this session, we'll use case studies to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of several approaches to critiques.
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Teaching Tips and Techniques
Scot Crisp & Teri Crisp
In this hands-on workshop, practice ways to help make your class even more interactive and engaging. At any given moment you can use these techniques to find out if students are understanding the lesson. You will learn how to vary your approach to get results.
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The Art of Impassioned Teaching through Improv
Karen Hirst
Do you want your students to leave your class excited about learning? Practice improvisational acting techniques to learn students' names and interests on the first day of class, and to draw out the "quiet student." Engage in experiential activities that encourage risk taking and creativity.
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Pump Up Your Discussions: Advice from Storytellers, Filmmakers & Journalists
Jenny Michael & Kevin Koczela
Are your discussions pro forma or, worse, simply dull? Liven up your online and on-campus discussions with skills used by journalists and documentary filmmakers to solicit and foster honest conversation. Learn pointers and then be prepared to practice them in this hands-on seminar.
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The Nuts and Bolts of ESL at the Academy
Bob McDonald, Kate Griffeath & Jane Emley
The Academy's ESL Department is one of the largest in the world, but how does it work? Join our panel discussion and find out how to request and utilize an ESL support teacher, and how students are placed into ESL classes. Learn the answers to these and any other questions you may have.
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How to Be Safe on Campus
Mike Petricca
Learn what to do in an emergency and how to prevent crimes from occurring against our most precious commodity, our students. Find out where to go for help, either for yourself or for your students, if the need should arise. Leave with tools and ideas that will make your semester safer.
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Sustaining San Francisco: Academy Students Get Their Green On
Phil Hamlett
To paraphrase Al Gore, sustainability isn't just AN issue, it's THE issue. If you'd like to see what Academy students are doing to address the defining issue of our times, then you will enjoy this lively overview of various class projects and Academy initiatives.
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Online Resources for On Campus Classes
Cathy Corcoran, Ed.D & Mark Daugherty
Online Resources for On Campus Classes began several years ago as a project to house on campus syllabi and course outlines online. It became a campus-wide effort to enable better communication, and provide students and faculty with online access to other resources, such as handouts, visual materials, links and downloads. In Fall 2009, the resources are being expanded to allow faculty to enter their grades online, and to allow students to conduct their week 4 and end of semester course evaluations online.
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The Mother Art: Architecture as a Meta-Model for Teaching
David Kesler
Architecture has been called the "mother art" because it encompasses all aspects of visual expression: narrative (concept, analogy, and real life context), geometry (aesthetic elements), and planning (concrete constraints and considerations). In this session, David will demonstrate how to apply these principles to teaching in any discipline in the arts.
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Increasing Classroom Discussion: Helping Students Speak Up
Michael Shehane
Do you ever find it challenging to get students talking? Michael will share strategies he has found successful in teaching international students and supporting art and design classes. Experience techniques that you will be able to use right away to increase participation, enliven discussion, and build community.
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Online Student Writers: Who's Behind the Keyboard?
Anne Connors
Puzzled by the range of writing skills you see online? Learn more about your students—who they are, what you can expect from them, and strategies to help them get the most out of their writing experiences (including leveraging technology to offer them alternative assignments).
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An Alternative to "One-at-a-Time-Critiques"
Carol Nunnelly & Beth Sousa
This session, taught by veteran teachers from the Fashion, Foundations, and Animation departments, will showcase an alternative to the "one-at-a-time critique". Carol and Beth will demonstrate how to use a jigsaw critique in large and/or computer classes. As a participant, you’ll brainstorm how to apply the jigsaw in your own class.
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The Proofreading Symbols Project
Camille Andreacchi
If you are an instructor who wishes to know more about how you can support your students in developing career writing skills as they progress through your curriculum, this is the session for you! Faculty will become familiar with proofreading symbols and their use.
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Your Very Own Online Office
Jason Shaeffer
Did you know that all Academy staff and faculty can have their own Online Office? Online offices are perfect for meetings and cut travel time. They have conference calling, web-cams for video, document sharing, chatting, and more. In this session you'll learn how to request an online office, or use the office you already have.
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Wellness 101: Supporting Art Education with Health Instruction
Sarah Jones
Our students must learn how to perform under pressure, manage time, develop skills, tap into their talents, form goals, and care for their bodies just as an athlete would. Learn how the Department of Recreation Sports and Wellness will assist you in creating an optimal training environment for your artists.
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Technology Show & Tell: Tricks & Tips for Online Teaching
Jenny Michael & Kevin Koczela
Want to pick up some technical tricks to enhance your online class? This workshop reviews new tools in the online system and presents our favorite strategies for working more creatively and efficiently online. Have great ideas to share? You'll have the chance: show us yours, and we'll show you ours!
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Quick Tips to Address Plagiarism in Student Writing
Troy Williams
Plagiarism annoys teachers and, creates poor professionals. This workshop will teach techniques for identifying plagiarism in student writing and for deciding how to address the problem with the student. We will also discuss plagiarism outside of written work. The workshop is primarily for art & design and liberal arts teachers.
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Camille Andreacchi has an MA in Linguistics, an MA in TESOL, and a BS in Education. She has worked at the Academy for five years teaching ESL, Liberal Arts, and on-line classes. For the January 2008 Faculty Development Conference, she presented the round-table discussion, Teaching in the Multi-Level Classroom. Currently, she is working with the Proofreading Symbols Project and combining efforts with CASE to provide a grammar workshop and club for AAU students.
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Anne Connors has been a teacher and teacher trainer at various institutions around the globe, including Feng Chia University in Taiwan, Geneva Business Institute in Switzerland, and the American Language Institute at SFSU. She has an MA in TESOL from SFSU, a BA in Linguistics from the University of Geneva, and a BA in English from CSU Chico. She is currently an online ESL instructor, an online ESL support instructor, and coordinator of the Online Writing Lab.
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Cathy F. Corcoran, Ed.D, is the Academy's Vice President of Academic Administration. She graduated from the Ed.D program in Organization and Leadership at USF's School of Education in 2008. Cathy also holds an MA in Women’s Studies, and a BA in English and French, from University College Dublin, Ireland. Cathy has presented on topics in education at events such as the Hawaii International Conference on Education and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges Academic Resource Conference. Cathy is a member of the American Education Research Association, the American Association of University Women (Treasurer, SF Branch), and Phi Delta Kappa International (USF Chapter).
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Scot Crisp graduated from the University of Oregon with a BA in Theater Arts and has an MA from SFSU in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. Scot is an English language instructor and faculty developer, who has taught in San Francisco, at Sonoma State University, and abroad. Scot is also an actor, having acted on both coasts and in Europe. Scot has been an instructor at the Academy since 2005 and joined Faculty Development in 2007.
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Teri Crisp is a Lecturer in the College Writing Programs at UC Berkeley, and an ESL support instructor at the Academy. Her courses encourage collaborative research and writing on social justice conflicts, art, and ecology. She received an MA in International Studies from the University of Washington and did PhD coursework in Education at Berkeley, where she received an Outstanding Teaching Award. As a certified teacher trainer, she has led TESOL instructor training programs in Prague and Hong Kong.
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Mark Daugherty, Associate VP of Online Development, manages a talented team of designers, software engineers, and project managers in developing the Academy's Art and Design eLearning platform. He has developed custom eLearning platforms for multiple universities in the Bay Area. Mark has worked in the design and technology industry for over 17 years, and his experience includes: print design, digital audio/video production, motion graphics, web/media interactive, information architecture, user interface design/experience, web application development, and media application training. Mark's fine art background includes teaching conceptual art and sculpture.
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Chantelle Ferguson has taught English and academic writing at universities in the United States and Colombia and currently directs ESL support for online international students here at the Academy. When she is not working with students, she enjoys traveling, practicing martial arts, reading, and spending leisurely afternoons in coffee shops with her husband.
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Molly Flanagan comes to Faculty Development with ten years of teaching experience, having taught languages and technology in the Bay Area, and abroad in Japan and Costa Rica. She earned her MA in English teaching at the School for International Training in Vermont, and she is grateful to have colleagues here who share her passion for actively engaging students. Molly enjoys her role supporting art faculty as they deepen skills in the art of teaching.
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Kate Griffeath has worked at the Academy since 1990. She has developed and overseen all academic support programs, including the ESL English for Art Program, Faculty Development, and the Academy Resource Center. She has taught for over twenty years and has been a teacher trainer at Teachers College, Columbia University, the School for International Training, U.C. Berkeley, and other institutes.
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Phil Hamlett has over twenty-two years of design experience, working for studios and clients large and small on both coasts. Currently, he is the Director of Graduate Graphic Design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. As the driving force behind the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design and the founder
of Compostmodern, he sets the agenda for sustainable business practice within the design community at large.
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Natasha Haugnes first trained teachers for the Peace Corps in West Africa, after her own stint teaching English in Morocco. She holds an MA in Teaching Composition and English as a Second Language from SFSU, and has authored an ESL textbook, Northstar. Natasha has worked at the Academy since 1995, as an ESL instructor, founding director of the ARC, and now Faculty Developer. She teaches Teaching Principles and Practice.
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Karen Hirst began her professional career with the Second City Improvisational Theater in Chicago, appearing on stage with Eugene Levy, George Wendt, John Candy, and Jim Belushi. Karen has performed locally at the Magic Theater, the Phoenix, and SF Playhouse, and has appeared as a guest artist with the Un-Scripted Theater Company. Karen has also conducted teacher workshops nationally on the use of comedy in the classroom. As a full-time faculty member, she teaches Improvisation, Acting for Actors, Craft of Comedy, and is faculty advisor for the Drama Club.
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Sarah Jones studied art at Pacific Lutheran University and UC Santa Barbara, and graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She was the assistant coach and recruiting director for Clemson University's Women’s Rowing. Between the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, Sarah had the privilege of working at the Johnson Atelier in Mercerville, New Jersey. After twelve years as a US National and two-time Olympic team rower, she started working with the Academy's community of artists and instructors.
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David Kesler is an award-winning architect and industrial designer with over 25 years of experience working and teaching in the profession. He has taught architectural design and theory in New York City and San Francisco, and he was published in the May 2008 issue of Architectural Digest for his design of a modernist pool house.
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Kevin Koczela manages the Online Instructor QA Team and teaches in Liberal Arts. He earned a PhD in history from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, where he specialized in Early Christian Art and Theology. From 2000 to 2004 he directed the GTU’s Center for Teaching and Learning, an initiative of the Lilly Endowment to Promote Excellence in Teaching. Kevin holds an MA from Harvard Divinity School and a BA from Amherst College. He has taught at Harvard Divinity School, the University of the Pacific, and several schools of the Graduate Theological Union.
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P. Rachel Levin's career sits at the intersection between education, culture, and art. She comes to faculty development with many years experience as a teacher/curriculum developer in formal and informal educational settings. Rachel has an MA in Media, Society and Educational Systems from SFSU and another in Cultural Anthropology from UC Santa Cruz. At the Academy, she teaches cultural anthropology online and onsite. When not teaching, Rachel paints in her studio at the Free Market Building in Berkeley.
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Bob McDonald is Director of ESL. He studied American Literature at Boston University and UC Santa Cruz. While trying to figure out who he was, he attended the California Culinary Academy. After graduating, Bob never cooked professionally again. He went on to receive an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language from SFSU. Bob has traveled extensively through Asia, Europe, and Latin America (most recently to Cuba). Bob's hobbies include basketball, jogging, reading good novels, playing poker, and muckraking.
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Jenny Michael is Manager of Online Instructional Development & Training for Cyber Campus. She also teaches Liberal Arts online. After earning a doctorate in Folklore & Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania, Jenny taught folklore and American studies at UC Berkeley and USF (online). She has also done fieldwork in ethnic communities in the US and abroad, trained university faculty on using ethnographic methods in the classroom, and developed numerous workshops on campus diversity.
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Carol Nunnelly is an artist/illustrator with a passion for teaching. As the Illustration Coordinator for the Academy's School of Fashion, she has over 60 semesters of experience and a reputation for nurturing creativity and individual expression in her students. She was selected by students to be part of Who's Who Among American Teachers for the past two years. Carol is also a gifted illustrator, painter and muralist with numerous projects and publications including her book, The Encyclopedia of Fashion Illustration Techniques.
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Mike Petricca is Director of Campus Safety. Formerly, he worked for 10 years with AT&T's Public Safety team, developing an innovative nationwide 911 system. Prior to that he was Chief of Police in Webster City, Iowa, where he coordinated the statewide narcotics task force and implemented crime-prevention strategies. Mike was also Chief of Police in Sac City, Iowa. He has an MS in Criminal Justice Administration and has taught at Iowa Central Community College and Buena Vista College.
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Jason Shaeffer began innovating, developing, and managing the production of online education and interactive media in 1999. Jason worked in corporate, state and University content creation before finding his way to the Academy, where he is currently the Director of Online Graduate Studies and Synchronous Services. In addition to his work at the Academy, Jason is developing an online community for Alzheimer's patients and care-takers.
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Marian Shaffner, Director of Faculty Development, formerly worked for the George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF), where she was Assistant Director of Outreach. She has created numerous teacher-training materials for GLEF, Apple and Broderbund. She has also taught for the Instructional Technologies departments at SFSU and USF, and has presented at numerous educational conferences nationally and internationally.
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Michael Shehane has a BA in English from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and an MA in English with a concentration in Teaching English to Students of Other Languages from SFSU. He has lived abroad in Europe and Asia and speaks enough German and Japanese to get by. He enjoys doing yoga, rock climbing, figure drawing, and listening to pop music on his iPhone.
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Beth Sousa's art career started in 1978. She studied Painting, Metalsmithing and Animation at the University of Houston. In 1986 she continued her studies, in Communication Design, at Texas Tech University. In 1988, Beth joined American Film Technologies, and moved into their CGI R&D department. Her work has aired nationally on ABC, Fox, NBC, and Disney among others. Beth is the Animation department's Stop-Motion & Experimental Animation Lead. When not teaching, Beth creates kinetic art and animation in her Yosemite Place studio.
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Troy Williams, of Online ESL, has been teaching and working in higher education for over 15 years, but is relatively new to the Academy, where he provides ESL support to students in a variety of classes. He holds a BA in Russian and German languages from UC Davis, an MA in Russian Literature and Women's Studies from Duke University, a PhD in Slavic Linguistics and Cultural Anthropology from Duke University, and an MA in TESOL from SFSU.
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