Faculty Commons, A Center for Teaching, Learning, Scholarship and Service coordinates all professional development, grants and assessment activities of faculty at New York City College of Technology. Faculty Commons adopts a programmatic approach to professional development and operates as a faculty resource and think tank where members collaborate on a variety of projects to shape curriculum, pedagogy and assessment.
The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) helps faculty and administrators compete for and win grants that strengthen the intellectual climate and improve the learning environment at City Tech. The office provides notices of grant opportunities and works with faculty and administrators over the life-cycle of a grant – from concept development through close-out.
The Professional Activity Report and Self-Evaluation (PARSE) is the documentation of a faculty member’s accomplishments during each academic year and cumulatively, in the three principal areas of teaching, scholarly and professional growth, and service. The PARSE serves as the basis for the annual evaluation. It is also provides faculty with an instrument to present to departmental and college review committees for reappointment, tenure, and promotion.
Do you have ideas to share regarding new Hispanic/Latinx Courses at City Tech? The HSI Committee invites all those interested in sharing ideas for curriculum development to join us on Monday, November 8 from 1pm-2pm. See the 11/2 email from Stephen Soiffer for the Zoom link.
Attendees will learn the capabilities of this powerful, free open-source reference management software program. The session covers the functionalities of the Zotero client, adding the Zotero plugin to your browser, and importing citations to generate a bibliography. To maximize our workshop time, please download Zotero from https://www.zotero.org and create your username and password in the
The event will be moderated by Rafi D'Angelo, author/creator of "So Let's Talk About _____". Panelists will include Gabriel “Kwikstep” Disinio (choreographer/artist), Akinwole Garrett (financial startup professional), Chala (editor at Bon Appetit), Johnson Chong (author, shaman and spiritual guide), and Robert Timmins (LMSW and professor at City Tech). Topics of discussion will include mental health, gender identity, toxicity,
Targeted Audience: All CUNY science and engineering facultyPresenters: John Tsapogas-Director RF-Office of Award Pre-Proposal Support & Jorge Gonzalez, NOAA CREST Professor of Engineering, City College of the City of New York Overview of Webinar: AGEP seeks to build on research and literature concerning racial and ethnic equity in order to increasethe number of historically underrepresented
Join us to discuss effective, research-backed Writing Across the Curriculum methods to increase student engagement in your classroom and help your students become better thinkers.
Please RSVP by commenting on this post. Please share this invitation with your colleagues! As higher education continues to demand rigor and productivity from its workers and students, we’re concerned with how institutional policies can better engage the material realities of many in the CUNY community. Difficulties in the classroom are compounded by ongoing investment in a “back-to-normal” paradigm that
Providing an inclusive learning environment and educational materials that are accessible for all students is as much a matter of sound pedagogy as it is a legal requirement. Join us for an interactive workshop on accessibility in teaching and learning with the diverse student population at CUNY in mind, and a discussion on how integrating
All are welcome to the presentation portion of this third meeting of the Faculty Publication Support Workshop series. Professor Tina Kao will discuss research compliance, IRB procedures, and the approval process for research involving human subjects.Questions: ssmith@citytech.cuny.edu Watch recording of event below:
Preserving and Telling a New York Story On Tuesday 11/16 1-2pm, there will be a discussion of City Tech's award-winning SoHo Memory Project documentary, featuring Prof. Josh Kapusinski (COMD, Moving Pixels Club Advisor), Jonathan Baez (City Tech alum and cinematographer), and Or Szyflingier (alum and director). Here are the corresponding materials to share with students:
The Nineteenth Annual Poster Session will be held on Thursday, November 18, 2021, from 12:30 to 3 pm. This event will showcase the results of the research of our faculty and students and will be open to the public. This year, the 19th Annual Poster Session of Faculty and Student Research will be held online.
Clowning Around?: Reimagining Political Transformation in Late-Twentieth-Century Grotesque Theatre In this presentation, I discuss my most recent book project, which focuses on the figure of the clown in late twentieth-century theatre. During the latter half of the twentieth century, particularly from the 1960s to the 1990s during a period of political change in a world
Plagiarism can be less obvious than you think, especially in an online environment. This workshop will give you practical information and strategies to ensure your writing assignments are plagiarism-free. Students register in advance for this workshop: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrd-2ppz4sGtLyxj5W4Ybb4nobQYXYqD_0 After registering, a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting will be sent. Message for Faculty Regarding
Over the past six years, City Tech and BMCC have joined in a cross-campus collaboration to improve STEM student success in critical mathematics courses. All too often these “gateway” courses function not as gateways but as barriers to progress and completion in STEM disciplines. With funding from the U.S. Department of Education’s Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Ten City Tech faculty will be selected to participate in a paid, virtual January immersive instructional design workshop in which they will learn about information literacy, reflect on discipline specific research practices and Information Literacy (IL) skills, and be introduced to accessible Instructional Design (ID) principles. Participants will complete readings and participate in discussions (both
Colleagues will share their favorite teaching strategies and successes. Be inspired for the spring semester! Questions: ssmith@citytech.cuny.edu Watch recording of event: