Monday, August 22
8:00 a.m.: Registration and Breakfast
8:30 a.m.: Welcome from Faculty Development
9:00 a.m.: Introductions and Welcome from Senior Leaders
9:45 a.m.: Coffee/Tea Break
10:00 a.m.: Digital Folder Overview
10:30 a.m. Student Enrollment and Engagement
12:00 p.m.: Breakout Sessions (Faculty)
- Berklee College of Music Tour—Student Tour Guide
- Faculty Experience: “Everything I Wished Someone Would've Told Me Before I Started Teaching at Berklee"
You're about to start a new and exciting journey teaching at Berklee, but you might also be overwhelmed and nervous about how to best navigate the road ahead. Hear from a stellar panel of diverse and experienced faculty as they help shed light on what makes Berklee a unique institution, what our unique student demographic is like, and how they have found support (and kindred spirits) beyond their departments. Please join us, and bring all of your questions to this interactive conversation!
- Budgeting and Registrar (Chairs Only)
1:00 p.m.: Lunch with Chairs and Deans
2:00 p.m.: Travel Break
2:15 p.m.: Tech Training: Internal Berklee Sites, Tools, and Resources
4:15 p.m.: Travel Break
4:30 p.m.: Introduction to Faculty Employment and Benefits
5:30 p.m.: End of Day One
Tuesday, August 23
8:00 a.m.: Breakfast
8:30 a.m.: Welcome from Senior Leaders
9:00 a.m.: Safe Spaces, Brave Spaces: Building Toward Belonging in Our Teaching and Learning Spaces
This session will offer up some suggested “best practices” that incorporate concepts of universal design for learning (UDL) and can help build a sense of community. After a formal presentation, we will have a discussion and you are invited to contribute your experiences and ideas for inclusion and belonging.
10:00 a.m.: Classroom Technology Overview
10:45 a.m.: Travel Break
11:00 a.m.: The Library at Berklee
Presentation, followed by a tour of the the Creative Technology Center, the Stan Getz Library and the Albert Alphin Library.
12:00 p.m.: Travel break
12:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions
- Boston Conservatory at Berklee Tour
- Developing Effective Syllabi/Classroom Management
This session will explore the important relationships between and among objectives, teaching strategies, and assessment tools as they relate to student outcomes. The goal is to leave with a better understanding of how to design, organize, and implement the material presented into your classes in a way that fosters maximum student learning.
1:15 p.m.: Lunch with Faculty Union
2:15 p.m.: Student Panel/Music
3:15 p.m.: Faculty Development Overview
4:00 p.m.: End of Day Two
