You are invited to attend:

The 3rd Annual POD/AACU Organizational Development Institute

2011 Organizational Development Institute
Leading from the Middle:
Faculty Development
and Organizational Change

Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Register HERE for the 2011 OD Institute.

POD is pleased to offer the third OD Institute held in conjunction with AAC&U’s Annual Meeting, to be held in San Francisco.
POD will also sponsor a Pre-Meeting Workshop and a session on Thursday. 

The focus of programs and services of most centers for teaching and learning is traditional faculty development activities such as workshops, brown bag lunches, consultations, new faculty and graduate teaching assistant orientations, classroom observations and videotaping. These activities provide valuable assistance to individual faculty members and graduate students in the courses they teach. These activities do not address, however, the systemic factors that affect the dynamics of the college classroom, including the degree to which faculty understand and support the institution’s mission, the structure and use of their time, the dynamics of academic departments, and the incentive structure for faculty. And, yet, not addressing these factors ultimately undermines the effectiveness of more traditional faculty development activities, particularly over the long term. Part of the reason that undergraduate curriculum reform has not become more widespread is a failure of faculty development to address critical organizational development issues.

The workshop will present an ecological model of faculty development, useful as a way to consider the systemic nature of teaching and learning and the variety of forces that affect faculty members’ behavior. Participants will identify one faculty development issue within their institution, analyze it using the model, and identify skills and strategies needed to carry out interventions. Participants will leave with a plan to address the faculty development issue they have identified.

Facilitators:

Catherine Frerichs, Professor of Writing, Grand Valley State University
Virginia S. Lee, Principal and Senior Consultant, Virginia S. Lee & Associates

Catherine Frerichs is currently Professor of Writing at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. She has 30 years of experience in faculty development, most recently as director of the Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center at Grand Valley from 1997-2009. As director, she co-led a successful initiative to align student and faculty expectations with the goals of a liberal education, described in C. Schroeder, ed., Coming in from the Margins: Faculty Development’s Emerging Role in Institutional Change (Stylus, 2010). She has also published in composition studies and women’s studies, along with a book-length reflection on her parents’ 40 years as missionaries in Papua New Guinea.

Virginia S. Lee is principal and senior consultant of Virginia S. Lee & Associates, a consulting firm based in Durham, North Carolina with a special focus on teaching, learning and assessment in higher education. She is a former President (2007-2010) of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, the largest professional organization for faculty development specialists in the U.S. As Associate Director, Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning at North Carolina State University, she led a campus-wide initiative on inquiry-guided learning and edited a book on the effort, Teaching and Learning through Inquiry: A Guidebook for Institutions and Instructors (Stylus, 2004). Currently she is editing a New Directions for Teaching and Learning volume on inquiry-guided learning, scheduled for publication in Spring 2012.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Fees:
By November 29: $200
By December 17: $220
After December 17: $240

REGISTER HERE TO ALSO ATTEND THE AACU ANNUAL MEETING

HOTEL:

Hyatt Regency San Francisco
5 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, California  94111
Hotel: (415)788-1234

For Reservations, please call:
(888) 421-1442

MAKE RESERVATIONS ONLINE HERE.

The Hyatt Regency is on the Embarcadero waterfront, within five minutes of Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, Union Square, Ghirardelli Square, North Beach and the Castro (either walking distance or by ferry, transit, cable car or streetcar).   All guest rooms offer Four-Diamond accommodations with a view of the city or the Bay. The hotel has a 24-hour complimentary fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment and is adjacent to a Waterfront path for walking or jogging.

A block of rooms has been reserved for AAC&U and ACAD meeting participants with the special conference rate of $214 for a single occupancy room and $224 for double occupancy.  Please be certain to tell the hotel that you are with AAC&U to receive this special rate.

We strongly encourage participants to make hotel reservations as soon as possible. 

This conference rate is available only until December 10, 2010, or until the hotel block sells out.

Transportation
The Hyatt Regency is 25 minutes from San Francisco International Airport.  Local travel options are as follows:

Lorrie's Shuttle
Operates 4:00 am-11pm, 7 days a week. Door-to-door service between SFO Airport and Hyatt Regency. Price is $16 one way per person. At the airport, look for the White and Green Vans with lettering that says "Go Lorrie's" at the shuttle pick up area. For information call 415-334-9000. Reservations are required for transportation from the hotel to the airport.

Super Shuttle Van Service
Operates 24 hrs/7 days a week. Door to door service between San Francisco and the SFO Airport. From the Airport, go to the upper level (median strip or courtesy island) and look for the blue and yellow van. Price is $17 one way. Call 415-558-8500. Contact concierge for further details. Rates are per person.

The BART
$8.10 each way - Exit at Embarcadero From San Francisco International Airport: Any San Francisco bound (north bound) train will stop at "Embarcadero Station". Hotel is located directly outside the station. Trains are available every 15 to 20 minutes. The hours of operation are: Mon to Fri - 4:45 am to 1:01 am; Saturday - 6:31 am to 1:01 am; Sunday - 6:08 am to 1:01 am.

Bay Porter
The price is $32 for the first person and $15 for each additional person. Green/white vans with silver letters - Hours: 3:00 am to 10:00 pm. 
415-467-1800

Taxi: $40 - $45

Amtrak: Across the street at Ferry Building

Caltrain: At 4th and King (5 minute taxi ride, $6.00)

Local Transit System: MUNI rates - $2.00.

FROM OAKLAND AIRPORT
Bayporter 415-467-1800 or City Express 510-638-8830
Reservations are required for both services. Guest needs to specify which hotel they are staying at. $39.00 for the first person and $10 for each additional person. The Bart is approximately $3.80 plus $3.00 for AirBart Shuttle. Exit at Embarcadero.