Bush Faculty Development Committee
Augustana College
Sioux Falls, SD
Fall Faculty Seminar 1999
Getting Back to the Sources
with Dr. Jane Tompkins
College of Education
University of Illinois at Chicago
Wednesday, August 25, 1999
Holiday Inn City Centre
Schedule
| 8:30-9:00 AM | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-12:00 noon | Going back to the past to find our sources of creativity and inspiration |
| 12:00-1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00-3:00 pm | Finding ways to support ourselves physically, emotionally, and spiritually as classroom teachers |
| The purposes of this workshop are to see how our formation as students has shaped the teachers we have become and to find ways of making our work less stressful. Guided meditation, free-writing, and small group discussion will be used to recall experiences and feelings from our early days in school, and to relate these experiences to our present practice. Through free-writing in response to visual and written prompts, we will explore ways to support and nourish ourselves in our professional lives. |
| Jane Tompkins is a teacher, writer, and workshop leader interested in a holistic approach to learning, teaching, and living. She has published in the fields of literary theory, American literature, popular culture, and women's writing. She is a professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. |
| Recommended Reading:
To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher by William Ayers, Teachers College Press, 1993, LB1025.3.A94 1993 (Faculty Resource Collection) Radical Presence: Teaching as Contemplative Practice by Mary Rose O'Reilley, Boynton/Cook Publishers, 1998, LB1025.3.074 1998 (Faculty Resource Collection) The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life by Parker J. Palmer, Jossey-Bass, 1998, LB 1775 .P25 1998 (Faculty Resource Collection) A Life in School: What the Teacher Learned by Jane Tompkins, Addison Wesley, 1996, LA 2317 .T65 A3 1996b (Faculty Resource Collection) If you have other reading suggestions, please share them with Karin Lindell, for distribution. |
| Please RSVP to
Karin Lindell indicating whether you will attend the seminar, and You may either mail the reservation card, |