PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT
³TEACHING BOOTCAMP²
The OBTS Teaching Society for Management Educators, in cooperation with the
Midwest Academy of Management and the Southern Management Association, is
offering a ³Teaching Bootcamp² for doctoral students and new instructors
(tenure track and clinical faculty). The Bootcamp will be offered as a
5-hour preconference workshop to both the Midwest Academy of Management on
Thursday, October 14, 2010, and to the Southern Management Association on
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 (separate workshops). Four major topic areas
will be covered in the workshop:
· Basic principles of how people learn
· Fundamental elements of teachingdesigning a course, preparing a
syllabus, designing elements to measure learning.
· Conducting an effective classroom: teaching techniques (lecture, role
play and case), and classroom management issues
· Coping with classroom challenges to avoid disasters: understanding
important choices and tradeoffs to assure successful performance
The workshop will be highly interactive, and will be facilitated by
experienced, award-winning faculty who are members of the OBTS Teaching
Society for Management Educators. The workshop is suitable for ALL novice
instructors who are, or will be, assigned to teach courses in organizational
behavior, human resources, and related management disciplines.
There will be an enrollment fee of $55 for the workshop, which will cover
workshop handouts, a CD-ROM articles on effective teaching techniques, and a
one year membership to the OBTS Teaching Society for Management Educators,
which also includes a one -year subscription to the Journal of Management
Education. Registrants must contact the Workshop Coordinator to pre-register
(below); registrants will also be required to register for the regional
Academy meeting as well as the workshop.
Interested parties should contact Roy Lewicki, Fisher College of Business,
The Ohio State University,
Lewicki_1@fisher.osu.edu for application
materials. Please indicate which workshop you would like to attend.