New Sessional Faculty Orientation
Aug 13, 2024
10:30AM to 12:30PM
Date/Time
Date(s) - 13/08/2024
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
The Paul R. MacPherson Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Excellence in Teaching (the MacPherson Institute) is offering a 2-hour online synchronous Sessional Faculty Orientation. The offering is targeted at McMaster sessional faculty who are new or who have not attended the MacPherson Institute Sessional Faculty Orientation previously.
At the orientation, sessional faculty will learn about the McMaster teaching context, explore effective teaching practices, and hear about teaching and learning supports, services, and resources open to sessional faculty at McMaster.
Training Fund for Sessional Faculty
This orientation is one of several teaching development opportunities for which current members of CUPE, Local 3906, Unit 2* may be compensated via the Training Fund for Sessional Faculty.
The Training Fund for Sessional Faculty provides limited, one-time payments for members who complete select training through the MacPherson Institute September 1st and August 31st of each academic year. Payment is capped at $100 per member for each completed training, to a maximum of $300 (i.e., to a max of 3 completed training opportunities) per member, per year. Please see the Training Fund website for more information regarding eligibility, the submission procedure, and the submission deadline.
Please Note: If you received payment for attending a MacPherson Institute Sessional Faculty Orientation previously, you will NOT be eligible to receive payment for attending the orientation a second time.
*CUPE, Local 3906, Unit 2 represents all employees of McMaster University employed in Ontario as Sessional faculty, MELD faculty, and Hourly Rated Sessional Music faculty having full or joint full responsibility for the teaching of one or more University degree credit courses, except for those employed in the Faculty of Health Sciences.