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Academy of Distinguished Teachers 

Fall Retreat

October 4-6, 2002

Ruttgers Bay Lake Lodge

  < The registration confirmation memo from Karen Zentner Bacig, with instructions for transportation and retreat site info., can be seen HERE. >

Friday, October 4, 2002                                                                                                                                        

            5:00 p.m.      Arrival at Ruttgers

Retreat registration – Mezzanine

Room check in – Front Desk

6:00 p.m.            Dinner Buffet – Ruby’s Dining Room 

                                    Host:  Dan Svedarsky, UMC

7:30-9:00 p.m.            Welcome – Cottage #620

Host:  Laura Coffin Koch, UMTC

Saturday, October 5, 2002

           7:00-8:30 a.m.            Breakfast available             Ruby’s Dining Room

8:30 a.m.            Large Group Session  Room 8

                                    Facilitator:  Jeff Ratliff-Crain, UMM

            9:00 a.m.            Working groups

• Faculty Development and Renewal
  Room 5      Conveners:  Jim Perry, UMTC and Karl Smith, UMTC

• Relationship between Teaching and Research
  Room 6      Conveners:  Tom Isbell, UMD and Peh Ng, UMM

• Status of Teaching in Merit Assessments
  Room 7            Conveners:  Judith Martin, UMTC and Linda Miller-Cleary, UMD

• Teaching and Assessment
  Room 8      Convener:  Engin Sungur, UMM

• Teaching and Diversity
  Room 8      Convener:  Laura Coffin Koch, UMTC

11:30 a.m.            Lunch Buffet               Ruby’s Dining Room

 1:00 p.m.            Activities -- Option to choose from the following coordinated activities:

• Biking – see Bert Ahern, UMM

• Hiking – see Jeff Ratliff-Crain, UMM and Karen Zentner Bacig, UMTC

• Article Discussion – see Ted Farmer, UTMC

• Golf – see Art Erdman, UMTC

6:30 p.m.            Dinner             Zig’s Restaurant

                                    Host – Jeff Ratliff-Crain, UMM

            8:00 p.m.      Large Group Session             Room 8

Facilitator(s):  Laura Coffin Koch, UMTC and Gordon Hirsch, UMTC

• Spring conference discussion

• Reporting from morning working groups sessions

            9:30 p.m.      On your own

Sunday, October 6, 2002 – Check out by noon!

7:00-8:30 a.m.            Breakfast available             Ruby’s Dining Room

 8:30 a.m.            Working Groups Meet              Same rooms as Saturday a.m.

9:45 a.m.            Break

10:00 a.m.            Large-group reporting of working group discussion and plans for ongoing work                        Room 8

                        Facilitator:  Jeff Ratliff-Crain, UMM

10:45 a.m.            Debrief                         Room 8

• complete and return evaluations prior to departure             

Facilitator:  New EC Chair

11:30 a.m.            Check-out of rooms, complete and return evaluations, turn in mileage reimbursement forms

12:00 noon            Lunch (boxes available for those who need to leave before lunch is served)             Ruby’s Dining Room

1:00 p.m.            Depart for campuses

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