Full Time Faculty position open

Attention Adjuncts!

JSRCC currently has a job posting for a full time English position. See the job description here:

http://www.jsr.vccs.edu/jsr_hr/positions/Faculty/FO365.pdf

Closing date is August 12, so please send in your application if you are interested!

New Year, New Semester!

Happy New Year, and happy new semester! The first week is coming to a close, hopefully the wrinkles are getting straightened out and classes are coming together. On the Parham Campus, Burnette Hall is undergoing construction and renovation, which had made navigating the building a little more challenging. Please remember to submit your brand new Spring '10 syllabi: you can submit them through the "Bureaucracy" tab at the top of the page! Easy! Also check the "Cadres" tab for details on the ongoing teaching cadres project! Getting involved with your teaching cadre is a great way to start the new semester: fresh ideas and insights!

Finally, what would you like to see discussed on our blog this semester? What disciplinary topics and issues are foremost in your mind? What burning questions would you like to see English faculty debate? Send your suggestions, thoughts, comments to abourne@reynolds.edu.

English Cadres Forming!

As discussed in the August orientation and on the Cadre tab on the English Faculty webpage (jsrccenglishfaculty.weebly.com password: englishprof), this semester we will be forming cadres of English faculty. As we form these cadres, we need some information from you about who you might want to work with, what issues you want to discuss in your cadre, when you can meet, etc.

Find the link to the survey below. Depending on where and how you access this form, you may be asked to enter a password. It is "englishprof." Note the lower case. http://jsrccenglishfaculty.weebly.com/cadre-survey-form.htmlThanks for you time.

Please take the survey prior to Tuesday, 20 October. If you have any questions, contact Steve Brandon at prof.brandon@gmail.com or sbrandon@reynolds.edu.

October Events

The semester is flying by! Three events on our horizon:

1) Poetry Reading and Creative Writing workshop with visiting poet John Hoppenthaler. Tuesday October 13th. These events are open to all faculty, staff and students. The Workshop will be held on the DTC from 1-2:15pm, in the Auditorium. The Reading will take place at PRC, in Burnette room 248 form 4-5pm. The bookstore will have books on sale at both events! Come out and support poetry at JSRCC!!

2) SACS visit OCT 19-22. The much-hyped SACS team will be visiting our campuses later this month! They will be touring DTC, Western and Hanover locations on Monday, and will concentrate on PRC Tuesday and Wednesday. Remember to be aware of the QEP project and our college mission! Let's put our best foot forward.

3) English Department meeting. Hands down, the most fun you can have at a department meeting! Details TBA.

Other English-related events that we should be discussing? Please email and let me know!

New Semester, New English Website

Hello and welcome back all! It was great to see so many new and familiar English-teacher faces at the adjunct convocation Wednesday night! It was so nice to actually all sit down together, so I want to extend thanks to Bill and Steve for inviting everyone!

First, as everyone gears up for the semester, be aware of an exciting new development: the English Faculty Webpage!! This is a great resource for "one-stop shopping" if you will, with links for you to submit syllabus and office hours, reminders about important deadlines and forms, information on syllabus content, description of the cadre project and much more! Please check out this website, which is SOOOO delightfully easy to navigate and use, as we'll be using it to submit syllabi, office hours, and course scheduling preferences. A huge pat on the back to Steve Brandon for putting this together! The link is: http://jsrccenglishfaculty.weebly.com and the password is "englishprof"

Other important news: for teachers of ENG 111 make sure you get details about the mandatory VCCS writing diagnostic you'll need to do in the first two weeks of classes. Melissa Feeley is working with Bill and Steve to get computer labs reserved for this project, so please contact her or Steve Brandon for details.

Finally, I hope to use the blog this year as a discussion and exchange space where the English faculty can share their questions, ideas, strategies, and solutions over the course of the semester! Please email me (aboure@reynolds.edu) regarding activities that should be added to our calendar. If there are discussion threads you'd like to see, let me know. This should be a great space for exchange, given the conflicting and busy schedules of our faculty, since it is often difficult for folks to meet in person--so let's meet on-line!! Looking forward to a great semester!!