Service Statement
The service I provide to the department, college, and university is a critical extension of my responsibilities as a lecturer. I feel my experiences in service have enhanced my students’ learning experiences by providing me with opportunities to interact with business professionals as well as leading faculty in our college and across the University. Through service, I can meet the administrative needs of faculty and students. I can also form important relationships with corporations interested in making financial contributions to Mays as well as recruiting our students.
Sharing my teaching methods with other faculty members is one of the ways I can enhance teaching through service. This is an important component of my service philosophy, which I have demonstrated at all levels within the university. At the departmental level, I lead annual teaching seminars for faculty in the department of accounting. During these sessions, I facilitate discussions around specific teaching issues, which allow us to share new ideas and improve our teaching as a department. This is an excellent time for the faculty to share newly designed projects or innovative teaching methods employed. On a college level, I was a founding member of the Mays Academy of Teaching and Learning (MALT). I have been involved in the coordination of all MALT events and led an event related to implementing a flipped course model. The mission of MALT is to “reinforce the Mays value of excellence in teaching and learning” through the collaboration of faculty, staff, and students. These sessions are interactive sessions with faculty and students discussing ways to accomplish deeper learning. At the university level, I serve on the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) advisory board. During our meetings we share innovative teaching ideas and ways to enhance teaching across all colleges through CTE programming. Also at the university level, I accept every opportunity to deliver teaching presentations at conferences such as Wakonse South (2012 and 2013), as well as additional presentations for CTE, and ITS. My goal in sharing what I have learned about teaching with other faculty members is to allow my teaching methods to have an exponential impact across campus, even for students I have never met.
At the department level, I serve as the Assistant Department Head to the Accounting Department. In this role, I schedule all department courses in an effort to meet faculty preference and student demand. Additionally, I supervise all BBA advising and restructured advising to make all students feel valued. I also focus on improving curriculum at the college level through my service on the Curriculum and Assessment Committee, as the chair of our department curriculum committee, and a member of the Common Body of Knowledge Curriculum Review Committed at the college level. I feel this provides lasting benefits to our students’ learning beyond the classroom and better prepares them for their future careers. I started a Certificate in Energy Accounting program designed to make students more marketable to employers and to help employers identify interested and qualified students in a cost effective manner. This certificate program along with a course I developed have also helped the department and the college receive funding from energy companies eager to get involved in the programs we have developed to aid in their recruitment of our students, which is beneficial to the department, employers, and students.
I also value mentoring of student instructors and new faculty. This service philosophy is coupled with my teaching philosophy, in that I believe one of the best ways to learn is to teach. I have demonstrated this by mentoring two student instructors each semester since fall of 2011. These students developed courses related to topics for which they have a passion and then taught them to other students with my supervision and coaching. As their mentor, I provide them with weekly feedback on their teaching, collaborate with them on class activities and assignments, and help them navigate challenging issues. I feel the experiences gained from their teaching experiences and the important insight gained through the mentoring process will serve them well in the future.
Sharing my teaching methods with other faculty members is one of the ways I can enhance teaching through service. This is an important component of my service philosophy, which I have demonstrated at all levels within the university. At the departmental level, I lead annual teaching seminars for faculty in the department of accounting. During these sessions, I facilitate discussions around specific teaching issues, which allow us to share new ideas and improve our teaching as a department. This is an excellent time for the faculty to share newly designed projects or innovative teaching methods employed. On a college level, I was a founding member of the Mays Academy of Teaching and Learning (MALT). I have been involved in the coordination of all MALT events and led an event related to implementing a flipped course model. The mission of MALT is to “reinforce the Mays value of excellence in teaching and learning” through the collaboration of faculty, staff, and students. These sessions are interactive sessions with faculty and students discussing ways to accomplish deeper learning. At the university level, I serve on the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) advisory board. During our meetings we share innovative teaching ideas and ways to enhance teaching across all colleges through CTE programming. Also at the university level, I accept every opportunity to deliver teaching presentations at conferences such as Wakonse South (2012 and 2013), as well as additional presentations for CTE, and ITS. My goal in sharing what I have learned about teaching with other faculty members is to allow my teaching methods to have an exponential impact across campus, even for students I have never met.
At the department level, I serve as the Assistant Department Head to the Accounting Department. In this role, I schedule all department courses in an effort to meet faculty preference and student demand. Additionally, I supervise all BBA advising and restructured advising to make all students feel valued. I also focus on improving curriculum at the college level through my service on the Curriculum and Assessment Committee, as the chair of our department curriculum committee, and a member of the Common Body of Knowledge Curriculum Review Committed at the college level. I feel this provides lasting benefits to our students’ learning beyond the classroom and better prepares them for their future careers. I started a Certificate in Energy Accounting program designed to make students more marketable to employers and to help employers identify interested and qualified students in a cost effective manner. This certificate program along with a course I developed have also helped the department and the college receive funding from energy companies eager to get involved in the programs we have developed to aid in their recruitment of our students, which is beneficial to the department, employers, and students.
I also value mentoring of student instructors and new faculty. This service philosophy is coupled with my teaching philosophy, in that I believe one of the best ways to learn is to teach. I have demonstrated this by mentoring two student instructors each semester since fall of 2011. These students developed courses related to topics for which they have a passion and then taught them to other students with my supervision and coaching. As their mentor, I provide them with weekly feedback on their teaching, collaborate with them on class activities and assignments, and help them navigate challenging issues. I feel the experiences gained from their teaching experiences and the important insight gained through the mentoring process will serve them well in the future.