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HR Parental Leave Information - October 2024

This document provides comprehensive information regarding parental leave policies as outlined by Human Resources as at October 2024.

Guidelines - Engineering Life Event Fund (ELEF)

This document outlines the guidelines for the Engineering Life Event Fund (ELEF), designed to provide financial support to faculty members during significant life events that may impact their professional responsibilities.

Faculty Pregnancy and Parental Leave Info Session - October 2024 Slide Deck

This slide deck contains key information and insights from the Faculty Pregnancy and Parental Leave Info Session held in October 2024. This resource is designed to provide faculty with the necessary information to understand their rights and benefits.

Engineering Life Event Fund (ELEF) Application Form

The Engineering Life Event Fund provides financial support for tenured, tenure-track, teaching-track, and CLA faculty members seeking leave for professional development, research, or personal circumstances. This application form requires a cover letter outlining the reason for leave, a supporting letter from your Department Chair, and a recent CV highlighting your contributions to scholarship and student mentorship over the past three years. Please ensure that all required documents are included before submission. The support is available for a maximum of one year and may be renewable under exceptional circumstances.

Undergraduate Course Management Policy

PEO Exam Preparation Workshop 2023

Recording of workshop held Thursday, October 12th, 2023

The National Professional Practice Exam (NPPE) is step 2 of qualifying for a P.Eng. license in Ontario and most other provinces (step 1 is academic qualification and step 3 is experience qualification).  Whether you're already signed up or are considering signing up to write the NPPE this November, this 2.5-hour workshop will introduce you to the exam content and help you determine what you need to do to succeed and complete your licensing process.

Matt Minnick is an assistant professor in and undergrad associate chair of Engineering Physics at Mac, the chair of the Hamilton-Burlington Chapter of PEO, and has been developing and delivering workshops preparing people for PPE & NPPE for the past 15 years.  Matt is currently the course developer & instructor for all NPPE prep courses run by OSPE.

Facilitator: Matthew Minnick, Assistant Professor and Associate Chair, Undergraduate, Department of Engineering Physics

WATCH RECORDED PRESENTATION - passcode RDj!L+b3

Instructor Development and Evaluation Committee (IDEC)

IDEC Orientation Session 

Resources: Portfolio Reviews Faculty of Eng 2023-09-21 

• Watch: Annual Workshop (Fall 2023)
• Watch: IDEC Training - How to Effectively Review a Teaching Portfolio

Preparing Your McMaster Teaching Portfolio

• McMaster’s SPS B2, which outlines how Portfolios are to be structured for formal teaching evaluation processes at the University
• The MacPherson Institute’s Preparing and Teaching Portfolio guidebook
• The MacPherson Institute’s Learning Catalogue, which has two self-directed online workshops that might be useful to you in this context: Crafting a Teaching Philosophy statement and Teaching Portfolios at McMaster. Note that the Learning Catalogue also hosts self-directed workshops on other teaching and learning topics.
• The Schonwetter et al 2002 article proposes a rubric for evaluating teaching philosophies. This may be useful for your own self-assessment/revision purposes.
• To learn about McMaster’s teaching and learning context, check out the Partnered in Teaching and Learning Strategy
• Sign up for the MacPherson Memo here. The Memo is a weekly newsletter which advertises services we offer (such as Teaching Refinements, which we discussed in the session), grant opportunities, events, and other teaching and learning news/supports.

P.Eng Application Process

Graduate Attributes 101