Spring 2025 Faculty Development


January

Recognizing and Recording Teaching Success for Annual Review of Teaching, Jaime Rotner (HDFS) & Jennifer Todd (TILT)   Date, location, and registration TBD per PDI 2025 schedule (January 6 – 8, 2025)

Using the TEI to Reflect Teaching Efficacy in the Annual Review, Jennifer Reinke (HDFS) & Tonya Buchan (TILT)   Date, location, and registration TBD per PDI 2025 schedule (January 6 – 8, 2025)

 

Best Practices in Teaching: Create Assignments, Jan. 13 to Feb. 2, 2025 (3-week asynchronous (with due dates) in Canvas)

  • To register, please:
  1. Enroll in the Curriculum and Curricular Alignment Domain Certificate program.
  2. Once enrolled in the program, locate Best Practices in Teaching at CSU: Create Assignments and register for a session.

Best Practices in Teaching: Classroom Climate, Jan. 13 to Feb. 2, 2025 (3-week asynchronous (with due dates) in Canvas)

  • To register, please:
  1. Enroll in the Classroom Climate Domain Certificate program.
  2. Once enrolled in the program, locate Best Practices in Teaching at CSU: Classroom Climate and register for a session.

 

Teaching Squares Spring 2025 Cohort Kick-off session, January 30, 8:30 – 10:00 am in TILT 104

(plus Two 90-minute feedback sessions during the semester (dates/times TBD by participants)
Due to the community nature of the program, participants are expected to attend all three sessions. Online option available for instructors teaching online courses.

Teaching Squares is a semester-long peer observation program using an agreed upon schedule, set of observation forms based on the Teaching Effectiveness Framework, and feedback protocol. The Teaching Squares program offers teaching faculty an opportunity to observe colleagues in action and reflect on their own teaching practices. The program is designed to be a non-evaluative, supportive, and growth-based process and is open to both residential instruction and online faculty. Due to the teaching and community focus of the program, participants must be teaching a course and are expected to attend the initial training plus the two 90-minute feedback sessions in addition to observing one class session for each colleague in your square during each observation cycle. 

If you are interested in participating in the Spring 2025 Teaching Squares peer observation program, please register for Teaching Squares Kick Off: (Residential/Hybrid Faculty/Online Faculty). For more information about the program, contact [email protected]

 

February

Best Practices in Teaching: Inclusive Pedagogy 2, Feb. 3 to Feb. 23, 2025 (3-week asynchronous (with due dates) in Canvas)

Best Practices in Teaching: Planning an Effective Class Session, Feb. 3 to Feb. 23, 2025 (3-week asynchronous (with due dates) in Canvas)

Register for Developing a Teaching Persona,  February 7th, 9-10:00am, Virtual via Teams

The Latin word “persona” most directly translates to “mask.” Should we wear a mask while teaching? What kind of mask should we wear? This workshop will explore why and how we might develop a teaching persona that works for us as instructors and is also conducive to student learning. It will also allow participants to consider how to interact with undergraduate students who may be close in age to the instructor.

Register for The Interactive Classroom: Identifying Active Learning Approaches that Align with Course Goals , February 18, 10:00 – 11:30 am in TILT 104

During this interactive session, participants will use Learning Experience Design Cards (LXD) and other classroom assessment techniques to identify active learning approaches that align with course goals. The activities on LXD Cards are intended to help design courses that engage students, foster critical thinking, and show clear alignment to course outcomes. The variety of learning activities aligned with different types of learning will inspire creativity and engagement for you as an instructor as well as your students. Please bring your syllabus and course outcomes to the workshop.

 

Best Practices in Teaching: Accessible and Inclusive Electronic Content, Feb. 24 to Mar. 16, 2025 (3-week asynchronous (with due dates) in Canvas)

  • To register, please:
    1. Enroll in the Inclusive Pedagogy Domain Certificate program.
    2. Once enrolled in the program, locate Best Practices in Teaching at CSU: Accessible and Inclusive Electronic Content and register for a session.

Best Practices in Teaching: Rethink the Syllabus, Feb. 24 to Mar. 16, 2025 (3-week asynchronous (with due dates) in Canvas)

March

Register for Writing a Teaching Philosophy, March 12th, 1-2:15pm, Virtual via Teams

As instructors in higher education, it is increasingly important to have an individual teaching philosophy when applying for college or university faculty positions or when undergoing promotion reviews. This presentation will give participants the opportunity to learn about best practices in creating a teaching philosophy. Specifically, this session will include:

  • An overview of the research on what potential employers are looking for in a Teaching Philosophy
  • An overview of the basic structure and central information that should be included
  • A look at sample teaching philosophies

April

Register for Classroom Strategies: Optimize Your Time and Increase Student Engagement, April 17th, 12-1:15pm, TILT 104

Do you ever avoid student discussions because it’s too difficult to get their attention, wasting precious classroom time? What about the beginning or end of class? Do students wander in minutes after the start of class or pack up minutes before the end, wasting even more time? In this workshop, we offer several techniques to manage class time and student engagement in a positive and productive manner.

 

New! Virtual Workshops from our CSU Pueblo Partners

Did you know that you can register for and attend virtual workshops by CSU Pueblo’s Center for Teaching, Learning, & Leadership? Click Professional Learning Sessions on the lefthand menu to see and register for Current Events that have a virtual option.

Your continuous commitment to growth and excellence as educators is invaluable, and we’re here to support you on your journey. We look forward to helping you become even more exceptional teachers in the months ahead.