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Office of IDEAS

Spring 2024 Faculty Professional Development Opportunities


Application deadlines for programs below: Sunday, February 4

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Advancing Inclusive Mentoring (AIM)

The overarching goals of AIM are to provide a variety of engaging faculty training resources to promote student success through positive and inclusive mentoring. This is a six week program beginning the week of Feburary 14 and running through March 20. You are expected to participate two hours per week - one  in a Canvas course and one in a discussion group with your colleagues. Upon completion, participants will receive $600 in professional development funds.

 

Clifton Strengths (New Program)

The goal of our Strengths Finder program is to explore what you do best in each of the 34 Clifton Strengths themes. The assessment provides you with a list and descriptions of each of your strengths and our faculty learning community will be to explore your signature strengths as well as your social identities in our educational context. There will be three faculty learning community sessions on March 1st, April 5th, May 3rd from 2:30-3:30 pm to discuss and explore the meaning of your strengths in the context of your teaching, research, and service. You will also have access to small group or one on one Clifton Strengths coaching sessions. Upon completion, participants will receive $200 in professional development funds.

 

Equity-Minded Pedagogy (EMP)

The goal is for faculty to understand the specific structural barriers for underrepresented students as well as pell eligible students. Faculty will use Human-Centered and course design principles to redesign content, assignments, assessments, support, stories, and imagery in their courses. Faculty will engage in the co-creation of their course with student input. Faculty will set data-driven goals to improve inequities in their classroom and positively impact retention and graduation at Fresno State. This program will run the weeks of March 4 - May 6. Upon completion, participants will receive $1000 in professional development funds.

 

Equitable Education with Universal Design for Learning (EEUDL)

This program is designed to support you in creating a learning environment that empowers all learners to thrive with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) including inclusive teaching, empowering expert learners, fair assessment, accessible materials, and self-regulation. Participation will include asynchronous learning modules and required in-person meetings beginning the week of March 7 through April 18 with in-person sessions every other Thursday. Upon completion, participants will receive $600 in professional development funds.


R Studio FLC

Are you interested in learning how to use R and RStudio in your practice and how to incorporate it into your teaching? R and RStudio are an open-source statistical software package that is widely used in a variety of disciplines and non-academic industries. Please read about the Teaching and Learning with RStudio FLC and fill out this survey.

Apply to R Studio FLC now

Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC)

Dr. Nkenna Onwuzuruoha, the new Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Champion, has developed two new workshops. Both workshops are designed for faculty who are new to Writing Across the Curriculum or Writing in the Discipline (WID) and for faculty who teach a W course and would like a refresher.  All sessions will be held in the Office of IDEAS, Library 2134.

Learn more and apply for Writing Across the Curriculum

'Essentials of College Teaching' Faculty Book Club

Open to all faculty members and led by Dr. Connie Jones, author of The Essentials of College Teaching book, with lots of experience creating and running faculty or TA “bootcamps” to enhance teaching, and a leader of “Preparing Future Faculty” workshops for almost 20 years. Books will be provided and a modest professional development stipend.

Deadline: Sunday, February 25

Register for the Faculty Book Club


Additional Opportunities through the CSU System

CSU Online Course Services - Quality Learning & Teaching (QLT)

Registration for spring sessions is now open

All CSU-OCS courses are taught by Certified CSU Facilitators, 3-weeks in length, online, asynchronous, and require 15-20 hours. While you are able to move ahead in the course, you must follow the due dates as peer-to-peer collaboration is integral to each course.

Introduction to Teaching Online (Q1)

For faculty new to teaching online using the CSU QLT rubric. Content includes orienting students to the online course, setting up the structure and navigation, designing online modules for content delivery and engagement, developing discussions, developing assessment tools, and using technology tools.

Reviewing Courses Using the QLT Rubric (Q2)

Ideal if you have prior knowledge and familiarity with QLT and plan to review courses seeking QLT certification. Participants will engage in hands-on experiences using the QLT objectives to rate elements of a sample course, learn how to write helpful recommendations, and discuss examples for setting up a peer-review process on their campus. 

Advanced QLT Course in Teaching Online (Q3)

Participants will complete a QLT Core-24 self review on their own course for reflection and to identify areas of improvement and will produce a final project showcasing three course changes made in the course while completing the training. Faculty will need to have a partially or fully developed online/hybrid course is required prior to registration.

Introduction to AI Tools for Teaching & Learning

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence tools where guided experimentation empowers participants to understand some of the basics of AI functionality, including its workings and methods for detecting its usage. Learn basic AI terminology, engage in hands-on exploration of AI Tools, learn strategies for detecting AI-generated content, and techniques to address potential misuse of AI tools by students. Participants will apply the knowledge gained to develop a personalized AI use policy for their course, and find resources to maintain currency in this dynamic field.

Apply for an OCS course