Fall 2023 Teaching Professional Learning
Programming Calendar
Check back regularly for newly added sessions!
Professional/Faculty Learning Communities | Description | Dates/Times |
| Faculty Learning Community on Ungrading | Let’s explore the opportunities and challenges of grading together! In this FLC, we will dive deeper into Ungrading—an approach that has many different ways of evaluating students’ learning that removes the anxiety of a grade for students, hence putting the focus on the learning. The focus of this cross-disciplinary FLC is to explore and reflect on a variety of ungrading strategies and practices that help to remove barriers for students by focusing on learning, rather than performance only. The goal is to engage in discovery by trying new approaches, sharing with colleagues, and creating opportunities for ongoing critical reflection in our practice. Fridays, 11am-noon (First and last session in Zoom; 5 middle sessions in-person) Facilitators: Amy Conley (Education) Tani Sebro (Political Science) | October 2-December 1 |
| Course Design Academy | The Course Design Academy is focused on re-imagining your teaching and your students’ learningthrough backward design. Selected participants acrossall teaching modalities (face-to-face, online, blended) and disciplines will have an opportunity to engage in afully online, asynchronous learning experience over four weeks. Includes opportunity to participate in optional, real-time “Student Hours” with facilitators. Stipends provided by the CSU Quality Learning & Teaching (QLT) 23/24 Grant Facilitators: CTL QLT Team | September 18-October 15 Asynchrnous online |
| New Faculty Academy | A year-long learning community with bi-monthly sessions focused on teaching, scholarship, and service to support the 23/24 New Faculty Cohort Faciliatators: CTL and OFA | Bi-monthly Tuesdays, 9:00 am |
| Humanized Online STEM Academy | REGISTER NOW for SLOTS RESERVED FOR HUMBOLDT EDUCATORS! The Academy is a 6-week, research-based online, asynchronous professional development program centered on inclusive, culturally responsive online teaching. Cal Poly Humboldt is one of three founding campus partners. See: Humanized Showcases by Humboldt educator-Academy alumni. Learn more about the Academy here: https://humanizeol.org/humanizing-academy/ Stipends awarded for completion. | October 2 - November 12 Spring 2024 date coming soon!
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Mid-Semester Feedback Program | Description | Dates/Times |
| Mid-Semester Feedback | A discovery process that solicits feedback from students on important aspects within a course to identify any possible changes that may have a positive impact on students' learning experiences. | Requests accepted through October 2, 2023 |
Teaching Talks, Workshops, Discussions, and More! | Description | Dates/Times |
AI (Artifical Intelligence) Discussion Series
| Don’t Miss the Conversations on AI in Teaching and Learning! Join your colleagues in exploring and discussing AI and how we can share strategies and resources to support meaningful learning. Facilitators: Sherrene Bogle, Computer Science Deidre Pike, Journalism and Mass Communication Noah Zerbe, Political Science
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| Ongoing Professional Learning Anytime/Anywhere: CTL Instructional Hub | Login to the Hub and find a variety of learning modules for teaching and engaged learning Self-enroll at https://canvas.humboldt.edu/enroll/K48KYT | Anytime/Anywhere |
Events | Description | Dates/Times |
New Lecturer Orientation | An orientation to teaching at Humboldt that supports new lecturers in preparing their courses and making connections to peers | Contact CTL for details |
New Faculty Orientation | An orientation and building connections through teaching, scholarship, and service at Cal Poly Humboldt | Contact CTL for details |
Annual Teaching Excellence Symposium
| An opportunity to share your stories of teaching excellence, inspiration, innovation, and impact as a Cal Poly Humboldt educator | Spring 2024 Date coming soon! |
Quality Learning & Teaching (QLT) Program | Description | Dates/Times |
QLT Peer Review Opportunity | Interested in non-evaluative, confidential feedback on your course? Participate in the QLT Peer-Review Process Facilitated by the CTL QLT Team | Ongoing |
Fall 2023 CSU Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) Training | Did you know that Humboldt is a QLT Campus? Learn how to apply the QLT to your course as a self-reflective tool and/or a tool to receive non-evaluative feedback on your course. CSU Online Course Services offers FREE Professional Development Courses Please register for a Professional Development course of your choice:
| Sign up for a QLT Training by registering on the CSU Online Course Services website |
In Case you Missed It! | Description | Link |
Teaching Talk on Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT: Why does it matter? | Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to evolve. Perhaps we have all experienced the role AI has played in our lives as we receive personalized ads or news reports read by AI bots. There are many ways we intersect with AI that are now commonplace. However, when AI begins writing student papers…well, that’s a different thing! Isn’t it? Join us for a conversation with with Amber Gaffney (Psychology), Noah Zerbe (Politics), Keith Sollers (Computer Science), and Crane Conso (MA Psychology Graduate) | Friday, January 27, 2023 12-12:50 pm |
Fall 2022 Teaching Talk: Hands in the Dirt, Boots on the Ground: Service Learning is Applied Learning | Service-learning is experiential, tricky, valuable, and leads to the outcomes of humility, resilience, and equity. Come explore how to set-up service-learning classes for your discipline and imagine how experiential learning can help our community and, even more, support our students in accessing and honing their professional selves. Facilitators: Amy Conley (School of Education), Sara Hart (Religious Studies), and Beth Wilson (Economics) | Watch the Recording of Hands in the Dirt, Boots on the Ground! |
