Fall 2024 Teaching Professional Development
Check back regularly for newly added sessions!
Professional/Faculty Learning Communities | Description | Dates/Times |
| New Faculty Academy | A year-long learning community for the 24/25 New Faculty Cohort. Includes bi-monthly sessions focused on teaching, scholarship, and service. Faciliatators: Center for Teaching & Learning and the Office of Faculty Affairs | Bi-monthly Tuesdays, 9:00 am |
| Certificate for Online Instruction Academy | The Certificate for Online Instruction Academy provides a six-week opportunity for you to engage in an explorative journey that will lead to a certificate for teaching online. Our path is guided by backward design principles, fundamentals of effective online teaching and learning, theoretical understanding, practical application, and facilitator and peer feedback.
Facilitators: Center for Teaching Learning QLT Team | October 7 -November 17, 2024 Asynchronous online - Sign up no later than 9/9 Certificate for Online Instruction Academy Registration Here |
| Faculty Learning Community on Exploring Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Teaching & Learning | This FLC takes as a starting point that generative artificial intelligence (genAI) presents a myriad of challenges and opportunities in higher education that are not yet well understood. And further, that colleges and universities have not reached any consensus about how and where genAI may fit in the higher ed landscape. Members of this FLC will have the opportunity to explore, review, and discuss emerging research, examine and critique uses of genAI tools / resources for education and research, and collectively consider potential implications for teaching and learning at Humboldt
| Late September-early November Sign ups coming soon! |
Confidential, Non-Evaluative Feedback on Teaching | Description | Dates/Times |
| Mid-Semester Feedback Progam | 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. | Mid-Semester Feedback Request Form Requests accepted through October 4th |
| Humboldt's Quality Learning & Teaching (QLT) Peer Review Program | Interested in non-evaluative, confidential feedback on your course? Facilitated by the CTL QLT Team | Open Call: Participate in the QLT Peer-Review Process |
| Course Equity Ratio Report | The Humboldt Course Equity Ratio Report (CERR) offers a confidential exploration of your historical course data to investigate trends and/or patterns. The Office of Institutional Research, Analytics, and Reporting (IRAR) website is a great place to begin your exploration around course data, such as success rates, equity gaps, and other valuable information to inform your course and pedagogy Step 1: Download the Course Equity Ratio Report (CERR) Request Template and fill it out Step 2: Request a Course Equity Ratio Report through the Data Request Link and be sure you attach your spreadsheet. Note: CERRs are only for the instructor of record. If you wish to include sections from another instructor, approval from the other instructor and the Dean is required. The report will be provided within one to two weeks. Step 3: Feel free to meet with a CTL team member to discuss findings, ideas, and strategies |
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| Teaching Pairs | Teaching Pairs is an opportunity to pair up with a peer and provide non-evaluative feedback using one of the Instructional Observation Guides on the Academic Personnel Services website. While these are for feedback only, you may choose to add the feedback that you receive from your peer to your portfolio. Reach out to the CTL and we can set up a peer partnership | |
Ongoing Professional Learning Anytime/Anywhere: CTL Instructional Hub | Login to the Hub for a variety of learning modules for teaching and engaged learning | Anytime/Anywhere |
Events | Description | Dates/Times |
New Lecturer Orientation | Fall 2024 orientation to teaching at Humboldt; supporting new lecturers in preparing their courses and making connections to Humboldt and peers | 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 2025 |
CSU Quality Learning & Teaching (QLT) Courses | Description | Dates/Times |
Fall 2024 CSU Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) Training + AI Tools for Teaching & Learning | 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 |