Faculty Professional Development

This optional seminar will focus on aspects of teaching related specifically to developing a productive beginning of the semester. This daylong work session is an opportunity to work on course development and design, including articulation of course goals, alignment of goals with assignments and assessments, and an introduction to instructional strategies supportive of student learning outcomes.

Topics to be covered include:

· Completing a Syllabus and Preparing for the First Week of Classes
· Developing Effective Assignment Sheets
· Initiating Productive Class Discussions
· Using the Blackboard Learn Course Shell

These conversations are planned to provide specific course design frameworks and related teaching strategies that are adaptable to multiple disciplines.

Agenda will be posted soon.

This seminar is an optional professional development opportunity open to all faculty, but priority registration will be given to new faculty.