External conferences, seminars, and training sessions  

 You might also want to have a look at Kennesaw State University’s Calendar of Teaching Conferences for an even more extensive list of conference opportunities.

Designing Courses for Greater Student Engagement & Better Learning
May 21-23, 2013
Hyatt Regency O’Hare
Chicago, IL

12th Annual Conference: Innovative Pedagogy & Course Redesign XII
Collaborations for Empowerment and Learning
May 29 – 31, 2013
Fairfield, CT

Teaching Professor Annual Conference
May 31 –June 2, 2013
New Orleans, Louisiana

2013 International Institute for SoTL Scholars and Mentors (IISSAM): The Ecology of Teaching and Learning
June 6-9, 2013
Loyola Marymount University

What the Best College Teachers Do - 18th Annual International Best Teachers Summer Institute
June 19-21, 2013
Wilshire Grand Hotel
New York City Area

6th Annual Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy
February 5-7, 2014
The inn at Virginia Tech and the Skelton Conference Center
Virginia Tech, Virgina

American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference
February 7-9, 2014
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Red Rock Great Teaching Retreat
February 27-March 1, 2014
Shilo Inn, Kanab, Utah

IDEA Center Department Chair Seminars
2013 Conference to be announced

Lilly Conferences on College and University Teaching
Various national and international conferences at various locations and times. 

5th Annual POD/AACU Organizational Development Institute)
2014 Conference to be announced

20th Georgia Conference on College and University Teaching
2014 Conference to be Announce

13th Annual Team-Based Learning Conference
2014 Conference to be Annouced

Scholarship of Teaching and Engagement Conference
2014 Conference to be Announced

The SoTL Commons: A Conference for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
2014 Conference to be Announced

Spring Teaching & Learning Symposium
2014 Conference to be Announced

Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching

Awarded every two years.

More information
The Cherry Award program is designed to honor great teachers, to stimulate discussion in the academy about the value of teaching, and to encourage departments and institutions to value their own great teachers. The winner of the Cherry Award will receive a prize of $250,000 and will teach in residence at Baylor University during the 2014 fall or 2015 spring semester; travel expenses and a furnished apartment will be provided. To further Baylor University's commitment to great teaching, the winner's home department will receive $25,000.