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Unlock Your Teaching Potential with the FDEV Teaching Certificate!

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Dear Faculty,

We are taking the Teaching Tip this week to announce the FDEV Teaching Certificate. This self-paced course includes three modules. The completion of each module comes with a letter designed for inclusion in your dossier as evidence of your commitment to improving your teaching. This work started with Chiara Ferrari and Grazyne Tresoldi and was completed by Jamie Gunderson from the School of Education. I am proud of the contributions all of them made along the way. Special thanks to Jamie for completing the work and doing so in a way to maximize utility for faculty. 

Are you ready to elevate your teaching? We’re excited to invite you to participate in the FDEV Teaching Certificate course on Canvas! This is your opportunity to invest in your professional development and enhance the learning experience for your students—on your schedule, at your own pace.

Why the FDEV Teaching Certificate?

Tailored Learning: Choose from three modules — Instructional Planning, Teaching Enhancements, and Research in Equity, Antiracism, Diversity, and Inclusion — to align with your interests and teaching goals.

Innovative Strategies and Resources: Explore new instructional methods and assessment techniques designed to engage your students more effectively. Gain access to tools and resources to confidently design or redesign your courses. 

Flexible Format: Learn at your own pace! Whether you have a busy schedule or prefer deep dives into specific topics, this course fits your needs.

What’s in it for you? 

Enhance your teaching practices and create more inclusive learning environments. Participants who submit a module deliverable and reflection will receive an individualized letter for their dossier, outlining their work and the resources they applied to improve their pedagogy.

Ready to Get Started?

Don’t Wait! Log into Canvas and enroll in the FDEV Teaching Certificate course today!

Zach Justus
Director of Faculty Development
Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
Google Voice/Text: 530-487-4150

All past Tuesday Tips are curated on the FDEV website

Measuring Student Learning Certificate Opportunity

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Defining a learning objective is challenging. Accurately measuring a learning objective is even more challenging and requires familiarity with a number of assessment strategies. In 500 Tips on Assessment, best practices include exploring a variety of strategies such as peer and self assessment, portfolios, and practical work that are “authentic” and “redeemable” (i.e. opportunities to redeem failure when things go wrong).

If you’d like to take a closer look at your course assessment plan in a supportive environment and earn a Certificate in “Measuring Student Learning and Success”, join us in a series of three workshops on April 5, 12, and 19 in MLIB 252 from 11-12:30. Earning the certificate involves attending all three workshops that offer a comprehensive look at different stages of a course assessment plan. While you are welcome to attend as many workshops as your schedule allows, earning the Certificate requires full attendance at all three workshops.

Workshop Topics

April 5: Create and implement a course assessment plan (by Ben Seipel)

April 12: Interpret assessment data and close the loop (by Ben Seipel)

April 19: Create assessment-based evidence for your RTP dossier (by Chiara Ferrari)

If you’re interested, please complete this brief questionnaire.

Contact Chiara Ferrari for questions.

Workshops are offered by the Office of Faculty Development in collaboration with the Academic Assessment Council.