Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence

Teaching

• Teaching Tips
  Monthly Teaching Tips
• Difficult Dialogues
  Difficult Dialogues is a national program designed to promote and protect academic freedom and religious, cultural, and political pluralism on university campuses. Originally launched by two UAA/APU Ford Foundation grants, this project equips UAA faculty with the skills, knowledge and support to proactively and effectively introduce controversial topics into the classroom and, where necessary, field unanticipated controversy that arises.
• SoTL/Making Learning Visible
  SoTL is scholarly inquiry into student learning which advances the practice of teaching by making research findings public and open to critique and evaluation. The intent is to create a community of “scholarly teachers” who add to the body of knowledge about teaching and learning as well as benefiting from the SoTL research of others. Check out UAA's version of SoTL - Making Learning Visible.
• Team-Based Learning TBL
  Team-Based Learning™ (TBL) is a highly interactive, results-based educational strategy developed in the business school environment which has spread to other academic disciplines over the last decade. TBL can be used in classes as large as 200 and as small as 12. It transforms instruction into active learning and promotes the development of professional competencies in interpersonal skills, teamwork and peer feedback.  

Career Support

• Faculty Evaluation
  Faculty Evaluation (Faculty Services) – access the new and existing Faculty Evaluation Guidelines, Unit guidelines, union agreement policies, and statewide policies.
• Travel Grants & Sabbaticals

  Academic Affairs Grants- Information, deadlines, and applications for Faculty Development Fund and Research Travel Grants

  Sabbatical Information- purpose, eligibility, deadlines, forms and links

• Faculty Awards
  Faculty Awards:  Chancellor's Awards for Excellence, Community Engagement Awards, Governance Awards, Undergraduate Research Awards
• Faculty Unions
  UNAC - United Academics
  UAFT - University of Alaska Federation of Teachers

 Faculty Development Calendar   

 

 Fall Events 

• Fall Teaching Academy Events: For full-time & part-time faculty

  August 22, 8 AM - 5 PM | LIB 307 | Register Here

  View Teaching Academy Website & Session Descriptions

  This fall's Teaching Academy is designed to help you start the year smoothly, and take a deeper dive in areas where you'd like to gain confidence or develop new skills. We'll explore effective strategies for creating and assessing key course documents like assignments and syllabi, best practices in the use of student groups and teams, and systematic, reflective strategies to develop and demonstrate teaching excellence. There will be chances to learn about what the lessons being learned through our assessment of General Education Student Learning Outcomes, and the use of exceptionally powerful High-Impact Practices at UAA. In addition, there will be opportunities related to course design and facilitating online courses using Blackboard and Blackboard Collaborate with sessions available in person and virtually. Join us!

  Adjunct Focus Agust 23, 5 - 8:30 PM | LIB 214 | Register Here

  Adjunct faculty:  Please join us for an evening specially designed to support your work at UAA.  Adjuncts are critical members of the UAA community and the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) and Academic Innovations and eLearning (AI&e) are pleased to offer an opportunity for teaching support and professional development at a time when we hope most of you can attend.

  We'll provide refreshments, information about the students we serve, key insights about essential course components, as well as opportunities to explore academic technologies that will help you better interface with your students and support their learning.

• Faculty Learning Community: Advice to New Faculty

  September 6, 13 & 20 | 11:30 AM - 1 PM | GHH 105

  Register Here

  Please​ ​join​ ​us for​ ​CAFE's​ ​New​ ​Faculty​ ​Book​ ​Group​ ​to​ ​discuss​ ​Robert​ ​Boice's​ ​book, 

  Advice​ ​to​ ​New​ ​Faculty. 

   

  The book​ ​introduces​ ​the​ ​"most​ ​reliable​ ​research differentiating​ ​between​ ​new​ ​faculty 

  who​ ​thrive​ ​and​ ​those​ ​who​ ​struggle.​ ​By​ ​following​ ​its​ ​practical,​ ​easy-to-use​ ​rules,​ ​new 

  faculty​ ​can​ ​learn​ ​to​ ​teach​ ​with​ ​the​ ​highest​ ​levels​ ​of​ ​student​ ​approval,​ ​involvement​ ​and 

  comprehension​ ​time​ ​--​ ​with​ ​only​ ​modest​ ​preparation​ ​time..." ​ ​The​ ​book​ ​offers​ ​similar 

  suggestions​ ​for​ ​writing​ ​and​ ​quickly​ ​integrating​ ​into​ ​academic​ ​culture.​ ​​ ​We'll​ ​talk​ ​about 

  the​ ​book​ ​and​ ​share​ ​ideas​ ​and​ ​support​ ​for​ ​navigating​ ​your​ ​first​ ​few​ ​months​ ​at​ ​UAA.  
• Convening of the Tech Fellows Community

  September 10 | 10 AM - 12 PM | LIB 214

  Register Here 

• Faculty Networking Mixers

  Faculty Networking Mixer - September 15 | 4-6 PM Location TBD Register Here

  Coffee Mixer - October 13 | 9 - 10:30 AM | GHH 105     Register Here

• Faculty Learning Community: EXITO Student Mentoring

  October 6, 13 & 29 | 9:30-11:30 AM | LIB 214

  Register Here

• Faculty Learning Community: Accessibility in Higher Education

  October 13, 20, & 27 | 11:30 AM - 1 PM | LIB 214

  Register Here