As part of the Center for Innovative and Engaged Learning Opportunities (CIELO), Faculty Development seeks to:
- promote effective teaching and learning practices;
- foster faculty members’ professional growth;
- strengthen collegial ties; and
- support the scholarship of teaching and learning at CSUN.
Through workshops, book groups, discussion forums, research grants, and services for faculty, Faculty Development offers CSUN faculty members a number of opportunities to:
- learn from CSUN colleagues as they share their innovative teaching and learning practices;
- join cross-disciplinary learning communities;
- explore with other members of the CSUN community topics relevant to campus life;
- obtain funding for research; and
- develop professionally.
We look forward to your participation in Faculty Development programs!
Individual Consultation
Faculty Development consults with individual faculty
- to enhance/improve teaching
- to increase student involvement
- to interpret student feedback
Would you like to get informal peer feedback on your teaching? See information at Small Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID).
Programs
[See Faculty Development's Calendar for details.]
Faculty Development sponsors a variety of workshops on significant issues related to teaching and learning, facilitated by CSUN faculty, visiting experts, or the Director. Faculty Development hosts the New Faculty Orientation Day, as well as year-long new faculty programs (see the New Faculty Survival Guide).
IdeaShare
(formerly the Student Learning Projects Directory)
- Are you interested in student-learning strategies that have improved student achievement at California State University, Northridge?
- Do you have a student-learning strategy to share with CSUN colleagues?
If you answered yes to either of these questions, explore CSUN's IdeaShare.
Faculty Learning Communities
(See Faculty Development's Calendar for details.)
CSUN Faculty Book Group, Fall 2008 -- Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time, by Paul Rogat Loeb -- Co-Facilitators: Merri Whitelock (Community Engagement) and Kiren Dosanjh Zucker (Faculty Development)
Junior Faculty Learning Communituy -- We Should Talk: A Discussion Group on "the Road to Tenure" -- Facilitator: Anu Thakur (Family & Consumer Sciences)
Voice Coaching for Faculty -- Facilitator: Christine Menzies (Theater)
Engaging Students from the Classroom Stage, Fall 2008 -- Facilitator: Doug Kaback (Theatre)
"Peers Peering In" September Coffee and November Wrap-up (for past participants in Engaging Students form the Classroom Stage learning communities -- Facilitator: Doug Kaback (Theatre) and Whitney Scott (Child & Adolescent Development)
Course Design
Faculty Development assists faculty
- to develop courses
- to revise courses
- to create assignments/assessment
Grants
Available through Faculty Development:
- Judge
Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Improvement Projects
- Probationary Faculty Support Program