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, and services open to all part-time, full-time, tenure-track, and tenured 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;
- participate in cross-disciplinary learning communities;
- explore with CSUN colleagues topics relevant to campus life; 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
- increase student involvement
- interpret student feedback
Would you like to get informal peer feedback on your teaching? See information at Small Group Instructional Diagnosis (SGID). This service is open to all part-time, full-time, tenure-track, and tenured faculty.
Programs
[See Faculty Development's Calendar for details.]
Faculty Development sponsors a variety of workshops and learning communities on significant issues related to teaching and learning, facilitated by CSUN faculty as well as visiting experts. Faculty Development hosts the New Faculty Orientation (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.)
Faculty Book Group: Developing Learner-Centered Teaching
Co-Facilitators: Holli Tonyan (Psychology) and Zeynep Toker (Urban Studies & Planning)
Voice Coaching for Faculty
Facilitator: Christine Menzies (Theatre)
The Future of the University
Facilitator: Donal O'Sullivan (History)
Faculty Writing Circle
Facilitator: John D. Swain (Theatre)
Partners in Teaching
Facilitator: Kiren Dosanjh Zucker (Business Law/Management, and Director of Faculty Development)
Course Design
Faculty Development assists faculty in:
- developing courses
- revising courses
- creating assignments/assessment
Grants
Available through Faculty Development:
- Judge Julian Beck Learning-Centered Instructional Improvement Projects (open to all faculty including part-time, full-time, tenure-track, and tenured faculty)
- Probationary Faculty Support Program (open to all tenure-track faculty)