2023 – 2024Calendar Overview
Foundations of Teaching Excellence
Sep 22, 2023 · Active Learning Strategies to Engage Students (1)
Nov 17 · Quality Course Design
Jan 27, 2024 · Active Learning Strategies to Engage Students (2)
Feb 16 · Chat GPT and AI: Uses, Instructional Purposes, and the Future… Oh My!
2023 – 2024Faculty Development Program
Faculty Development Program (FDP) is a certificate program focusing on best practices in higher education teaching and learning.
Registration
Advanced registration is required for all KCPDC events. Registration is FREE to employees of member institutions. Please contact your campus representative for registration.
Non-members are encouraged to enroll, on a space available basis. The cost for the attendance at KCPDC events is $150 for full day and $75 for most short programs. The cost for Foundations of Teaching Excellence (five workshops) is $150. For enrollment information, contact us at
KCPDC Faculty Academy
The KCPDC Faculty Academy continues to cultivate faculty development by hosting a day-long teaching and learning event where five mini workshops will focus on the following instructional frameworks – Quality Course Design, Learner-Centered Syllabus, Active Learning Strategies, Technology in the Classroom, and Effective Grading Strategies. Collectively, these five topics make up the Foundations of Teaching Excellence series. The Foundations of Teaching Excellence is beneficial to faculty new to teaching or others that may want to revisit essential teaching and learning strategies.
An alternative option for faculty searching for innovative classroom techniques is to participate in the Advanced Elements of Teaching Excellence seminar. The topic for this session changes annually and is based upon faculty interests.
Please read the descriptions below for more information on the Foundations of Teaching Excellence and the Advanced Elements of Teaching Excellence, or contact your campus representative if you have additional questions.
Faculty Development Certificate
There are three options to earn the Faculty Development Certificate:
The Special Topics and Supervisory Development Program workshops provide elective options for the FDP Certificate:
- Complete the KCPDC Faculty Academy and the annual Enhancing Teaching and Learning (ETL) Conference.
- Complete the KCPDC Faculty Academy, Advanced Elements of Teaching Excellence seminar, and one KCPDC workshop from Supervisor Development Program or Special Topics.
- Attend the Advanced Elements of Teaching Excellence seminar, an additional KCPDC workshop, and the Enhancing Teaching and Learning (ETL) Conference.
Foundations of Teaching Excellence
The Foundations of Teaching Excellence will be offered in a virtual format. The five workshop series will be on Fridays from Noon – 1:00 pm, Central Time beginning Friday, September 23 with Learner Centered Syllabus. The full schedule is listed below.
Times listed for all workshops are Central Time.
Active Learning Strategies to Engage Students (1)
Presented by Dr. Eugene Matthews
Date: Friday, September 22, 2023
Time: Noon – 1:00 pm
Location: Online
Description: Ready to get your students motivated and engaged in the classroom? Let's investigate active learning techniques that will help them think, collaborate, discuss, examine, and participate in conversations and activities.
Quality Course Design
Presented by Dr. Dale Marrant
Date: Friday, November 17, 2023
Time: Noon – 1:00 pm
Location: Online
Description: From planning instructional materials to student activities to learning outcomes, it's time to explore ways to enhance course content that supports critical and higher-order thinking inside and outside of the classroom.
Active Learning Strategies to Engage Students (2)
Presented by Eugene Matthews
Date: Friday, January 27, 2024
Time: Noon – 1:00 pm
Location: Online
Description: Ready to get your students motivated and engaged in the classroom? Let's investigate active learning techniques that will help them think, collaborate, discuss, examine, and participate in conversations and activities.
Chat GPT and AI: Uses, Instructional Purposes, and the Future… Oh My!
Date: Friday, February 16, 2024
Time: Noon – 2:00 pm
Location: Online
Description: Are you interested in learning more about Chat GPT and AI? Interested in the instructional purposes and uses? If so, then this session is for you! Come join an AI/ChatGPT presentation and panel discussion with colleagues to obtain valuable information about these tools in the brave new world of higher education. The panel discussion will be led and facilitated by KCPDC board members.
Best Practices for Technology in the Classroom
Presented by Ryan McElmurry
Date: Friday, March 22, 2024
Time: Noon – 1:00 pm
Location: Online
Description: Social media, group text, vlogging - technology is everywhere! #Welcometo2023 Let's discuss some technology tools to keep your students engaged and find a balance of technology that's right for you and your students.
Authentic Assessment
Presented by Cynthia Goudeau
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Time: Noon – 1:00 pm
Location: Online
In today’s learning environments, authentic assessments have become the gold standard for measuring learning outcomes. Authentic assessments evaluate student learning while simultaneously enhancing student knowledge and skills. Specifically, authentic assessments require students to apply the information they have learned in new and creative ways. In essence, this prepares students to utilize the knowledge they have gained in school to resolve issues in complex, real-world situations.
Learning Objectives: Participants in this session will be able to:
- Define authentic assessment
- Explain the difference between traditional assessment and authentic assessment
- Describe the benefits and characteristics of authentic assessment
- Develop authentic assessments based on theoretical best practice
Committed to providing professional development opportunities for the faculty and staff of its member institutions.