The Office of Faculty & Professional Development is excited to announce our Faculty Development Week at CUSM. Join us as we start our new school year with insightful presentations and workplace training.

Overview

This teaching and learning academy is an annual cohort community of practice focusing on comprehensive skills related to crafting learning environments and experiences and applying those skills to our own individual teaching contexts. Wenger (1998) argued in his seminal work on learning communities that learning is fundamentally social in nature and that a significant site for deep learning is the community of practice. Consequently, this academy uses a community of practice model to learn how learning works, how learning experiences are constructed, and the many factors related to deploying effective teaching in clinical and non-clinical environments.

 

Program Goals

Participants will:

• Develop a deeper understanding of how learning works,
• Develop a deeper understanding of how to design equitable learning environments that support diverse learners,
• Develop and use a comprehensive set of strategic and tactical tools for use in designing, delivering, and assessing clinical and non-clinical learning environments,
• Create or revise instructional teaching materials to incorporate best practices of instructional design,
• Share instructional materials with the campus community,
• Increase their self-efficacy in their teaching practice.

Timeline and Application

The TLA meets almost entirely via Microsoft Teams, with in-person meetings for the first and last sessions.The platform and timing will enable as many clinical faculty to attend as possible.

This academy is for:

• faculty who have never had formal instruction in teaching practice,
• faculty who wish to refresh their knowledge of teaching and learning,
• faculty wanting to revise instructional materials for effectiveness,
• faculty who are preparing to construct a new course or learning program

TLA content is divided into six modules. These are:

1. How Learning Works
2. Learning Environment Design
3. Assessing and Evaluating Teaching and Learning
4. Equity, Disability, & Universal Design for Learning
5. Educational Technology
6. Teaching Strategies and Tactical Tools

Contact Us!

Have questions about the academy or the application? Reach out to us at FacultyDevelopment@cusm.edu.

Include Sessions that

• review teaching and learning fundamentals, including learning session design and assessment, active learning, teaching with technology, and flipped classroom approaches,
• support faculty service work and leadership development, including committee leadership orientations, optimal operation in shared governance structures, working in and leading teams, presentation and communication skills,
• support scholarship development, including research and scholarship agenda development, team construction and alignment, and collaborative projects,
• review contemporary trends in medical education,
• provide training in educational technology, including instructional podium technology, Canvas, Camtasia, and other instructional tools.

The Faculty Development Program at CUSM supports faculty to be effective:

• Independent, emotionally intelligent and creative servant leaders who build effective and collaborative teams;
• Effective administrators capable of making and executing plans, strategies, and policies, skillfully managing people and resources;
• Antiracist, development- and growth-focused, compassionate educators who engage in inclusive teaching, transformative pedagogy, and continuous improvement;
• Researchers who actively engage students and the community in research projects and scholarly work that advances medical science;
• Communicators who actively listen, facilitate open discussion, and demonstrate clear speaking and writing skills;
• Global citizens who recognize and promote the diversity of background and beliefs among faculty, staff, students, and the broader local and global community in which we live;
• Compassionate, patient-focused clinicians who demonstrate superior listening, diagnostic, and treatment skills.

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