Teaching
The Center for Faculty Development (CFD) seeks to encourage communities of faculty that support each other in becoming excellent teachers and creative and fruitful contributors to their disciplines. The CFD seeks to nurture their faculty to help them complete research for the goal of improving teaching and learning processes. Faculty are encouraged to know and love God, seeing their teaching, scholarship, creative work, and service as part of their Christian calling to the academic world.
Initiatives
Fall and Winter Workshops
At the beginning of the fall and spring semesters faculty participate in an extended development opportunity that includes either departmental and interdepartmental dialogue on current topics or concurrent sessions offered by faculty colleagues and campus leaders.
In the Academy
Multiple sessions are offered each semester for all faculty regarding important aspects of professional advancement, grant opportunities, and research leave opportunities.
Singleton Course Design Institute
The Singleton Course Design Institute provides faculty with the tools, time and space to design or re-design their course based on student learning goals and objectives and thereby maximizing student learning. Throughout the semester, individual Course Design consultations are offered through the Center for Faculty Development.
Faculty Dialogue Groups
Believing that iron sharpens iron, faculty facilitate discussions over lunch on selected books or topics of interest in teaching, scholarship, and the Christian faith and practice.
Newell Innovative Teaching Award
This annual award celebrates faculty achievement of innovative approaches to teaching and learning.
Recently Added Articles
- Suggestions for Processing Course Evaluations
- Student Course Evaluation Instrument (pdf)
- Student Course Evaluation Instrument
- Faculty Advising Guidelines
- Explanation of Core Requirements
- Appendix D: Faith & Knowledge Questions
- Appendix C: Making Connections in Student Advising: The First Appointment
- Mentoring Program for New Faculty
- Developing Your Research Agenda
- Graduation Guidelines and Information
Recently Added External Links
- "Coping with Anxiety" by Joshua Knabb, PSYD, ABPP (community talk) – Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of PsyD Program at California Baptist University
- "Coping with Anxiety" by Joshua Knabb, PSYD, ABPP (faculty/staff talk) – Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of PsyD Program at California Baptist University
- "Coping with Anxiety" by Joshua Knabb, PSYD, ABPP (student talk) – Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of PsyD Program at California Baptist University
- About Campus Scholarship Reconsidered
- Beginning Well: New Academic Year – From InterVarsity's The Well
- InterVarsity "The Well" – A gathering place for women in graduate school and beyond
- Emerging Scholars Network
- Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching
- Union University Office of Disability Services
- Faculty Focus