Faculty Learning Communities

Leads: Teresita Curiel(opens in new window) and Gloria Lopez(opens in new window)
Grant Contact: Sabrina Marquez(opens in new window)
Who: All faculty including lecturers 
Payment: $1000 (a taxable training and professional development stipend)
Format: In person

This Fall 2024 project is partially funded by a generous U.S. Department of Education Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) grant from PI Ryan Patten, College of BSS.  We are happy to collaborate on this important work.  This FLC will feature connected workshops focused on better understanding Hispanic/Latinx university students and how Chico State can advance their success. Applications are due on 9/3 at 11:59 p.m.

Call for applications (Google Doc) | Applications have closed.

Lead: Dr. Nan Li
Who: All faculty including lecturers 
Payment: $500 (a taxable training and professional development stipend)
Format: Online and Synchronous

International Education and Global Engagement (IEGE) is offering faculty an opportunity to participate in a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) this fall to support with implementation of Collaborative Online International Education (COIL) as a component within your course at Chico State. IEGE offers support—training, mentoring, resources, and partner matching—for faculty members who wish to develop a virtual exchange experience with a faculty member(s) abroad, connecting students globally to project-based learning and valuable international opportunities. Applications are due on 9/3 at 11:59 p.m.

Call for applications (Google Doc) | Applications have closed.

The Office of Faculty Development and the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are collaborating to produce a webinar series on Free Speech and Inclusion. The purpose of the series is to better equip faculty to navigate contentious issues during times of heightened political tension. You are welcome to attend any/all sessions, but we have funding to provide 20 people with $500 in compensation for attending all sessions and producing a series of deliverables.

Want to know more? Review the full call (Google Doc).
Ready to apply now? Fill out a brief application(opens in new window).

Lead: Holly Nevarez(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers currently in/considering leadership roles on campus
Payment: $500 (a taxable training and professional development stipend)
Format: In person

The Fall 2024 leadership FLC will introduce leadership styles and strategies. This FLC is designed for people who lead from wherever you are. Perhaps you are not a formal leader on campus, but find yourself leading other staff or students; perhaps you would like to be a formal leader someday and want to start to develop skills; or perhaps you are going to be a department Chair next year and want to start preparing. In any of those scenarios, this FLC is for you. We will talk about staffing, shared governance, facilitating meetings, managing difficult people, work to develop a leadership philosophy and more. Applications are due on 9/3 at 11:59 p.m.

Call for applications (Google Doc) | Applications have closed.

Lead: Allison McConnell
Who: All faculty including lecturers
Payment: $500 (a taxable training and professional development stipend)
Format: Online and Primarily Asynchronous

The Fall 2024 Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT) Program is an asynchronous, self-paced Canvas course structured around the QLT evaluation rubric. This QLT course is designed to meet core standards in the QLT instrument through the completion of eight modules with associated deliverables that guide you to fully redesign a course (or design a new course). Topics and deliverables focus on backwards design, student engagement, authentic assessment, inclusion and accessibility, and more. This QLT course requires a final course review. While focusing on online learning, QLT provides a framework that is applicable to all modes of instruction. Applications are due on 9/3 at 11:59 p.m.

• Module 1: Introduction to QLT & Course Design Goals
• Module 2: Course Overview & Learner Support  
  (QLT sections 1 and 7)
• Module 3: Assessment & Evaluation of Student Learning 
  (QLT section 2)
• Module 4: Course Mapping & Instructional Material Organization
  (QLT section 3)
• Module 5: Equity, Diversity & Antiracism 
  (QLT section 5)
• Module 6: Inclusivity & Accessibility 
  (QLT section 8)
• Module 7: Student Interaction & Engagement
  (QLT sections 4 and 6)
• Module 8: Wrap-up & Reflections

Call for applications (Google Doc) | Applications have closed.

Lead: Jamie Gunderson(opens in new window)
Who: All STEM faculty, including lecturers (CNS and ECSCM)
Payment: $1880.00 (a taxable training and professional development stipend)
Format: Online and Synchronous 

The CSU Chico Office of Faculty Development (FDEV) is thrilled to present an NSF-funded Faculty Learning Community (FLC) dedicated to implementing teaching strategies that enhance student learning in STEM disciplines. This FLC invites participants to delve into Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to design assessments and implement activities that foster inclusion, accessibility, engagement, and student success within their courses for the 2024-2025 academic year.We strongly encourage all STEM faculty to apply. Applications are due on 9/3 at 11:59 p.m.

Call for applications (Google Doc) | Applications have closed.

We heard from some folks about their desire for writing support this semester so we are offering this experimental program.  Our goal with this is to help group people up into ad-hoc writing teams that will meet regularly through the fall semester, and provide as much structured support for the groups as they would like.

This is not really an application, we will take anyone who is interested, but we are asking folks to complete the sign-up by 9/3 at 11:59pm so we can match people up ASAP. Sign ups have closed.

Who is running this thing?: Chris Fosen (ENGL) is helping to organize this with support from Zach. How involved Chris is depends on your needs: he’s willing to meet regularly with your group, share ideas and resources, and facilitate discussion–or not do any of that, perhaps just checking in every once in a while to see how things are going. People have mentioned they like the Shut Up and Write model we’ve offered in the past and that’s definitely an option here.

Why should I sign up?: This program is a good fit for you if you have a writing project you are working on but need a system of peer support and dedicated time to get on track.

Will I be paid to participate?: No, this is an unfunded program. We are experimenting with an alternative format to try and support faculty in a different way. We will be assessing this model to figure out how viable it is moving forward. 

When are the meetings?: We will figure that out when we get feedback from you. We will do our best to build networks that work for everyone. 

Any other perks?: FDEV will host an end of the semester get together for those who participated in the project to have some coffee/tea, a snack, and share some of what they’ve been working on.  As a group we’ll talk about how it went and what might be improved next time.