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January 2025 Tuesday Tips
21st January 2025
Tuesday Teaching Tip: Tasks Take Time, so Schedule the Time
A colleague shared with me that half his Spring teaching load was online and asynchronous. We talked about how this sort of teaching/learning is often challenging in a world where other work comes with urgent deadlines so anything without a schedule gets deprioritized. We have a similar experience in FDEV where some of our asynchronous opportunities are fabulous, but you are more successful when we create a reminder schedule to keep you on track.
One thing we often recommend is blocking off dedicated work time on your calendar for asynchronous work. This prevents others from scheduling on top of it and it creates space for you to do the focused work of teaching. I recommend the same thing for my students when I am teaching a class with an asynchronous component.
This is not just advice for asynchronous opportunities. Tasks take time, so you have to schedule the time. One of the things I do to keep my inbox manageable is identify messages that will require time and then convert them to a calendar event through the “meeting” button (just delete the other people on the email from the request).
Making dedicated time for things you want to get done is also a theme in our faculty opportunities. Sign up for something now (deadline is 1/28) and make the time commitment to achieve that goal.
Chico Affordable Learning Solutions (CAL$)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: Online and Asynchronous
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: Chancellor’s Office
Contact: Beth Shook(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: Online and Asynchronous
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: Chancellor’s Office
Contact: Beth Shook(opens in new window)
Want to decrease course costs for students? And at the same time provide students high quality and accessible course materials? Participate in an asynchronous Canvas training designed to help faculty identify and evaluate Open Educational Resources (OER) and other free or affordable materials for your course(s). Faculty who complete the online training, including developing a cost-savings plan to be implemented in a Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 course, will earn $500 in taxable income. Faculty will also be eligible to participate in a paid Summer 2025 project to revise, remix or create OER for your course.
Canvas modules will cover the following topics: OER and why are they important, copyright and Creative Commons licenses, finding and evaluating OER, library resources, adapting & creating materials for your course, teaching with open resources, the Zero Cost Course Materials (ZCCM) designation, and working with the bookstore on low-cost options including Immediate Access.
Free Speech and Inclusion
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: Online on Fridays with one in-person meeting
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: Special Allocation from State Legislature
Contact: Zach Justus(opens in new window) and Joseph Morales(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: Online on Fridays with one in-person meeting
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: Special Allocation from State Legislature
Contact: Zach Justus(opens in new window) and Joseph Morales(opens in new window)
This webinar series is designed to empower instructors in the classroom and elevate our campus conversations about critical issues. Faculty will receive training in free speech basics, de-escalation, and be introduced to campus support systems. We will also have space for discussion of ongoing issues like changes to the Time, Place, and Manner policy and emergent issues on/off campus.
This series is appropriate for all faculty whether you regularly engage in high-stakes discussions or don’t have them as part of your curriculum, but want to be prepared.
Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT)
Who: Program Cohorts of Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers (one application per program).
Format: Online and Asynchronous
Payment: $750 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: FDEV and Chancellor’s Office
Contact: Allison McConnell(opens in new window)
Who: Program Cohorts of Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers (one application per program).
Format: Online and Asynchronous
Payment: $750 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: FDEV and Chancellor’s Office
Contact: Allison McConnell(opens in new window)
The 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.
Teaching and the First-Year Experience
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: In Person
Compensation: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: FDEV with facilitation by Undergraduate Education
Contact: Sue Peterson(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: In Person
Compensation: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: FDEV with facilitation by Undergraduate Education
Contact: Sue Peterson(opens in new window)
Join colleagues in discussing challenges, opportunities, and strategies specific to teaching students in their first year of college. This FLC will be helpful for faculty who teach primarily 100-level courses in the major, 100-level GE courses, or any other course aimed mainly at first-year students. Plan to learn about research-supported teaching strategies for transitioning students, cognitive challenges for the first-year student, strategies for communicating with first-year students, how to develop realistic and supportive expectations for the classroom, and identifying campus partners to help you and your students succeed.
Writing Support
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: TBD
Payment: NA
Funding Source: NA
Contact: Chris Fosen(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: TBD
Payment: NA
Funding Source: NA
Contact: Chris Fosen(opens in new window)
Our goal is to help group faculty form ad-hoc writing teams that will meet regularly through the spring semester to work on writing projects, and provide as much structured support for the groups as they would like.
Book Club: Our Migrant Souls by Héctor Tobar
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: In Person on Wednesdays March 12, 26, and April 2.
Payment: None - we will make sure you have the book.
Contact: Laura Nice(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: In Person on Wednesdays March 12, 26, and April 2.
Payment: None - we will make sure you have the book.
Contact: Laura Nice(opens in new window)
Join us to discuss the 2024-2025 Book in Common, Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of ‘Latino’ by Héctor Tobar (so you are ready to attend Tobar's campus talk on April 10). This deeply engaging and relevant text is “a direct address to the young people who identify or have been classified as ‘Latino’… [that] decodes the meaning of ‘Latino’ as a racial and ethnic identity in the modern United States, and gives voice to the anger and the hopes of young Latino people who have seen Latinidad transformed into hateful tropes and who have faced insult and division—a story as old as this country itself. Tobar translates his experience as not only a journalist and novelist but also a mentor, leader, and educator. He interweaves his own story, and that of his parents’ migration to the United States from Guatemala, into his account of his journey across the country to uncover something expansive, inspiring, true, and alive about the meaning of ‘Latino’ in the 21st century" (publisher description).
Book Club: Teaching with AI by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: In Person from 12-1pm on Wednesdays February 5, March 5, April 9, and May 7.
Payment: None - we will make sure you have the book.
Contact: Zach Justus(opens in new window)
Interest Form(opens in new window)
This group is built around the landmark book Teaching with AI by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson. Bowen and Watson are leading figures in teaching and learning. Their latest book is the preeminent how-to guide for understanding AI and teaching/learning. The book club will meet in person from 12-1pm on Wednesdays February 5, March 5, April 9, and May 7 in the Rose Garden Room (MLIB 459) to explore the book. Each meeting will be a facilitated discussion about the chapters.
Zach Justus
Director of Faculty Development
Professor of Communication Arts and SciencesGoogle Voice/Text: 530-487-4150
If you’d like to comment on this or any other Tuesday Tip, visit the FDEV Blog(opens in new window).
All past Tuesday Tips are curated on the FDEV website.
28th January 2025
Tuesday Teaching Tip: Last Call for Spring Programming
Today is the deadline for Spring programming and we have capacity in every group for additional applicants. Whether you need to decrease course costs, redesign a course, connect with colleagues about key issues, or get some structured support for your research–we have something for you. Take a minute to set your Spring up for success by making time for the things you want to accomplish. We look forward to working with you.
Chico Affordable Learning Solutions (CAL$)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: Online and Asynchronous
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: Chancellor’s Office
Contact: Beth Shook(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: Online and Asynchronous
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: Chancellor’s Office
Contact: Beth Shook(opens in new window)
Want to decrease course costs for students? And at the same time provide students high quality and accessible course materials? Participate in an asynchronous Canvas training designed to help faculty identify and evaluate Open Educational Resources (OER) and other free or affordable materials for your course(s). Faculty who complete the online training, including developing a cost-savings plan to be implemented in a Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 course, will earn $500 in taxable income. Faculty will also be eligible to participate in a paid Summer 2025 project to revise, remix or create OER for your course.
Canvas modules will cover the following topics: OER and why are they important, copyright and Creative Commons licenses, finding and evaluating OER, library resources, adapting & creating materials for your course, teaching with open resources, the Zero Cost Course Materials (ZCCM) designation, and working with the bookstore on low-cost options including Immediate Access.
Free Speech and Inclusion
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: Online on Fridays with one in-person meeting
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: Special Allocation from State Legislature
Contact: Zach Justus(opens in new window) and Joseph Morales(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: Online on Fridays with one in-person meeting
Payment: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: Special Allocation from State Legislature
Contact: Zach Justus(opens in new window) and Joseph Morales(opens in new window)
This webinar series is designed to empower instructors in the classroom and elevate our campus conversations about critical issues. Faculty will receive training in free speech basics, de-escalation, and be introduced to campus support systems. We will also have space for discussion of ongoing issues like changes to the Time, Place, and Manner policy and emergent issues on/off campus.
This series is appropriate for all faculty whether you regularly engage in high-stakes discussions or don’t have them as part of your curriculum, but want to be prepared.
Quality Learning and Teaching (QLT)
Who: Program Cohorts of Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers (one application per program).
Format: Online and Asynchronous
Payment: $750 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: FDEV and Chancellor’s Office
Contact: Allison McConnell(opens in new window)
Who: Program Cohorts of Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers (one application per program).
Format: Online and Asynchronous
Payment: $750 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: FDEV and Chancellor’s Office
Contact: Allison McConnell(opens in new window)
The 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.
Teaching and the First-Year Experience
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: In Person
Compensation: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: FDEV with facilitation by Undergraduate Education
Contact: Sue Peterson(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: In Person
Compensation: $500 taxable training and professional development stipend
Funding Source: FDEV with facilitation by Undergraduate Education
Contact: Sue Peterson(opens in new window)
Join colleagues in discussing challenges, opportunities, and strategies specific to teaching students in their first year of college. This FLC will be helpful for faculty who teach primarily 100-level courses in the major, 100-level GE courses, or any other course aimed mainly at first-year students. Plan to learn about research-supported teaching strategies for transitioning students, cognitive challenges for the first-year student, strategies for communicating with first-year students, how to develop realistic and supportive expectations for the classroom, and identifying campus partners to help you and your students succeed.
Writing Support
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: TBD
Payment: NA
Funding Source: NA
Contact: Chris Fosen(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: TBD
Payment: NA
Funding Source: NA
Contact: Chris Fosen(opens in new window)
Our goal is to help group faculty form ad-hoc writing teams that will meet regularly through the spring semester to work on writing projects, and provide as much structured support for the groups as they would like.
Book Club: Our Migrant Souls by Héctor Tobar
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: In Person on Wednesdays March 12, 26, and April 2.
Payment: None - we will make sure you have the book.
Contact: Laura Nice(opens in new window)
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: In Person on Wednesdays March 12, 26, and April 2.
Payment: None - we will make sure you have the book.
Contact: Laura Nice(opens in new window)
Join us to discuss the 2024-2025 Book in Common, Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of ‘Latino’ by Héctor Tobar (so you are ready to attend Tobar's campus talk on April 10). This deeply engaging and relevant text is “a direct address to the young people who identify or have been classified as ‘Latino’… [that] decodes the meaning of ‘Latino’ as a racial and ethnic identity in the modern United States, and gives voice to the anger and the hopes of young Latino people who have seen Latinidad transformed into hateful tropes and who have faced insult and division—a story as old as this country itself. Tobar translates his experience as not only a journalist and novelist but also a mentor, leader, and educator. He interweaves his own story, and that of his parents’ migration to the United States from Guatemala, into his account of his journey across the country to uncover something expansive, inspiring, true, and alive about the meaning of ‘Latino’ in the 21st century" (publisher description).
Book Club: Teaching with AI by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson
Who: Tenure/Tenure-Track and Lecturers
Format: In Person from 12-1pm on Wednesdays February 5, March 5, April 9, and May 7.
Payment: None - we will make sure you have the book.
Contact: Zach Justus(opens in new window)
Interest Form(opens in new window)
This group is built around the landmark book Teaching with AI by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson. Bowen and Watson are leading figures in teaching and learning. Their latest book is the preeminent how-to guide for understanding AI and teaching/learning. The book club will meet in person from 12-1pm on Wednesdays February 5, March 5, April 9, and May 7 in the Rose Garden Room (MLIB 459) to explore the book. Each meeting will be a facilitated discussion about the chapters.
Zach Justus
Director of Faculty Development
Professor of Communication Arts and SciencesGoogle Voice/Text: 530-487-4150
If you’d like to comment on this or any other Tuesday Tip, visit the FDEV Blog(opens in new window).
All past Tuesday Tips are curated on the FDEV website.