Learning Opportunities

Orientation for new faculty will be held the week of August 22 in-person and Z0om.

Productive Beginnings: Resources for Your First Year

A series for new faculty

This monthly series is designed to assist new faculty throughout the first year at NAU. This series is designed for faculty members new to teaching at NAU and is by invitation only. Topics vary each month. This series meets monthly on Fridays in Cline Library Room 169 and remotely via Zoom. By invitation only.

*The 22-23 New Faculty cohort will be sent an invitation to join Productive Beginnings.

This faculty series focuses on and addresses the specific needs of faculty in their first 5 years at NAU. This series meets twice a semester on Fridays.

Fall 2022: 9/23/2022 and 10/28/2022
Spring 2023: 2/3/23 and 4/7/23
Fridays from 1:30 to 3:00 pm in Cline 169 and the TLC Zoom.

Our book discussions gather a group of faculty members to read a book about students, pedagogy, or other relevant topics then discuss their learning with other faculty across campus. Book discussions are generally 1 hour in length and meet every other week for a semester. Book discussions close after the first meeting. Books are provided to the first 10 participants. Watch for the Teaching & Learning  Center emails at the beginning of each semester to see the list of book discussions available and to register. Visit the TLC eBookshelf to see electronic versions of the books we recommend.

Join experienced faculty for FAAR (Faculty Activity and Achievement Reporting) / Faculty 180 question and answer, or use the time to make updates in the system to be ready for the next evaluation process. The FAAR Retreats meet in Cline 169 and remotely via Zoom.

12/19/22 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm
12/2022 from 9:00 -11:00 am

Watch for workshops and sessions under these categories in our monthly schedule. 

A Focus on Faculty Series

This series supports the whole faculty member as they work toward meeting their expectations in teaching, scholarship and service and strive for work-life balance. This series is open to all faculty members at NAU.

A Focus on Research Series

This series is designed for faculty who are dedicated to enhancing their scholarly productivity.  In this series, we explore key practices for collaborating, writing, and disseminating scholarly works, and securing grant funds.  This series is open to all faculty members at NAU.

A Focus on Students Series

This series is designed to orient NAU faculty to the students we see in our classrooms.  In collaboration with campus partners, we will explore the ever-evolving characteristics—strengths and challenges—of our students.

A Focus on Teaching Series

This series is designed specifically for faculty who are dedicated to enhancing their teaching and student learning. In this series, we explore key teaching strategies that are linked to student success. This series is for all faculty members at NAU.

A Focus on Technology Series

This series is designed to assist faculty to enhance their teaching and student engagement through the use of technology.  This series is for all faculty members at NAU.

This program fosters purposeful matches between faculty members. Each faculty member requesting a mentor is paired with an experienced faculty member who shares her/his interests (usually from a different discipline). Purposeful, mutually enriching matches are made between faculty requesting mentoring and their experienced faculty mentors at the beginning of the fall semester or as requested during the year.

Learn more about the mentor program, request a mentor, or become a mentor.

The 20-minute Monday Morning Mentor weekly webinar series is presented by respected academic peers, covers timely and relevant topics, and provides practical information. Each webinar is a critical topic that affects the higher education landscape and is effectively and efficiently covered. Topics include assessment and learning goals, classroom management, student engagement, teaching and learning, teaching online, and others.

Subscribe to the Monday Morning Mentor

This series is designed specifically for Graduate Teaching Assistants dedicated to enhancing their teaching and student learning. In this series, we explore key teaching strategies that are linked to student success and can be applied in or adapted for all disciplines. This series is open to all GTAs at NAU. Note to faculty: this space is reserved exclusively for graduate students.

Topics:

• Building Rapport with Students
• Strategies for Engaging Your Learners
• Develop a Teaching Statement
• Respond to Your Student Opinion Surveys
• Evidenced-Based Strategies for Effective Lectures
• Design for Novice Learners

Visit our Consultation on Teaching & Scholarship page to complete a consultation request.

We will be offering a variety of learning communities this year. Some learning communities require membership and others are available to join by the meeting with no membership required. Learning communities and membership requirements are noted below.

AY 22-23 Learning Communities

Teaching the Big Classes:  Large Enrollment Courses 

This learning community brings together faculty teaching large-enrollment courses to share ideas and effective practices. This group meets monthly  in Cline Library Room 169 and remotely via Zoom. No membership is required, come for one meeting or all.

Colleague-to-Colleague Mentoring Programs

The focus of this learning community is on starting or improving existing colleague-to-colleague mentor programs. We welcome those with experience in mentoring work as well as those who are just getting started. The group is especially beneficial for anyone who has been tasked with leading a colleague-to-colleague mentoring program in their unit. Note that this group does not focus on mentoring undergraduate or graduate students at this time.

FYLI Equitable and Inclusive Teaching Seminar (EITS)

This learning community serves the participants of EITS.

This faculty learning community brings together faculty members who have foundational knowledge or are actively implementing principles of universal design of learning (UDL) to share ideas and best practices. To join this learning community please contact NAU.TLC@nau.edu to let us know about your interest.

This event is a collaboration between the NAU Teaching Academy, FPDP, and the Office of the Provost. This annual event brings faculty from across campus together to celebrate teaching at NAU with an invited keynote speaker and workshop on impactful teaching. Faculty across campus gather to celebrate teaching at NAU.   

NAU Teaching Day is a collaboration through the NAU Teaching Academy, Faculty Professional Development Program, and the Office of the Provost.

For any questions regarding this event direct them to NAU.TLC@nau.edu or call 928-523-9972

We strive to offer an eBook version of current books in the field of teaching and learning for higher education. We recommend the following books that can be checked out online. You will need to set up or sign in to your account with ProQuest eBook Central through Cline Library to access the books.

Access the list of book titles.

Learning is an ongoing process. Explore these resources we have compiled to help you strengthen your repertoire.

Many of our session handouts, PowerPoints, and recordings (when applicable) can be found in our self-enroll BbLearn Shell.