STRATEGIC PRIORITY 2: Innovation & Quality Education GOAL 5: Enhance training, support and recognition for all instructional faculty TACTICS • Engage faculty in the Center for Teaching Excellence • Designate a consulting team (composed of a CTE Faculty Consultant, a CODL Consultant, and an IT Consultant) to support instructors in the School of Social Welfare with course preparation for summer and fall 2020 • Share teaching resources from various sources regarding: online learning formats, using technology in teaching, developing learning objectives for syllabi. brief overview of the benefits of asynchronous and synchronous teaching, live proctoring of exams • Coordinate and distribute training opportunities for improved teaching including online teaching formats and technology, how to build community in online world • Develop work groups to research, analyze best practices and deliver feedback around topics designed to improve teaching methods and student experiences that lie outside the scope of the Curriculum Innovations Committee • Research different course delivery methods • Explore new approaches to grading • Engage in curricular transformation process • Offer overload payments for fall and spring course transitioning • Develop coronavirus webpage with easy to access to resources for online teaching • Survey for instructor preference when moving to remote formats • Hold regular faculty meetings • Increase training for adjunct instructors to ensure support for and consistency among all instructional faculty
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