Sign up for Spring 2025 Mini Workshops, Book Study, and Cohorts
Sponsored by CCA’s Teaching and Learning Transformation Hub, this comprehensive resource is designed to support our learning a community in developing effective, innovative, and inclusive teaching practices.
This digital hub offers a wealth of resources to aid in your ongoing professional development, including:
Workshop Archives: Access materials from past workshops, allowing you to revisit valuable content or catch up on sessions you may have missed.
Resource Libraries: Explore our curated collections of articles, videos, LinkedIn Learning tutorials, and other tools covering a wide range of topics relevant to academic professionals.
Event Calendar: Stay up-to-date with upcoming academic professional development opportunities, including workshops, seminars, and institutes.
We are committed to fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth at CCA. Whether you're looking to enhance your teaching skills, explore new pedagogical approaches, or stay current with the latest in your field, the Academic Professional Development Hub is here to support you on your journey.
We welcome your feedback and suggestions as we continue to develop and improve this resource. For questions or comments, please contact TheHub.CCA@ccaurora.edu.
Download the Spring Semester Academic Professional Development Calendar
Register for Teaching and Tacos
We're excited to kick off the spring semester with our Teaching & Tacos Professional Development Days, offering flexible attendance options and valuable learning opportunities from January 14-16. This year’s format is a little different: We're offering the same valuable content on Tuesday and Wednesday so you can choose the format that works best for you. Thursday's hybrid format allows you to mix and match in-person and virtual sessions throughout the day. Regardless of how you participate, you’re invited to join us for an in-person, catered lunch at noon Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
10:00 AM: Grading Strategies Workshop, led by Tanya Cook, Hub Scholar
11:00 AM: Project-Based Learning Session
12:00 PM: Lunch: Join us for tacos and an overview of the services provided in the hub.
1:00 PM: Virtual Cohort Meetings
All events in the CentreTech Hub | Classroom Building 107
10:00 AM: Grading Strategies Workshop, led by Tanya Cook, Hub Scholar
11:00 AM: Project-Based Learning Session
12:00 PM: Lunch: Join us for tacos and a discussion of using AI in your classroom and administrative work.
1:00 PM: Cohort Meetings
All in-person events at the CentreTech Hub
10:00 AM: Navigate Overview & Educational Technology Sessions (in-person)
Tech Tools (virtual)
11:00 AM: Tech Tools (in-person)
Navigate Overview (virtual)
12:00 PM: Lunch: Join us for tacos and an overview of classroom technology!
1:00 PM: Let’s work together! Join us for Individual coaching, consultation, and collaborative course shell development
Whether you join us virtually or in person, you'll gain practical strategies to enhance your teaching while connecting with colleagues. Don't miss this opportunity to start your semester strong (and enjoy some tacos with us)!
Questions? Contact Heather Lang, Director of Academic Professional Development (heather.lang@ccaurora.edu)
Join us for an engaging book study group focused on James Lang's influential work Small Teaching led by Hub Scholar Art Vaughn. The book study group will explore Lang's practical strategies for implementing small but powerful changes in teaching methods. The book study club will meet monthly February - April to unpack Lang's evidence-based approaches, share experiences, and develop actionable plans for incorporating these techniques into their own classrooms.
Fostering Belonging and Supporting Success for First-Generation StudentsResearch shows that first-gen students struggle to gain a sense of belonging. Low-income, first-generation students (students whose parents did not complete a bachelor’s degree) face additional barriers. In this webinar, you will learn strategies to help your first-gen students be successful. |
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Learning Microsoft Teams for EducationMicrosoft Teams for Education is a powerful platform that allows you to communicate, collaborate, and more with students and staff. Instructor Oliver Schinkten demonstrates how to get started and customize your account settings, then teaches you how to create a class. Oliver shows you how to choose from several different types of teams and customize class settings. Learn how to add students, teachers, channels, and tabs to a class. Discover how to integrate hundreds of educational apps. Explore ways to use Teams to improve communication. Oliver explains how to use the conversations feature and the chat feature. Next, observe ways to manage student communication. Video meetings are essential tools, and Oliver walks you through how to join, start, schedule, and record a meeting in Teams. Learn tips for sharing files and resources with your class, then see how to create and share assignments and quizzes. LinkedIn Learning is free to CCA employees and students. Click here to access this course.Don't have access yet? Activate LinkedIn Learning! |
Academic professional development workshops are typically not compensated with a stipend. For instructors, participation in academic professional development workshops may count toward instructor pay advancement. For faculty members, participation may count toward institutional service. We encourage you to chat with your department chair to explore how these benefits apply to you. We can't wait to see you there and grow together!
In rare cases, a stipend may be available for mandatory training and workshops or for grant-supported professional development. If a stipend is available, we'll provide an explicit statement indicating the amount of the stipend and what you'll need to do to receive it.
If you have any questions about our professional development opportunities or this compensation policy, please don't hesitate to reach out to The Hub at TheHub.CCA@ccaurora.edu. We're always happy to help you navigate your professional development journey at CCA.