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Faculty Workshops

Featured Workshops & Events

Take-A-Break - 2nd annual year-end celebration for all faculty on Friday, May 3 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. in DeMoss 3032.  Stop by the CTE to relax and enjoy free creamsicle or root beer floats and a fabulous make your own PB & J station, complete with various jams, fresh fruit, and marshmallow fluff.  Come and go as you please and savor the end of the year and the beginning of summer.

M.A.L.L. (Mobile Apps Learning Lounge)

Bring your own mobile device (tablet or phone), any type, and a willingness to share and have fun!

  • Scheduled for the last Wednesday of the month from 2:00 – 4:00 pm: January 30, February 27, March 27 and April 24.

No registration is necessary.  Faculty & stduents welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

FLI Brown Bag Luncheons

The center has planned a series of brown bag luncheons centered on the topic of faith learning integration.  The format resembles that of a roundtable discussion with audience input and participation.  Upcoming sessions include:

  • Jan. 24:  Dr. Elizabeth Sites, “FLI: Separate Threads or Woven Pieces.”
  • Feb. 28:  Dr. Daniel Mitchell, “The Integration of Faith and Learning.”
  • Mar. 28:  Barbara Sherman, “Are We a Great Commandment Institution in the Pattern of Early American Higher Education?”
  • Apr. 25:  Stephen Bell, “A Christian Critique to Romanticism.”

All brown bag luncheons are held from 11 a.m. – noon in the CTE training classroom, DeMoss 3032.  The term brown bag suggests that faculty bring their own lunch (CTE provides drinks and snacks).  To make the luncheons more conducive to quality discussion, seating is limited to 30.  Sign-up in the Pro Dev Portal.

Workshops Calendar

Workshops

All workshops offered by CTE are available for residential and online faculty.  Strategic sessions targeting Early Career Residential Faculty and Online Faculty are offered every year.  Please check the calendar for upcoming opportunities.

Boot Camp

The application period is now open for the 2013 Teaching with Technology (TWT) Boot Camp.  The TWT is a week-long, intensive training session on integrating a variety of technologies into the classroom. 

The TWT Boot Camp is scheduled for June 10-14, 2013 inside the CTE, DH 3032 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.  The application process is competitive.  Successful applicants must indicate a desire to learn and utilize technology in their teaching.  The TWT is a live training session and interested applicants must be able to attend each day.  Applications are due by 4 p.m. on April 26, 2013.  No late applications will be considered.  Stipends, lunch, and mentoring will be provided.  For more information, contact Sue Crabtree at scrabtree@liberty.edu. 

January Professional Development

For information regarding the Blackboard upgrade that was presented during the January 9th Professional Development Day, please visit CAFE.  Dr. Willmington's presentation "On Making the Trinity Understandable" was filmed and will be available on the FCC_CTE soon.

Early Career Requirements

Faculty Cohorts Hired in 2009-2010 and After

First Year

    Getting Ready to Teach a Class
    Blackboard at Liberty University
    Start Smart
    Stopping Plagiarism Before It Starts
    Teaching Act: Facilitating Learning
    Faith Learning Integration Elective

Second Year

    Constructing Meaningful Writing Assignments
    Bb: Grade Center Management
    IT's Best Kept Secrets
    Evaluating Classroom Assignments
    Teaching Act: Assessment of Learning
    Faith Learning Integration Elective

Third Year

    Teaching Act: Student Engagement
    Bb: Export/ Import/ Course Restore
    Technology Integration
    The ESL Student Writer
    Teaching Act: Higher, Deeper (Critical Thinking)
    Faith Learning Integration Elective

Veteran Faculty

Veteran faculty are encouraged to avail themselves of workshops throughout the year that will enhance their teaching/professional development.  During Faculty Orientation, all faculty must participate in selected offerings unless they are involved in teaching assignments.

Liberty University Online Faculty

Required LUO Workshops

The Center for Teaching Excellence offers six workshops targeted to online faculty each year.  These workshops are recorded and posted on the CTE FCC for online viewing.  Online faculty members are required to view these workshops and encouraged to view other recorded training modules.

    LUO: Building Community in an Online Classroom
    LUO: Educating and Empowering Military Students
    LUO: Tutor.com
    LUO: Staying On T.R.A.C.K.
    LUO: Top 10 Mistakes Faculty Make When Grading
    LUO: Using Library Resources for Effective Online Teaching

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

CEUs are available for instructors/professors that complete full tracks of professional development through the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE). They are OPTIONAL. CEUs are awarded by the Liberty University Center for Professional and Continuing Education CPCE at a charge of $25.00 for .6 CEUs. Professional development funds may be used to pay the fee.

New Faculty Orientation (NFO) & Institute for Student Success (ISS)

New Faculty Orientation and the Institute for Student Success are held in August of each year. The CTE hosts a variety of workshops and informational sessions during this period. Below find the 2012 schedules.