The Center for Instructional Excellence is run by an advisory board made up of faculty, student-facing staff, an office manager, and a part-time faculty director who reports to the Vice President for Educational Services. CIE helps to administer professional development funding and programming for full-time and adjunct faculty, administers faculty sabbaticals, and facilitates the Faculty Excellence Awards. CIE partners with Ed Tech in the Center for Teaching and Learning and also works with the NMC Library and the Professional Development Institute (staff PD). View the CIE Handbook to learn more.
Meet the Board
![Janet Lively](https://teaching.nmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Janet-e1651770316835.jpg)
Janet Lively
Director
Communications Instructor
![Mark DeLonge](https://teaching.nmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/MarkMAsters.jpg)
Mark DeLonge
Board Member
Instructional Technology Coordinator
Adjunct Social Science Instructor
![Tom Gordon](https://teaching.nmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/TGordon-e1651770659231.jpg)
Tom Gordon
Board Member
History Instructor
![Rick Mathis](https://teaching.nmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/rmathis.jpg)
Rick Mathis
Board Member
Welding Instructor
![Tamella Livengood](https://teaching.nmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/TamiLivengood2.png)
Tamella Livengood
Board Member
Director of Nursing Programs
![Nicole Speelman](https://teaching.nmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Nicole22.jpg)
Nicole Speelman
Board Member
Chemistry Instructor
![Scott Powell](https://teaching.nmc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/scott-powell-e1651771046106.jpg)
Scott Powell
Board Member
Maritime Instructor
CIE Activities
New Faculty Institute
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Our new faculty are the best!! Here are a few of them with partners at the Holiday Party. Faculty (left side of the pairs) are Natasha Williams, Jeff Morse, and Laura Korch.
New Faculty Institute includes orientation in August and monthly meetings for provisional faculty and new adjuncts. Provisional faculty are required to attend monthly meetings for their first two years and are welcome in their third year. New adjunct faculty receive a stipend for attendance during their first three years.
New Faculty Institute meets on the second Friday of the month. Programs include meetings with support staff and faculty from around the college. We focus on the logistics of teaching at NMC and best practices for college instruction.
New Faculty Institute meets from 10-11:30 a.m. in IC 123 (computer lab). Here are the dates for 2023-24:
- Sep. 8
- Oct. 13
- Nov. 10
- Dec. 8
- Jan. 12
- Feb. 9
- Mar. 8
- Apr. 12
- May — Picnic
Friday Forum
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Our staff pals sported Ghost Busters tees for their Friday Forum presentation “Who Ya Gonna Call? Getting Reacquainted with the Department of Student Success.”
Faculty meet monthly for programming on topical issues at NMC and in higher education, usually on the first Friday. Faculty and staff present on a range of issues from study abroad to generative A.I. to teaching controversial topics. Provisional faculty are required to attend; adjunct faculty and staff are always welcome. CIE provides lunch.
Friday Forums meet from 12:30-2 p.m. Here are dates and locations for 2023-24:
- Sep. 15 IC 106/07
- Nov. 3 IC 106/07
- Dec. 1 Various locations for social fitness
- Feb. 2 IC 104/05
- Mar. 1 Janis Room, Dennos Museum
- Apr. 5 IC 106/07
Coffee Club
Held in the cozy Library Reading Room, these meetings provide a discussion format for timely topics facing faculty and staff at NMC. Topics include Safe Zone for LGBTQ+ students, field research, cybersecurity, and more. CIE provides coffee and donuts. Meetings are the third Friday of the month.
Coffee Club meets from 10-11 a.m. in TJNIC 203. Here are the 2023-34 dates:
- Oct. 20
- Nov. 17
- Feb. 16
- Mar. 15
- Apr. 19
Professional Development Days
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Ken James was the keynote for our August 2023 PD program: Building Belonging at NMC.
The main professional development events of the year are three PD sessions required for all full-time faculty. Here are this year’s dates:
- AUG 21 – Opening Conference
- OCT 10 – October Conference
- JAN 8 – January Conference
CIE Books
New book coming soon!
Engaging Learners through Zoom delivers numerous practical strategies and helpful advice on how to engage students virtually. Many of the tools are also applicable in face-to-face and hybrid environments. Backed by cognitive neuroscience research, this book is a collection of dozens of active, synchronous online learning structures that can be used in any discipline, perfect for K-12 through higher education.
CIE Resource Library
CIE maintains a section of books and resources within the NMC Library for faculty use. Browse the titles online.