The Center for Instructional Excellence supports student learning by encouraging faculty-driven initiatives, promoting development of faculty knowledge, and recognizing the achievement of excellence.
Conferences
Links to conferences that faculty have attended in the past.
Professional Development Funding Process
Friday Forums
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM | Osterlin 203 | Lunch provided
OCT 6 – Free Speech in the Classroom
NOV 3 –
DEC 1 – Best Practices
FEB 2 –
MAR 2 –
APR 6 –
20 Minute Mentor Coffee Club
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Coffee Provided | No RSVP Necessary
Place the following dates on your calendar and join CIE to view and discuss a video segment on teaching and learning as a group.
Fall sessions:
SEPT 15 – Paying the Price – NMC Reads
OCT 20 –
NOV 17 –
Spring sessions:
JAN 19 – Instructor self-care and wellness
FEB 16 –
MAR 16 –
APR 20 –
On-Campus Professional Development Days
OCT 10
Our eleventh-annual NMC Fall Conference. Lunch provided.
NMC Reads
Each year the CIE Board selects a book which has connections to the classroom, but that also has ties to our personal and professional acumen. The book for 2017-2018 will be Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream. Temple University professor of sociology and higher education policy, Sara Goldrick-Rab, shows that college is becoming more and more important to future financial security and the dream of a middle-class lifestyle. At the same time, however, it is becoming harder and harder for students to afford it.
Faculty can get a copy of the book – free of charge. Please contact Rita Kucera (rkucera@nmc.edu) to request a copy. The book will be discussed during a session of the October Professional Development Day in the fall.
CIE Resource Library
CIE maintains a section of books and resources within the Osterlin Library for faculty use. Browse the titles online.