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Faculty Development & Instructional Support
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Faculty Development and Instructional Support
We support faculty in their courses, provide professional development opportunities, and help faculty cultivate student learning across UAA. Learn about effective teaching strategies, course design, community engagement, high impact practices, and more.
Evolve your pedagogy. Teach with technology. Invest in your community.
Fall Teaching Academy
Aug. 19 | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. | Zoom
Our annual Fall Teaching Academy is a university-wide gathering of UAA faculty across all campuses. Broad participation from faculty across disciplines and campuses is crucial so faculty can learn about the resources available, hear about new strategies of effective teaching, and build community outside of your immediate colleagues in your department or college.
All UAA faculty are welcomed and encouraged to attend FTA. This year’s event will feature discussions on Blackboard, AI, classroom behavior, accessibility, testing, and more. The final schedule will be emailed to all participants when they register. Questions about FTA can be directed to uaa_design@alaska.edu. We hope to see you there!
Register for Fall Teaching Academy
And if you are an adjunct faculty member, you are more than welcome to join us at FTA! Since adjunct schedules can be so variable, we understand day events may not work for you. That is why we have our Adjunct Academy & Orientation in the evening on Aug. 21 from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. on Zoom. This event will focus on student care, Blackboard, and teaching resources and support. Questions about Adjunct Academy & Orientation can be directed to Andria Cross at apcross@alaska.edu. (Registration link is the same link as for Fall Teaching Academy.)
New to UAA?
Learn more about faculty paths and opportunities at UAA with our Welcome, New Faculty! and New Faculty Resources pages. We look forward to meeting you at our New Faculty Orientation events; please reach out to us before then if you have questions!
Looking Ahead
Excellence in Teaching & Learning
Assessment best practices and instructor testing support
Learn to use Blackboard, UAA's learning management system
Make your courses fully accessible to all of your students
Help Resources
For assistance preparing your courses for the new semester, check out the guidance under Teaching Resources and Learning Technologies. If these don’t answer your questions, please contact us!
If you need further assistance with Blackboard functions (including course copies, developmental shells, editing and publishing courses, and troubleshooting) or other UAA core tools, please contact IT Services. Kenai Peninsula College instructors should start with the KPC Educational Technology Team.
Visit our Help page to sign up for a course design or Honorlock testing consultation.
Embracing UAA's Role as a Community Partner
Since 2006, UAA has been recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a “Community Engaged Institution.”
UAA uses the Carnegie Foundation's definition of community engagement for our work with communities: "Community Engagement describes the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity."
The Center for Community Engagement and Learning serves as a central locus for the intersection of student learning, faculty research, and community engagement.
Faculty Development & Instructional Support
Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence, Academic Innovations & eLearning, and Center
for Community Engagement and Learning
Library 213 • 907-786-4496 • uaa_cafe@alaska.edu • Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.