The Center for Integrated Professional Development events are free and open to all faculty and to AP, civil service, and graduate students on campus. Please note that non-faculty may be put on a wait list for some workshops until 1 business day before the event. To see what courses you've already signed up for, log in to the My.IllinoisState.edu Event Registration System.
If you have questions, or if you need a special accommodation to fully participate in an event, please email ProDev@ilstu.edu.
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Join the largest conversation about teaching and student learning on our campus. Submit a proposal for Thriving at Illinois State: The 2024 University Teaching & Learning Symposium by Sunday, October 1.
This seminar series tackles tough questions involving culture, identity, and responsive teaching in a friendly, non-threatening environment. Topics include: Implicit Bias, Microaggressions, and Privilege and Power. Participants who complete all three seminars in the series will receive a certificate of completion. Begins Friday, September 15.
Each workshop in the series consists of a brief discussion of foundational concepts related to an aspect of equitable and inclusive course design, followed by actual worktime to change your curriculum and a peer review of the plan for the redesigned course. By the end of the workshop, you’ll have a plan for making small or larger changes to a part of your curriculum. Begins Friday, September 22.
Learning Communities are small groups of faculty and staff who meet to discuss specific topics of shared interests. Meeting schedules are determined by the group. Communities this semester include:
Friday, November 10 • 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
In this session, participants will get an overview of the process and timeline of developing a faculty-led study abroad program. Participants will learn about the various options available for structuring a program as well as the responsibilities associated with being a faculty director. Participants will also learn about academics in a study abroad program; including course selection, instructional methods, out-of-class learning opportunities, and assessment. Registration is required.
Location:
Fell Hall 212
Facilitator:
Erin Mikulec, Teaching and Learning
Alex Ratcliff-Hanger, Office of International Engagement
Synchronous session:
Monday, September 25 • 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Friday, October 20 • 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Friday, November 10 • 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Online
Do you have projects that could appeal to funders, if only you could identify the right ones? This session is an introduction to the Pivot-RP platform. Learn how to build your profile, search for funding opportunities, and take the next steps with search results. Registration is required.
Facilitator:
Beverly Beyer, Research and Sponsored Program
Friday, September 8 • 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Thursday, October 5 • 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, November 1 • 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
LGBTQIA2S+ youth, including college students, are among the most at-risk groups for mental health challenges, housing and food insecurity, and domestic violence, because of how society’s support systems fail to see and value them. Formerly referred called Safe Zone, Intro to Queer Allyship is a knowledge-level workshop focusing on using terminology appropriately, understanding the relationship between sex, gender, and sexuality, and finding the resources available to support Queer Redbirds (faculty, staff, and students) at Illinois State University. This experience is tailored to faculty, staff, and graduate assistants, with either teaching responsibilities or other student-facing roles, particularly in Academic Affairs.
Location:
Williams 325
Facilitator:
David Giovagnoli, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Friday, September 29 • 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, October 18 • 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Generative AI services such as Chat GPT have disrupted writing across higher education. This session is an opportunity for faculty members to work in small groups with facilitators to pull apart one of their existing writing assignments to redevelop it in one of two ways: to make it more resistant to students unauthorized use of AI, or to incorporate students’ critical use of AI into their writing process. We will give a brief overview of some of the common generative AI services in use, as well as some do’s and don’ts with identifying AI-written content, but will focus mostly on direct consultations on individual assignments. This experience is tailored to faculty, staff, and graduate assistants with teaching responsibilities. Registration is required.
Location:
Stevenson 401A
Facilitator:
Jennifer Friberg,
Center for Integrated Professional Development
David Giovagnoli,
Center for Integrated Professional Development
Dana Karraker,
Center for Integrated Professional Development
Mayuko Nakamura,
Center for Integrated Professional Development
Roy Magnusson,
Office of the Provost
Synchronous session:
Friday, October 13 • 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Online
Open access publishing is often presented as a monolith, but there are a variety of approaches to making your work available open access. Defined by Peter Suber as “digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions,” open access initiatives and models have emerged since the movement gained momentum at the beginning of the twenty-first century (Open Access, 2012, 4).
Participants will explore open access publishing to better understand its principles and practices. Facilitators will share campus resources to support a variety of open access publishing models, including institutional funding for open access publishing charges, green open access via deposit in the institutional repository (ISU ReD), and transformative agreements offered by Milner Library. Finally, participants will engage in a discussion focused on ways to increase engagement with and impact of their scholarly work via open access.
This workshop is designed for early career faculty members in their first four years at Illinois State, although others engaged in scholarly work at ISU are welcome. Registration is required.
Facilitator:
Colby Cilento, Milner Library
Rachel Scott, Milner Library