Workshops by Request
The Center for Integrated Professional Development offers a variety of workshops throughout the year. However, departments are encouraged to request customized professional development for their faculty to meet their unique needs.
Please fill out the Request a Workshop form to have one of our Program staff contact you to make arrangements.
Popular Workshops
Foundations of Diversity and Inclusion
Foundations of Diversity and Inclusion seminars tackle tough questions involving culture, identity, and responsive teaching in a friendly, non-threatening environment. We offered this series from Fall 2016 to Spring 2023 as an open-enrollment series and more than 400 instructors and staff took advantage of the learning opportunities. We do not offer the series as open-enrollment workshops at this moment, but we can offer a workshop or a series by request by the departments or the group of instructors. This series includes subjects such as Implicit Bias, Microaggressions, and Privilege and Power.
This workshop falls under the AAC&U High-Impact Educational Practice of Diversity/Global Learning.
Foundations of Equitable and Inclusive Teaching
In this series, you will learn to tweak or overhaul your course design by intentionally reflecting on your teaching practice with student diversity in mind. Each aspect of course design, from your assessment methods to selection of instructional materials, to classroom climate, may privilege some students while disadvantaging others or even harming them. Our goal is to minimize the harm to the students and maximize student learning and belongingness. Participants who complete all 5 sessions receive a certificate of recognition. We do not offer the series as open-enrollment workshops at this moment, but we can offer a workshop or a series by request by the departments or the group of instructors.
Topics include:
- Developing an equitable and inclusive syllabus
- Classroom culture
- Course materials
- Student interaction and participation
- Assessment, learning activities, and feedback
Participants who complete all sessions receive a certificate of recognition.
This workshop falls under the AAC&U High-Impact Educational Practice of Diversity/Global Learning.
Queer Allyship
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 the ways in which 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.
Effective Practices for Peer Feedback on Teaching
Peer observation can be a valuable tool for gathering feedback on teaching practices. When used formatively, feedback gathered from peer observation can encourage scholarly teaching and has the potential to transform teaching and learning (Barbeau & Happel, 2023). This workshop will examine the role peer observations play in professional growth, identify effective practices in the classroom observation process, and provide strategies for giving formative feedback.
Customized Workshops
We can offer customized workshops to a group of instructors and staff. For possible topics, please consult the Framework for Inclusive Teaching Excellence page. We can offer workshops on any topics mentioned in the “concepts included” for each dimension.