Faculty Learning Circles: 2026–2027
You're Invited!
Deadline to apply is September 18th.
Faculty Learning Circles offer a collaborative, cross-disciplinary space for faculty to explore evidence-based teaching practices, address shared challenges, and develop strategies that enhance student learning, belonging, and success.
Lead Faculty/Facilitator ($800 per semester): Guides and facilitates the Learning Circle, structures at least five meetings, supports faculty in exploring and applying evidence-based practices, and helps the group stay focused on its goals and deliverables. Share group progress at the Celebration of Teaching in April 2027.
Participants ($500 per semester): Actively engage in at least five meetings, collaborate and share ideas across disciplines, identify challenges in their own courses, develop and implement teaching strategies, assess their effectiveness, and share their outcomes with colleagues at the Celebration of Teaching in April 2027.
Three Focus Areas:
Belonging and Student Engagement: Applications for or
Explore inclusive, evidence-based teaching practices that foster student confidence, agency, belonging, and engagement. Faculty will identify barriers to student success, develop action plans, redesign aspects of their courses, and assess the impact of new strategies.
Sustaining Ourselves While Supporting Students: Applications for or
Explore ways to support students experiencing stress, trauma, and other challenges while maintaining healthy professional boundaries and personal well-being. Faculty will examine compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress; develop trauma-informed teaching practices; and create a wellness resource for the campus community.
Intentional Teaching Using AI: Applications for or.
Examine how generative AI can thoughtfully support teaching and learning while preserving the human-centered nature of higher education. Faculty will explore pedagogical, ethical, and equity considerations; develop AI-related syllabus language and classroom policies; and implement and assess AI-informed teaching strategies.
Program Details:
All Learning Circles are open to Unit 3 faculty on active payroll for each semester of participation. Up to 7 participants and 1 facilitator will be selected for each circle. Stipends are contingent upon available funding and provided as monetary payments only.
Tenure and Promotion Materials Due September 15th: If you plan to submit your dossier for tenure and promotion, please consider attending one of the workshops below. Contact Dawna Komorosky(dawna.komorosky@csueastbay.edu) for individual consultations.
Online Campus Faculty Workshops and Webinars: You are invited to join Online Campus for workshops to enhance your online teaching. You can find the calendar of event and past recordings on the Online Campus Office website.
Resources to Make Courses More Inclusive:
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Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) website for information about accessible online courses, documents, and websites.
Chancellor's Office CSU OCS Fall Courses
The fall are open for registration. The program provides professional development training opportunities for FREE to prepare faculty, lecturers, and staff to design quality online and hybrid courses and use Artificial Intelligence in innovative ways. All of the courses are 3 weeks in length and in an asynchronous format. Registration is restricted to enrollment in one course over the fall to accommodate as many interested CSU faculty, lecturers, and staff.
Mission: The Office of Faculty Development & Center for Excellence in Teaching supports faculty in their roles as teachers, scholars, and members of the university and community. We provide opportunities and space for faculty to collaborate on projects that improve teaching and student learning. We strive to enhance collegiality among faculty as we all expand our intellectual, pedagogical, and scholarly horizons. Our services are available to full and part-time CSU East Bay faculty at all stages of their academic careers.