Overview
The Center for Teaching Excellence offers the First Year Faculty Teaching Academy (FYFTA) workshop series throughout the year. This series is designed for faculty in their first few years of teaching at UF. Learn how to create a great learning experience for your students while saving time and frustration; we invite you to adapt and use the strategies that are right for you. Upon successfully completing the program requirements, participants receive the FYFTA passport category badge and earn 500 miles towards the Great Teaching for New Faculty Certificate within the Passport to Great Teaching Program.
Expected Time Commitment
Participants should expect to commit approximately 15 hours to complete the FYFTA program. Space is limited and is available on a first come, first served basis.
Registration:
Summer 2023 | Register Now
Registration closes July 11, 2023 @ 12:00 pm
Dates: July 18 – 20 and July 25 – 27, 2023
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Location: Zoom
Outline:
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- Interaction and Motivation
- Identify activities that foster student motivation
- Identify methods for interacting with your students
- Describe activities that promote student to student interaction
- Active Learning
- Explain how Bloom’s Taxonomy and learning objectives can help you to design active learning experiences
- Describe four collaborative learning techniques (CoLTs)
- Design a Problem-Based Learning assignment (PBL)
- Effective Feedback
- Describe the elements of quality feedback
- Identify efficient and effective types of feedback
- Describe Team-Based Learning steps
- Useful Assessment
- Discuss alternative assessment practices
- Consider large enrollment assessment strategies
- Write “higher-order” multiple-choice questions
- Create a climate of academic integrity
- Quality Learning Environment
- Discuss principles of Universal Design for Learning
- Identify elements of a course that are accessible
- Determine possible responses to interpersonal challenges
- Transparent Teaching & Wrap-Up
- Identify elements of a transparent assignment
- Discuss Canvas features that support a clear learning path
- Identify time-saving Canvas tools
- Engage in group problem-solving
Fall 2023 | Register Now
Registration closes August 29, 2023 @ 12:00 pm
Dates: Tuesdays, September 5 – October 10, 2023
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: Bryant Space Science Center
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Dates: Wednesdays, October 11 – November 15, 2023 (registration closes October 4 by 12pm)
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Location: Zoom
Outline:
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- Interaction and Motivation
- Identify activities that foster student motivation
- Identify methods for interacting with your students
- Describe activities that promote student to student interaction
- Active Learning
- Explain how Bloom’s Taxonomy and learning objectives can help you to design active learning experiences
- Describe four collaborative learning techniques (CoLTs)
- Design a Problem-Based Learning assignment (PBL)
- Effective Feedback
- Describe the elements of quality feedback
- Identify efficient and effective types of feedback
- Describe Team-Based Learning steps
- Useful Assessment
- Discuss alternative assessment practices
- Consider large enrollment assessment strategies
- Write “higher-order” multiple-choice questions
- Create a climate of academic integrity
- Quality Learning Environment
- Discuss principles of Universal Design for Learning
- Identify elements of a course that are accessible
- Determine possible responses to interpersonal challenges
- Transparent Teaching & Wrap-Up
- Identify elements of a transparent assignment
- Discuss Canvas features that support a clear learning path
- Identify time-saving Canvas tools
- Engage in group problem-solving
Passport to Great Teaching Requirements
In order to earn all 500 miles and the FYFTA category badge, you must:
- Complete all preparation activities prior to the workshop sessions (30 – 60 minutes per session)
- Complete all reflections
- Attend all 3 sessions for summer cohorts
- Attend 5 out of 6 sessions for fall and spring cohorts
