Professional Development Opportunities

National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

Please visit our NCFDD page for more information.  Create your free account today!

With your account, you will be able to take advantage of these upcoming sessions:

Center for Teaching Innovation

Visit the Center for Teaching Innovation Training and Workshops page for information about all of their upcoming sessions.

Title IX Training 

• More Information on Title IX 
• Online Reporting System for Title IX Incidents

Past Events

Faculty Success Workshop Series

Wednesday, November 16, 2022
1:00pm – 2:30pm
Via Zoom

Join us for this session conducted by Dietz, of Dietz Consulting, who will share ways faculty can create supportive learning environments for transgender and gender diverse students.

Topics covered will include:

• Review current gender-related terminology and best practices for utilizing correct names and pronouns. 
• Raise awareness regarding transphobia, microaggressions, harassment based on transgender identity. 
• Update faculty on current legislative challenges facing gender diverse people in Louisiana, particularly in educational settings.

Dietz (any pronoun used with respect) is the Health Coordinator for the Louisiana Coalition on the Criminalization of Health and is actively involved in local and regional legislative action related to LGBTQIA+ health and allied social justice movements.  Dietz is passionate about uplifting their experiences as a direct service provider to better inform systems improvement and policy.

Interested UNO staff are welcome to join this workshop.

This workshop is sponsored by DEI @ UNO.

Wednesday, November 9, 2022
1:30pm – 3:00pm
LIB 407

The workshop, led by Dr. Tina Johnson, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, will feature: 

• Overview of the Reappointment, Tenure & Promotion (RTP) Process
• Panel Discussion
• Questions & Answers

Panelists:

• Dr. Pamela Kennett-Hensel – Dean, College of Business 
• Dr. Dimitrios Charalampidis - Associate Dean, College of Engineering
• Dr. Elaine Brooks - Chair and Professor, Department of Language and Literature 
• Dr. Randy Kearns - Associate Professor, Healthcare Management

Thursday, October 27, 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm via Zoom

Faculty180 is our web-based faculty activity reporting system that provides a convenient, single place for faculty to record their contributions and accomplishments related to research/creative activity, teaching, credentials, and service.  Most faculty know that the information added to Faculty180 is used by the chairs and deans in the annual faculty evaluation process.  What they may not know is that Faculty180 data also helps support institution-wide academic planning, assessment, and accreditation efforts.

Please join us for a panel discussion to gain a deeper understanding of how the data in Faculty180 is used at various levels and in different contexts. You will also have an opportunity to ask questions.

Facilitator:  Dr. N. Tina Johnson, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs

Panelists:

• Dr. Steven Johnson, Dean of the College of Sciences
• Dr. Elaine Brooks, Chair of the Literature and Languages Department
• Dr. Christy Corey, Senior Associate Dean of the College of Business
• Dr. Bill Sharpton, Associate Provost (Gratis) and Professor Emeritus of Special Education

In addition, we will share tips to simplify the task of entering your data into Faculty180 and resources for support using the platform.

Visit our Faculty180 page for more information on using Faculty180.

Thursday, September 29, 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm via Zoom

EAB Navigate is our student success management system—a comprehensive online early alert platform that provides tools to advisors, faculty, academic support specialists, and others to better collaborate and assist students on their journey to graduation.

Caroline Noyes, Associate Provost for Academic Programs, and Joseph Bisceglie, Senior Director of Student Academic Success, will lead this workshop to introduce faculty to the key features of the EAB Navigate platform and how it can be used to help support students. 

In this session, you will learn how to:

• Understand the Professor Home Page
• Communicate with Students
• Issue Alerts
• Document Interactions with Students
• Schedule Appointments with Students

Visit our Resources page for links to helpful information on using EAB Navigate.

Tuesday, February 8, 2022
11:00am - 12:00pm via Zoom

Join us for this Q&A session with Karen Paisant, Associate Vice President for Human Resource Management, to get your questions answered about faculty members' options for using FMLA, pregnancy leave and accrued sick leave for the birth or adoption of a child.

Wednesday, November 10, 2021
2:00pm - 3:30pm via Zoom

The workshop, led by Dr. Tina Johnson, Associate Provost for Faculty & Diversity Affairs, will feature: 

• Overview of the Reappointment, Tenure & Promotion (RTP) Process
• Panel Discussion
• Questions & Answers

Wednesday, October 20, 2021
1:00pm - 2:00pm via Zoom

Participants will have a better understanding of UNO’s Office of Research support for faculty research, scholarly, and creative endeavors, including: 

• How indirect costs and fringe benefit rates are determined and utilized
• Strategies for growing collaborative, high-impact projects on our campus
• Support services offered to decrease faculty burden and increase success in grant proposals
• Internal grants, awarded on a competitive basis, to stimulate research, scholarly, and creative work

Wednesday, October 6, 2021
1:00pm - 2:30pm via Zoom

From COVID-19 to hurricanes, we are living through a time that is constantly changing the landscape of community, the ways that we connect and the ways that we interact with each other. While these events are still active parts of our lives, it’s important to acknowledge the impact they have on our mental health and the mental health of those around us. During this hour, we will discuss some of the impacts that disasters and the recovery process have on mental health, how to recognize signs of mental health stress and where to reach out for support. 

After this session, participants will be better able to:

• Understand the impacts of disasters on mental health and how they present in the classroom and on campus
• Recognize signs of mental health stress
• Navigate the process of managing mental health while on campus

Followed by a panel discussion:  The Impact of Disasters on Mental & Emotional Health: A Candid Conversation

• Panel Facilitator: Dr. N. Tina Johnson, Associate Provost for Faculty and Diversity Affairs

Information Literacy Summer Institute

June 6, 2022 - June 17, 2022

UNO’s Information Literacy Summer Institute (ILSI) is an opportunity for faculty to learn about the values and pedagogy of Information Literacy (IL) and participate in a course development workshop that will result in a revised or brand new syllabus containing learning outcomes tied to the threshold concepts of IL.

Select participants will receive a summer stipend of $2500 with the expectation of completing ILSI and acting as a program ambassador during the 22-23 academic year.

• Week One: Instruction from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) on how to engage with their framework, with emphasis on self-reflective, lifelong learning and conceptual understandings of information, research, and scholarship.
• Week Two: A workshop where participants weave IL into a course of their choosing by considering its value in the workforce. Attendees will receive support in developing IL experiential projects for their courses to help students make the cognitive leap between classroom learning and “real-world” application.

Questions? Contact Brandon Adler at bwadler@uno.edu

Ready to sign up? Complete this short form!

Deadline for signing up is April 29, 2022

Faculty Fall 2021 Kickoff Events

Wednesday, August 11, 2021
10am-12pm    

NCFDD Webinar: Every Semester Needs a Plan | Virtual Event

• Do you start the semester or term with high hopes for your writing projects but end disappointed by your actual productivity?
• Do you desperately want or need to write a lot this semester?
• Do you want to figure out how to be more productive and enjoy your life this semester? 

This workshop will help you identify personal and professional goals, create a strategic plan to accomplish them, and identify the types of community, support, and accountability necessary to have the most productive and balanced semester ever.

Thursday, August 12, 2021
2pm-3:15pm    

Dr. George Kuh: High Impact Learning and Teaching Practices | Virtual Event

Dr. George D. Kuh is Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Higher Education at Indiana University (IU). He is founding director of IU’s Center for Postsecondary Research, the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), and the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA). The session will cover why and how High Impact Practices (HIPs) are important to student and institutional performance and illustrate the kinds of policies and practices that channel student and institutional effort toward educationally purposeful ends and often boost the performance of historically underserved students.  Special attention will be given to how to integrate HIPs and HIP-like features in classrooms, labs and studio.