Pedagogical Support

SPS is deeply committed to teaching excellence and providing exceptional support services to our faculty. We encourage you to take advantage of these opportunities. Our three core teams provide specialized, individualized support:

• The Faculty Assessment and Development team provides professional development through teaching consultations, observations, and peer-to-peer support provided by faculty fellows.
• The Instructional Design team partners on developing courses, instructional media, and maintaining existing courses, and provides consultation on course design challenges and pedagogical strategies.
• The Online Support and Academic Technology team manages our educational technologies, providing support for implementation and innovation, and consults on best practices for leveraging these tools in online teaching and learning.

FACULTY FELLOWS

Faculty Fellows offer individualized and tailored peer-to-peer professional development that can be valuable for faculty at any level of experience. Fill out the signup form to request a meeting with a faculty fellow.

TEACHING CONSULTATIONS

Upon request, a trained teaching consultant can meet with you to help you implement research-based practices into your teaching, discuss your teaching approach and goals, provide feedback on aspects of your teaching, or discuss any teaching-related concerns you might have. All consultations are strictly confidential. Please contact the Faculty Assessment and Development team ([email protected]) if you would like to arrange either an in-person or virtual consultation or sign up directly online.

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN CONSULTATIONS

Meet one-on-one with an Instructional Designer to discuss how to design or update elements of a course; explore pedagogical strategies; and/or solve design challenges. These consultations are open to all faculty (regardless of teaching modality) and support instructors preparing their course for an upcoming semester or making changes during delivery. Book a consultation here to meet with an instructional designer.

TEACHING WITH TECHNOLOGY CONSULTATIONS 

The OSAT team provides consultation on SPS’s suite of academic technologies to support excellence in digital teaching and learning. Faculty, Staff, and Associates are invited to meet individually with one of our consultants to address technology questions related to educational technology tools (e.g. Canvas, Zoom, Panopto, Proctorio). We will work with you to determine the best way to leverage technology in your courses, whether you wish to explore new tech features, innovate solutions to a challenge, or enhance your use of technology in the online classroom. You can sign up for a consultation via Calendly here.