Excellence in Teaching
The Office of the College President and the Center for Academic Innovation are especially pleased to offer full- and part-time Chemeketa faculty the opportunity to earn the Excellence in Teaching Certificate.
This certificate program has been designed based on the recommendations of the Excellence in Teaching Task Force, a group consisting entirely of Chemeketa faculty members.
Schedule of Events
The 2025/26 cohort will began the end of October and will run through September 4, 2026.
2025-2026 Cohort Gatherings
- Winter term Zoom check-in
- Spring term Zoom check-in
- Summer term Zoom check-in
Certification Criteria
To earn the certificate, the candidate will:
- Participate in a minimum of 48 hours of professional learning activities according to the following parameters:
- A minimum of 36 hours are Chemeketa-based.
- Up to 12 hours may be completed outside of Chemeketa’s programming.
- All qualifying activities should be from the last 5 years, with the exception of 6 hours that do not have a time limit.
- Hours are distributed across a specific set of focus areas:
- 12 hours: Curriculum Design, Alignment & Assessment
- 12 hours: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility
- 12 hours: Student Motivation and Resilience
- 8 hours: Teaching with Technology
- 4 hours: Active Learning
- Develop an ePortfolio that includes artifacts and written reflections illustrating how their activities impacted their instructional practice.
Choice
A wide range of choices that allow faculty to craft a program that best meets their interests and helps respond to their particular instructional concerns and contexts.
Flexibility
Activities will be offered in both asynchronous and synchronous modalities. Activities will be offered during times of the year when faculty have more capacity in their schedules.
Support
The faculty and staff at the Center for Academic Innovation will serve as supporters, striving to make the process as meaningful and as seamless as possible. The induction, and regular check-ins allow participants to come together and learn together in a cohort.
Recognition
It honors previous effort: The program is designed around existing programming, so many faculty members may be delighted to know that they are already well on their way to completing it!
Achievability
We’ve designed the program to allow participants to complete in a single academic year (or sooner), so the pleasures of achieving a significant professional goal is well within reach.
Faculty Recognition
Faculty who earn the certification will receive the following recognitions:
- Named in the President’s Recognition Report for the Board of Education.
- A badge that can be displayed on professional networking sites.
- Receive up to a $2,500 honorarium*.
*The honorarium will be reduced proportionately if a participant has already earned funding for activities they submit for consideration. The honorarium will not be reduced below $500.
College Goals
The college’s goals of the Excellence in Teaching certification program are:
- To promote professional learning that corresponds to the Excellence in Teaching competencies.
- To promote local, cross-discipline collegial connections and collaboration.
- To recognize faculty who demonstrate a commitment to professional learning.
Contact academicinnovation@chemeketa.edu for questions or to request more information.