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
There will be an virtual information session on Monday, September 16, 2024 and applications will be open after that. The next cohort will begin October 1, 2024 and will run through September 2, 2025.
2024-2025 Cohort Timeline
- Early October – Cohort Induction
- End of Fall term Zoom check-in
- End of Winter term Zoom check-in
- Early Spring term gathering
- September 2 – Deadline to complete
- September 18 – Spotlight at Faculty Retreat
- Early October – Wrap up & Celebration
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 e-portfolio 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.
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.
Faculty Recognitions
Faculty who earn the certification will receive the following recognitions:
- Named at the annual spring faculty recognition event.
- 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.
Contact academicinnovation@chemeketa.edu for questions or to request more information.