CEL Events
The CEL offers events on teaching and learning-focused topics in a variety of formats, each session providing the opportunity to share experiences and knowledge with colleagues.
If you are interested in facilitating a workshop or have suggestions for future topics, please contact us!
upcoming schedule of events
Workshops !
These collaborative events are designed for you to gather with your colleagues, learn together, and leave with a specific outcome to meet your teaching/professional needs. All workshops are held at the 11 am meeting hour in the CEL room.
Tuesday, October 8: Developing and Maintaining Your Research Agenda.
Dr. Diana Elliot (Department of Counseling and Student Affairs) will share tips for focusing your scholarship approach at a 4-4 teaching institution. Whether you are incoming faculty or have been here a while, we can all use time to develop or fine-tune our scholarship plans.
Thursday, October 31: Connecting students: Empathy Mapping.
Our students bring many layers to the classroom — from working full-time and feeling anxious to increased DSO accommodations and financial insecurity — but classes still have skills and content to cover. How can we identify these layers, and how might we help students be more motivated and successful in our classes? Erin Kraal and Karen Rauch from the CEL will lead an empathy mapping activity focused on how students engage with the specific components of your course(s).
Tuesday, November 19: Playing the Motivation Game.
Student motivation is a huge issue in our courses, and many faculty identify this as one of their top challenges. In this workshop, we’ll play some games to find new ways to motivate the students in our courses. Led by Erin Kraal, you’ll leave with new ideas to inspire your students, and a few prizes, too!
Lunch bunch!
Once a month, join the CEL for a brown bag lunch. Bring an interesting new idea, a sticky problem, or just your lunch! We’ll chat and share ideas with our colleagues…and yes, there will be cookies!
The Lunch Bunch will meet Fridays from 12 – 1 pm in the CEL on the following days:
- September 27
- October 25
- November 15
Innovative Pedagogy Book Club
Do you feel like the feedback you give students isn’t being utilized? Are you stuck in “grading jail?” Does it seem students are just unmotivated to make meaningful changes? This semester’s Innovative Pedagogy Book group might be a good fit for you!
We will be reading Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices that Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education by David Clark and Robert Talbert (preview the eBook). This learning community will explore how different ways of assessment can help us achieve our learning goals and spend less time grading. This book group is co-facilitated by Jacob Sewall and Danielle Seier and meets throughout the semester on Mondays from 1-2 pm in the CEL office, Rohrbach 6. You can sign up for the book group by using this online form. If this time doesn’t work for you, please suggest an alternate time on the form.
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UDL Course Redevelopment 2025
Basics of UDL Course 2025
An Initiative of the Center for Engaged Learning’s Inclusive Teaching Institute
Proposals are due by: TBA
Purpose
The purpose of the professional learning opportunity is to provide KU faculty with the skills and knowledge that help facilitate the institutionalization of equity, inclusion, and diversity at KU through the application of the Principles of Universal Design Learning (UDL). UDL aims to change the design of the environment and curriculum rather than to change the learner. By anticipating learner variability and proactively reducing and eliminating barriers to learning, UDL empowers all learners to engage in rigorous, meaningful learning experiences.
Faculty participants will first complete an asynchronous online course about the basics of UDL. They will then select one future course in which they will develop, implement, and assess an approach to teaching that incorporates the principles of UDL. The expected outcome is to cultivate students who are engaged through deliberate design of a learning environment that supports their growth and development as purposeful, motivated learners.Award
Participants will be allotted up to $600 of professional development funding for time spent completing the training, revising their course, and participating in the mandatory events. The Center for Engaged Learning’s leadership team will make the final determination on successful completion of all aspects of the professional learning.
Please note: those who have already completed the January 2023 or 2024, or Summer 2023 or 2024 Basics of UDL course are not eligible for the professional development funding award.Eligibility
The program is open to all faculty members employed at Kutztown University during the Spring 2025 semester.
Please note: this is a repeat of the 2023 and 2024 course. While we encourage anyone to participate again, those who have already completed the January 2023 and 2024, or Summer 2023 and 2024 Basics of UDL course are not eligible for the professional development funding award.
Expectations
Participants are expected to develop a brief narrative proposal to apply, and participate in the following:
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- Complete an asynchronous, online course focused upon the principles of UDL, and earn a digital badge.
- Participate in two cohort sessions during the semester to share works in progress.
- Contribute their development and revision process to a written article, hosted online by the Center for Engaged Learning (CEL), OR:
- Present findings at a later date by participating in a CEL Cookie Chat or podcast.
Please notify the CEL immediately of any changes that may prevent you from completing the proposed project.
Project Narrative
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- Provide the name of the course that you plan to revise to incorporate UDL principles.
- Describe issue(s) in teaching your course that has/have been a challenge.
The project narrative must be formatted as a single .pdf file and sent from the faculty member’s email address to cel@kutztown.edu and include the following in the subject line of email: “Last name / CEL UDL Application.” Please direct questions to the CEL at cel@kutztown.edu.
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Incoming Faculty Orientation 2024
Incoming Faculty Orientation 2024
August 19-20, Unity Room, Multicultural Center
Incoming Faculty Orientation will take place on August 19-20, 2024 in the Unity Room of the Multicultural Center. Visit the below link to view the schedule, and please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions. We look forward to an engaging and collaborative orientation experience!
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2023 End-of-Year Reflective Retreat
End-of-Year Reflective Retreat 2023 - May 17, 2023
The Reflective Retreat will use a variety of reflective practices, ranging from personal writing, small group discussions, interactive games, and socializing to support our professional lives. All faculty are invited to attend!
Our on-campus retreat will start at 9am with an optional meditative yoga session lead by Dr. Basden-Arnold. For those who do not wish to join in this opening, coffee will be available at 9:20 and our program will begin at 9:30. Pre-registration is required by May 9th, and group size is limited to the first 30 who apply. Registered faculty will receive additional schedule and location information prior to the retreat.
Schedule
9 - 9:20am Optional Start – Reflective meditation yoga with Dr. Basden-Arnold
9:20am Coffee
9:30am Official Start and group activity
10 - 11am Personal reflective reading and writing time on provided materials
11 - 12pm Small group discussions
12 - 1pm Lunch
1 - 2pm Creative personal reflective activity
2 - 3pm Small group game challenge
3 - 4pm Reflection time and wrap upBe on the look out for the next Reflective Retreat in May, 2024.
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Chambliss Faculty Lecture
Chambliss Faculty lecture
This award, inaugurated in 2004 through a gift from Dr. Carlson R. Chambliss, professor emeriti, Physical Sciences, is meant to recognize the very highest achievement in research and scholarship and can be awarded only once within a person's career. Our distinguished faculty recipients share their research during the event.
Visit the most recent Chambliss Faculty Lecture page.
