Faculty Excellence Seminar

Multiple virtual sessions will take place March 10–12 and March 17–19. A more detailed agenda will be posted soon.

Discover your teaching potential and enhance your classroom management, course planning, and student engagement skills. This interactive, five-day program focuses on practical strategies for developing effective course syllabi, creating active learning environments, and applying assessment techniques that promote student success.

Learning Objectives 

• Gain insight into planning, organizing, and delivering courses.
• Experience firsthand, how to develop a course syllabus and learning measures.
• Develop classroom management techniques and teaching skills.
• Engage and inspire today’s diverse learners toward intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and professional excellence.

Who Should Attend

Those looking to sharpen or refresh their teaching skills, gain new teaching insights, or further develop their pedagogy.

Facilitators

Susan Mason, Founder and Principal, Vital Visions Consultants Susan Mason, M.A., M.S., is the founder and principal of Vital Visions Consultants where she acts as consultant, researcher, instructional designer, coach, master trainer, and subject matter expert to executives and organizations looking to develop theory-in-practice adult learning strategies, professional development programs, and corporate universities. Additionally, Susan has had a long career in higher education beginning with her role as a research associate at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, chairing the Liberal Arts and Humanities curriculum at Tompkins-Cortland Community College-SUNY, and continuing as Hamilton College’s founding director and faculty member in the Education Studies Program, NYS Teacher Certification Program, and Oral Communication Center and Program. She has been the recipient of a variety of excellence in teaching awards, administrative service recognitions, and academic grants.

Haywood Spangler, Haywood Spangler, Ph.D., M.Div., is the founder and principal of Work & Think, LLC. He is a consultant, a researcher, and an author, and was formerly a biomedical ethicist at the University of Virginia Medical Center as well as an instructor of business ethics at the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce. His Spangler Ethical Reasoning Assessment (SERA®) and Innovation Inventory (II®) are used across industries and around the world, enabling individuals to combine critical thinking, and uncertainty tolerance to make complex decisions. Additionally, Haywood has used the SERA® to conduct research at institutions including Bon Secours Health Systems and Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. His leadership experience includes eight years as a chief executive, as well as serving as a board member and officer of several non-profit organizations.

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