Professional Development
Professional Development
Professional Development
The Faculty Center and other entities provide professional development opportunities for faculty and staff. These consist of certificate programs, conferences, Professional Learning Communities, summer book club, workshops and trainings.
Certificate Programs
Enhancing and Supporting Teaching
Enhancing and Supporting Teaching is a program where you can attend live workshops and earn a professional development certificate from the Faculty Center.
Magna OnDemand
Magna OnDemand is a program where you can watch videos on your own time and earn a professional development certificate from the Faculty Center.
Faculty Online Teaching Courses
The program offers in two 4-week sessions: Online Teaching Basics Part 1 (OTB1) and Online Teaching Basics Part 2 (OTB2).
Plus a 5-week Advanced Online Teaching Techniques (AOTT) wfor those who have completed OTB 1 & 2 or are experienced online instructors.
Foundations of DEI Certificate Level One offered by the Division of DEI
The Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion's Foundations of DEI Certificate Level One provides a professional development opportunity to gain fundamental knowledge and skills in advancing diversity, equity and inclusion. It explores identity, culture, systems and power, and resistance and advocacy.
DEI Certificate Level Two: Inclusive Pedagogy and Practices Certificate offered by the Division of DEI
The Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion's Certificate Level Two: Inclusive Pedagogy and Practices Certificate is a professional development opportunity for teaching professionals and professional staff interested in learning more about developing an inclusive educational environment throughout Rowan University.
Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
A Professional Learning Community (PLC) is a cross-disciplinary group of eight to twelve people who come together for a year-long adventure in active, collaborative, and dialogic learning. Participants become a community of learners, not a decision-making body, task-force, or committee.
Self-Paced Courses
Canvas
Self-Paced Canvas Training Course for Faculty and its resources are designed to meet you at your level and your speed. Each module is designed to guide you through the features of Canvas and assist you in preparing your course for the fall semester.
This course features Canvas videos and documentation organized in a way that will be beneficial to instructors creating a course. The instructor can choose which features to implement in their course.
Faculty Handbook on Academic Integrity
Faculty Handbook on Academic Integrity
is a collection of Rowan Policies, procedures, definitions, proactive strategies, class activities, etc. to assist you with improving the academic integrity of your courses.
IDEA SRI Course Evaluation Training
IDEA SRI Course Evaluation Training is a self-directed, online course will introduce you to the reports generated by the IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction (SRI) Course Evaluation system.
These reports can be included in faculty re-contracting packets, and the data included in the reports can be used by administrators and committees to evaluate the faculty.
This training consists of short videos, resource guides and other materials to get you familiar with the system and the data.
Conferences
Rowan Teaching Connection's (RTC) Conferences
Rowan Teaching Connection (RTC) holds free bi-annual conferences each year in October/November and April.
Temple's Annual Faculty Conference on Teaching Excellence
Temple's Annual Faculty Conference on Teaching Excellence.
Temple University Conference, January 8 & 9, 2025
Workshops, Training and Memberships
Rowan Library Workshops
Rowan University Libraries offers workshops that are free and open to students, staff, faculty. and the public.
NCFDD Membership
Rowan is an institutional member of the NCFDD.
Activating your NCFDD account is an easy, straightforward process. Simply click on the "Activate My Account" button, enter your institutional email, and follow the instructions.
Summer Book Club
Summer Book Club
Each summer the Faculty Center selects a book to read and discuss. The Summer Book Club is open to all Rowan Faculty and Staff. The Faculty Center cost-shares the expense of the book with other interested departments. Books are available free on a first come, first served basis. All you need to do is... promise is to attend one of our book club meetings to share and discuss your thoughts. Participants should read the book by the end of July and attend one discussion session in August. All discussion sessions are the same, and they cover the whole book.
Updated 11/12/24
