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The Walker Center offers a wide range of faculty programs that range from cohort-based to fully self-paced. These programs are designed to serve both new and more experienced faculty and highlight research-based best practices in teaching, disciplinary-specific pedagogy, and the teaching innovations of our own faculty at UTC.

Instructional Excellence Conference

Instructional Excellence Conference is an annual conference that invites a keynote speaker to present on a topic in teaching and learning and also spotlights the research and teaching innovations of our own UTC faculty.

iDEAs Certificate Series

iDEAs Certificate Series is a fully self-paced series of modules for any instructor to take at their own pace. Professional development badges are awarded for the completion of specific modules and the entire series.

Teaching and Learning Institute (TLI)

Teaching and Learning Institute (TLI) is a semester-long cohort program for new faculty to explore research and best practices in teaching and apply these to their courses alongside other faculty in various disciplines.

Faculty Fellows in Course Development

Faculty Fellows in Course Development is a 6-week cohort aimed at more experienced faculty members and allows instructors flexibility in which topics are explored and applied to their teaching.

Faculty Fellows in Program Development

Faculty Fellows in Program Development is a semester-long opportunity for a faculty member to collaborate with the Walker Center on materials and programs in a given area of faculty development.

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