Teaching & Learning at ��

Annual Teaching & Learning Expo

A Celebration of Teaching Excellence at ��

Save the date February 27, 2026

Celebrate your teaching successes with your faculty colleagues at the annual Faculty Center Teaching & Learning Expo.

We are currently seeking submissions for the "Teaching Innovations Sessions” and "Joy of Teaching and Learning” Keynote Address.

Applications are due by December 10, 2025 and will be reviewed by the Faculty Center Advisory Council.

The Faculty Center invites faculty self-nominations for the “Joy of Teaching and Learning”  keynote presentation at the Faculty Center’s Teaching and Learning Expo on Feb 27, 2026.

Joy of Teaching Keynote

“The Joy of Teaching and Learning” keynote presentation is a 75-minute event where the presenter demonstrates active teaching and learning pedagogy in their discipline. The presenter may focus on a timeless topic relevant to daily classroom life or a timely topic addressing current trends. While very brief lectures (no more than 10 minutes each) may be included to provide essential background information, the majority of the session should immerse the audience in active learning, allowing them to experience the teaching and learning process as if they were students in the classroom.

“The Joy of Teaching and Learning” keynote celebrates the profound satisfaction that comes from engaging with students and witnessing their growth. It reminds us of why we became educators in the first place: the joy of sparking curiosity, fostering a love for learning, and creating a dynamic, interactive classroom environment. Before we were teachers, we were students who delighted in discovery and the thrill of learning. This theme encourages the audience to re-experience the excitement and fulfillment of both teaching and learning, highlighting the importance of innovative practices and the shared journey of discovery between teachers and students.

The Joy of Teaching and Learning keynote presentation is designed to inspire your fellow educators while providing professional recognition in the �� community.

Eligibility:

Open to current �� faculty from all colleges, including tenure-track and lecturer faculty. Assistant professors and lecturers are encouraged to apply.
Minimum of four semesters of teaching experience at ��.
Ability to engage a broad audience, including those outside their discipline. Attendees will include faculty members from various academic disciplines and colleges as well as academic administrators.

Please complete the below by Dec 10, 2025.

Teaching Innovations Sessions

The Faculty Center invites faculty sessions at the Faculty Center’s Teaching and Learning Expo on Feb 27, 2026. The “Teaching Innovations” sessions celebrate innovative and engaging teaching practices at ��. This is an excellent opportunity to highlight your exceptional teaching skills, inspire your fellow educators, engage in thoughtful discussion, and gain professional recognition in the �� community.

Some potential topics of recent interest include, but are not limited to:

student engagement
inclusive classroom practices
career readiness/curriculum to career
current events in the classroom
online pedagogy
navigating difficult classroom discussions
teaching success tips
valuable in-person activities that AI cannot replace
GenAI and teaching best practices, and more

Eligibility:

Open to current �� faculty from all colleges, including tenure-track and lecturer faculty.

Ability to engage a broad audience, including those outside their discipline. Attendees will include faculty members from various academic disciplines and colleges as well as academic administrators.

Format Options:

Poster Presentation
Conference Style Panel Presentation
Thematic Roundtables

Poster Presentation Criteria:

Poster should provide a clear suggestion or innovation about teaching and learning that will be of interest to a wide range of �� faculty members
As a courtesy, those selected for the poster session can have the Faculty Center print their poster for the Expo. Faculty will receive a template from the Faculty Center to use to ensure printability. Sample posters will be available for your reference.
Posters will be on display in the Faculty Center Suite for a full week after the Expo.

Conference Style Panel Presentation Criteria:

Apply to give a presentation of 10 to 15 minutes as part of a conference-style panel. Focus on a topic we suggest or one of your own choosing that is meaningful for teaching and learning at ��. You may apply as a sole presenter or with others for a collaborative presentation. You are welcome to use visual aids, handouts, and interactive elements, but please keep in mind that your presentation is limited to 10 to 15 minutes total. After reviewing all applications, we will organize individual presentations into panels by theme. Each panel will run for one hour and include three presentations.

Thematic Roundtable Facilitator Criteria:

Have an idea for a thought-provoking question or topic and want to lead a conversation with colleagues about it? The Roundtable format is a way to collaborate with colleagues without the formality of a fully prepared conference paper. You will be asking questions and leading discussions with Expo participants who join your roundtable.

If submitting a proposal for this format, tell us the topic you would like to lead conversation on and include a draft of the questions you anticipate using that will be relevant to colleagues across colleges.

Application Process for Teaching Innovations Sessions: Please complete the by Dec 10, 2025

Selection Criteria: Applications will be evaluated based on innovation, engagement, and relevance for a wide range of �� faculty. The Faculty Center Advisory Council will review all submissions and share feedback to the Center directors.

We look forward to your application and the opportunity to celebrate teaching and learning together!

Support at the Faculty Center

To support teaching and learning at ��, the Faculty Center provides a variety of resources:

Classroom Management

Our handbook curates information from across campus into a single one-stop resource on a range of services, policies, and supports on working with students and classroom management. We cover academic integrity resources, classroom conduct, and classroom climate.

Our colleagues at CSUN have recently developed some materials for difficult classroom dynamics in a post-election context that can benefit faculty at any campus. See their for more details.

Additionally, the Faculty Center recommends using community agreements to set expectations for students about the class and how everyone will participate and engage. Doing this early in the semester is recommended (i.e., week one).

Community Agreements allow you to:

Co-create content with your students on classroom behavior expectations
Collaborate and build community by identifing how to respectfully engage, participate, and include with goal of cultivating a learning space for all your students
Redirect challenging moments by referring to class community agreements
Give students specific and clear direction on their responsibilities to themselves, their instructor, and their peers

Some prompts you can use/modify to start a community agreements discussion with your class include:

What kinds of classroom conversations do you find most enjoyable and why?
What types of peer-to-peer interactions do you find supportive and why?
What's your ideal classroom environment and why?
What classroom dynamics do you least enjoy and why?
What kinds of conversations and classroom interactions best support your learning and why?

Consider having the class vote on a short list of 2-3 classroom conduct expectations that they most value (this is where you can curate and edit to prepare the co-created options)

Post the final community agreements in a space easily navigated by students such as the Canvas course page and consider including a syllabus statement if you will be using community agreements.

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