{"id":11591,"date":"2018-03-06T22:11:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T22:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/?p=11591"},"modified":"2018-03-06T22:11:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T22:11:41","slug":"acue-course-in-effective-teaching-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/2018\/03\/06\/acue-course-in-effective-teaching-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"ACUE Course in Effective Teaching Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CU Denver Center for Faculty Development (CFD) is getting ready to roll out a fantastic <strong>Provost funded<\/strong> professional development opportunity for faculty.\u00a0 In 2018-2019 we will be offering the <strong>ACUE Course in Effective Teaching Practice<\/strong>, a 25 module, online course that prepares college educators to use the research-based techniques shown to help students succeed.\u00a0 We are recruiting up to 40 course takers to participate in the ACUE Course. I hope that several SEHD faculty we be part of our cohort!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits of encouraging faculty participation in ACUE for Program Head or Department Chairs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improve instructional quality in your area and enhance student success.<\/li>\n<li>Reward your best faculty members.<\/li>\n<li>Promote your up and coming teaching stars.<\/li>\n<li>Give faculty members who are working toward RTP an opportunity to develop and document teaching excellence.<\/li>\n<li>Provide a valuable training opportunity and a perk to CTT, Instructors, and Senior. Instructors whose primary responsibility is teaching.<\/li>\n<li>Offer support to faculty members who may need to build their teaching skills.<\/li>\n<li>Use participation in ACUE as evidence of alignment with school\/college and university strategic priorities.<\/li>\n<li>Use participation in ACUE for evidence in reaccreditation processes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits to Faculty:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Earn a nationally recognized Certificate in Effective College Instruction (endorsed by American Council on Education).<\/li>\n<li>Build and diversify your evidence of teaching excellence for RTP and merit review.<\/li>\n<li>Enhance student engagement, motivation, and learning.<\/li>\n<li>Meet and learn with your faculty colleagues from across campus.<\/li>\n<li>Improve your FCQs.<\/li>\n<li>Enhance your enjoyment of teaching.<\/li>\n<li>Improve student performance in your classes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interested faculty can:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore the ACUE website and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/acue.org\/course\/\">Tour a Course Module<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read the ACUE Course project description on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucdenver.edu\/faculty_staff\/faculty\/center-for-faculty-development\/programs\/ACUE%20Course\/Pages\/default.aspx\">CFD Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Explore the tentative\u00a0CU Denver\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucdenver.edu\/faculty_staff\/faculty\/center-for-faculty-development\/programs\/ACUE%20Course\/Documents\/CU-Denver_FINALCourseSequence_2018-19%20ABSOLUTE%20FINAL%202.5.2018.pdf\">ACUE\u00a0Course Sequence and Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.ucdenver.edu\/secure\/acue_effective_teaching_practice\"><strong>Apply to be considered for participation. \u200b<\/strong><\/a><strong>(DEADLINE: Friday, April 13)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/files\/ACUE_Overview_4-002.pdf\">ACUE Program Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/acue.org\/course\/experts-and-faculty\/\">ACUE Experts and Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Margaret C. Wood, Ph.D.<br \/>\nDirector, Center for Faculty Development<br \/>\nProfessor of Anthropology<br \/>\nUniversity of Colorado Denver<br \/>\n1380 Lawrence Street, Suite 320<br \/>\nDenver, CO 80204<br \/>\n303-315-3033<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:margaret.c.wood@ucdenver.edu\">margaret.c.wood@ucdenver.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CU Denver Center for Faculty Development (CFD) is getting ready to roll out a fantastic Provost funded professional development opportunity for faculty.\u00a0 In 2018-2019 we will be offering the ACUE Course in Effective Teaching Practice, a 25 module, online course that prepares college educators to use the research-based techniques shown to help students succeed.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4,266],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-events-services","category-news","category-of-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}