Spring 2026
Spring Symposium
This event will be:
📆Monday, May 11
⏰8:30 - 2:00
📍Knight Campus, Hackett Theater
🌟Worth 10 CTE Knights Points
The Keynote
Application of Universal Design for Learning to Meet the Complex Needs of Higher Education
Today
by Kirsten Behling
No two student learners learn the same way. Students today are sharing their neurodiverse
needs and expectations, have varying degrees of expertise in course technology, may
be well prepared or underprepared for a course of study, while at the same time having
high expectations that instructors meet all their learning needs quickly.
Instructors and instructional designers are challenged to pivot their curriculum plans
quickly and frequently depending on the needs of their students and the expectations
of the institution. Adding to the complexity around teaching today is the required
federal web accessibility legislation. Given all of this, how then can faculty develop
and teach their courses without being consistently overwhelmed?
This presentation will highlight UDL as a tool that faculty can adopt to ensure access
to their courses. Kirsten will share strategies for how to empower faculty with UDL.
Strategies include recognizing and valuing the diversity of learners in the class,
leaning into colleagues across the system who have access to tools or approaches that
may be impactful, building course content with access in mind and designing a process
that can easily be adjusted as the needs of students change.
Beverages, pastry, and lunch will be provided. Spring Symposium will also feature
a Panel Discussion, Instructional Fair, and CTE Knights Awards Ceremony.
Registration closes on Monday, April 27.
Register here
Instructional Fair
Part of Spring Symposium will be a poster session related to Teaching and Learning
topics. CCRI Community members are invited to present a poster about their own Scholarship
of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), an innovative assignment or activity of their own,
or a review of someone else's teaching-and-learning-related content.
More information about posters here.
Summer FLCs
This summer, CTE will offer three types of Faculty Learning Communities. You can learn
more details and register for each using the green buttons. Each FLC will meet three
times on the Knight campus, and participants will earn an honorarium and 15 CTE Knights
Points toward the 2027 Certificates.
Hybrid Course Design FLC
Two cohorts:
- Tuesdays - May 19, June 2, and June 16
- Wednesdays - May 20, June 3, and June 17
Register Here
Equity-Minded Teaching FLC
One Cohort which meets 1 - 3:30 PM
- Tuesday, May 19
- Tuesday, June 2
- Tuesday, June 16
Register here
Getting Ready for 7-Week Classes FLC
One Cohort which meets 1 - 3:30 PM
- Wednesday, May 20
- Wednesday, June 3
- Wednesday, June 17
Register here
Don't forget, you can fill out an Implementation Plan if you want to use anything you learn from any professional development in your classes
for 4 CTE Knights points.
You have until Spring Symposium in May to earn 35 points for a Green Level Certificate
or 70 points for a Gold Level Certificate!
Disaggregated Data Requests
In February 2022, I (Rachel) was able to see my course data for General Psychology
(a course I have taught many times here at CCRI) disaggregated by race and ethnicity.
The results were surprising and difficult for me to face. Despite that, I’m very glad that I did it, and I’m looking forward to trying some
new strategies in my courses to try to close the equity gaps I found.
If you’d like to check out your own course data, request a meeting to get started.
This is a confidential process and is for your professional development only. Results
are not shared with chairs, deans, or the VPAA.
Request a Meeting
The Center for Teaching Excellence is a collaborative, faculty-led community that
supports continuous development and champions high-impact, equitable teaching and
learning practices for our diverse student body.
We Listen and Learn
We Respond and Lead
We Recognize and Reward
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