Professional Development Opportunities
McKendree University offers a variety of professional development opportunities for
faculty and staff to help them "Make their Mark" in the classroom.
- Teaching for Excellence (T4E) Workshops focused on teaching and best practices in August, January, and May
- Teaching for Distance (T4D) Workshops focused on e-learning and best practices in distance education December and May
- Brown Bag Lunch Series about topics of general academic interest each Wednesday at noon
- Fall Teaching for Excellence Teaching Circles where faculty join a small group of faculty to visit classes and discuss
- Spring Teaching for Excellence Teaching Book Study where small groups of faculty read and discuss a teaching book
- Technology Workshops hosted by information technology and educational technology
- Service Learning Workshops hosted by the Lyn Huxford Center for Community Service
- McKendree Values Part-time faculty (MVP) orientation program for new part-time faculty
- New Full-time Faculty Orientation
- Advisor Training (twice per year for faculty and staff advisors)
- School and Division faculty development opportunities
- Webinars
- Lifelong Learning Faculty Conference Travel Grants for full-time faculty (application process)
- Midwest Faculty Seminars offer up to 4 full-time faculty per year to attend an intense study at the University
of Chicago (application process)
- Lilly Teaching Conference available to 2 full-time faculty per year (application process)
- Research Sabbaticals for full-time faculty (application process)
- Associate Colleges of Illinois Off to a Good Start Institute for new faculty (second-fourth year) available to 2 new full-time faculty (application
process)
- Division Chair Workshops for current or new division chairs
- Summer Engagement Research Grants for full-time faculty (depending on funding)
- Academic Planning Retreat for full-time faculty and select staff each May hosted by the Provost
