1. Summer/Winter Programs
Summer/winter courses benefit our students in many ways
Departments receive 12% of tuition
Trend to online preference in modality continues but slowing
Winter now ~85% online, Summer ~60% online
Working to improve predictive enrollment demand analytics to better inform course supply decisions
Faculty receive $7500 for completing course design and development
Focus for Summer 2019 remains high demand/high enrollment, General Education, W and Q courses
Call for Online Course Requests
Request forms and department head approval due 10/9/2018
Exploring Online Learning begins 10/29/2018
More information can be found at:

2. NCFDD: An External Mentoring Community
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NCFDD: An External Mentoring Community
No cost for me to join!
NCFDD institutional membership provides an external mentoring community designed to help faculty members, graduate students, and post-docs increase research and writing productivity and improve work-life balance. All current UConn Faculty and TA’s have a free membership.
Three easy steps to join:
Select UCONN from the list of institutions
Create a username and enter your first and last name.

3. Faculty Success Program (FSP)
12-Week virtual bootcamp program for new tenure-track junior faculty and select mid-career tenured faculty (space available basis)
Specifically designed to increase research productivity and enhance work-life balance using proven cognitive/behavioral strategies
Each UConn faculty member joins a small (6 member group) supportive community of practice comprised of similarly situated faculty from other peer and aspirant institutions
NCFDD has more than 70,000 individual faculty members. To date, more than 3,000 have completed the Faculty Success Program (their signature faculty development program).

4. FSP Time Commitment from Faculty
Requires 5-6 hour per week time commitment (comprised of the following)
30 minutes of writing every day
40-60 minute weekly training modules where faculty learn skills and strategies that increase productivity and promote work-life balance
75 minute group support and accountability conference calls once per week
Optional 60 minute personal coaching session once during the program
We ran a pilot spring 2018 with 10 faculty. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive and the program has been highly recommended for others.

5. Faculty Success Program
CETL will cover the program cost
12-week programs offered Spring, Summer, Fall but we recommend spring as best for impact
For junior TT faculty hired since January 2017 OR Mid-career faculty looking to jumpstart their research and/or writing productivity
Seeking nominations for the Spring 2019 cohort
(Application deadline October 15, 2018)
Link to institution/member schools: (Brown, Princeton, Duke, Purdue, UC Davis/San Diego/Berkeley, Michigan, Washington, University of Toronto, Penn, etc)

6. SET +
Ongoing progress is being made with individual departments (department culture and context matter)
Typically involves collaboration between CETL staff and department committee charged with SET+
Frequent focus areas
Peer Observation & Peer Materials Review
Teaching Portfolio Development (new eportfolio ‘Portfolium’)
New options for mid-semester formative assessment (Qualtrics/CETL&OIRE)
Opening up opportunities to talk about teaching
CETL-supported/department-based professional development

7. CETL Mini-Grant Competition
CETL Mini-Grant Competition
Fall 2018 Mini-Grant Competition open for submissions
$500 to $5000 to support teaching innovations
Proposals due November 9th
Criteria and submission information available at:

8. Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning webpage: cetl.uconn.edu
October 9 Online Course Requests
October 15 Faculty Success Program
November 9 Mini Grants
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
webpage: cetl.uconn.edu
@uconncetl