{"id":4,"date":"2012-08-20T08:19:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T13:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:55:35","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office of Faculty Development provides a community of support and development opportunities that enable Augsburg faculty and staff to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">grow our excellence in teaching and learning, leadership, scholarship, and ultimately, student success. With the Center for Teaching &amp; Learning, we provide workshops, learning communities, recognition, and resources to support faculty through all stages of their professional development.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<h2>Upcoming Opportunities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Faculty Award Nominations 2026\u00a0 are now open!\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is time to celebrate all the ways that your colleagues contribute to the wellbeing of our profession, our campus, and our community! Award nominations are open now through March 23 at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/grants\/annual-grant-offerings\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/grants\/annual-grant-offerings\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Please honor a colleague with your nomination today.\u00a0 Award recipients will be announced at the Faculty Recognition Celebration on Monday, May 4, 2:30pm.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdcREd_9o-iIlIGqhVKcJ0uiCtdzQrNKCP3i_RFpgVvofEfnA\/viewform?usp=header\"><b>Call for Proposals: Days in May 2026<\/b><\/a> is now open! Augsburg&#8217;s 2026 Days in May Professional Development Conference will take place <b>Wednesday, May 13 and Thursday, May 14, 2026,<\/b> 9:00 am to 3:45 pm.\u00a0 We invite proposals for professional development sessions from all interested faculty and staff. Workshop sessions on teaching and learning, leadership &amp; service development, or research &amp; scholarship development welcome. <strong>P<\/strong><b>roposals due Friday, April 10, 2026.<\/b>\u00a0 Presenters notified April 17, 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><strong><strong><strong><b>Faculty Friday Dialogues, 12:20 to 1:00pm, Community Time, Weekly Spring 2026: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These Zoom weekly<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meetings will be hosted by one or more of your faculty task force colleagues as a regular time for questions, discussions, feedback, and problem solving on emergent concerns. Access the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/augsburg.zoom.us\/j\/95789000068?pwd=1TtaXNPV1uYxDnva1RetwPArtDzefA.1&amp;jst=2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Zoom link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> here.\u00a0 This will be posted weekly on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> CTL calendar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Fridays Inside Augsburg Events calendar (Augsburg log-in required).<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>\u00a0AI-Informed Assignments Quick Start Resources <\/strong>School of Natural Sciences &amp; School of Humanities &amp; Social Sciences Faculty! Join the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1PQXaWF7idYh_aPOkHnAS3LIg7N7fQMpD\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=101104922498524281313&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">AI-Informed Assignments Pilot.<\/a> Receive a $250 stipend for developing AI-informed assignments for use in a Spring 2026 course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>2025-2026 Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1dayjqQh5MZUqDb82-2N2px2DjMJexppcHM-1xQSGaoU\/edit?usp=sharing\">Faculty Support Guide 2025-26<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On-campus safety:\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/u\/1\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vT4lnYa_HKz6nQntQhn8hjIJnAzlskPRamGahttOp0ZurkdeqxoyTPxwe7D2JtRKQEs6BpjOqHUKlrE\/pub?urp=gmail_link\"><b>Know your Rights <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1_TIz_ALmIM3Lm7i-5dWN_q336Wosqf1XexX-rg_hcws\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.16.26 Emergent Teaching Concerns<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1fo-LZrhzHwx7-oMf8ZMEO4-_G-lm_cdfldsmvE5mcwM\/edit?usp=sharing\">New Faculty Welcome Book <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1OGdj-937PY7J_X0xtQW9zeu9qD5zDtG4AvfToGdUc_I\/edit?usp=sharing\">Department Chairs &amp; Directors Guidebook <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/resources\/augsburg-resources-and-support\/course-syllabi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/resources\/augsburg-resources-and-support\/course-syllabi\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1692373226909000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Z6rdOCcf8GS6gJd1tYr8T\">Learner-Centered Syllabus Resources<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1FF_4zfwaDWdVnaJ0fZoPYqRRB4NMXzr-\/edit\">Syllabus template Spring 2026<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>All syllabi should include a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1PEwwWB7PA1TnJS9aiNHqaep-73DpC_rcjO16yS3Ejq0\/edit?usp=sharing\">FERPA statement<\/a><\/li>\n<li>All syllabi are required to include this <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1C9-kwFc0aXdjBuvJkMkeZ_DPOyRB0shpxHYtpVZJBFg\/edit?usp=sharing\">Title IX Statement.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Adjunct Faculty Workshop Attendance Reimbursement<\/h3>\n<p>Please submit an <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd1sUns_DbtKhQ5H3Xi_Q4aW7Sls3qy6fQChy20tc7136bMAQ\/viewform\">Adjunct Faculty workshop reimbursement form<\/a> to request reimbursement for CTL workshop attendance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Faculty Development provides a community of support and development opportunities that enable Augsburg faculty and staff to grow our excellence in teaching and learning, leadership, scholarship, and ultimately, student success. With the Center for Teaching &amp; Learning, we provide workshops, learning communities, recognition, and resources to support faculty through all stages of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Our Purpose&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1130,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4271,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/4271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/ctl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}