Professional Development

The Certificate for Online Instruction Academy is a six-week online experience that provides an opportunity for you to engage in a journey that will lead to a Certificate for Online Instruction. This experience will support you in reimagining your teaching and your students’ learning through measurable actions empowered by a transformative collegial community.

The CTL's Professional Learning Communities (PLC) Program includes ongoing professional development opportunities for faculty and staff within a learning community model.  

A self-enroll Canvas course providing faculty with both a self-paced learning experience and a comprehensive repository. Access detailed, step-by-step guides for incorporating university-licensed technologies into your own Canvas courses. Find practical resources on instructional design, pedagogical best practices, and technology implementation to create engaging, effective learning experiences for your students. Enroll to explore at your own pace or use as an ongoing reference for your teaching needs.

The Office of Academic Affairs sponsors a faculty success program run by CTL and Academic Personnel Services. This integrated approach enhances faculty retention and tenure achievement through building community, and by leveraging experienced colleagues' knowledge.  

February 9 - March 1, 2026

Register for the Introduction to Online Teaching & Learning

The Introduction to Online Teaching & Learning is a three-week asynchronous online course for educators who are new/newish to online teaching. Together, we will dive into the essentials of online teaching and students’ learning. 

• Asynchronous online, ~2-3 hours per week
• Note: This is for educators who have zero to some online teaching experience
• Earn a Certificate of Completion

Facilitated by the Center for Teaching & Learning QLT Team

A resource to provide various content gathered to support resilient teaching—being able to adapt and flex through change—that can have an impact on the humans in the learning environment.

The CTL Scholar Program invites educators to collaborate with the Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) in advancing campus-wide professional growth. Scholars can engage with a variety of activities including, but not limited to, designing and leading workshops, delivering lectures, facilitating professional learning communities, and/or contributing to research or resource development that enriches teaching and learning practices within and across instructional and technological modalities. Working in partnership with the CTL, Scholars will expand the center’s professional development offerings and help cultivate a vibrant culture of reflective, innovative, and evidence-informed pedagogy across the university. 

Program Goals/Priority Areas

The CTL Scholar Program invites educators of all ranks to collaborate with the Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) in advancing campus-wide professional growth. Submit a Scholar application for your CTL Faculty Scholar project. We especially encourage alignment with one or more of the following priorities:

• Supporting Artificial Intelligence in teaching and learning

• Advancing equitable and inclusive teaching practices

• Supporting effective online, hybrid, or technology-enhanced learning

• Strengthening assessment of student learning and reflective teaching

• Building faculty and/or professional learning communities

Scholars will receive financial support based on the type and workload associated with the activity.  Criteria for funding decisions include: scope, scale/reach, type and duration, and potential impact. 

Submit your Scholar application by November 17, 2025.