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Upcoming FaCET Symposium

Mark your calendars! The annual Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (FaCET) Symposium will take place at 9:15 a.m., January 18, 2013, in the Student Union, Room 401C.  The event’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Daryl Smith, Professor of Education and Psychology at the Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California.  You can read about Dr. [...]

The Assessable Roo – UMKC’s Outcomes Assessment Newsletter

Dr. Nathan Lindsay, the Assistant Vice Provost for Assessment, presents the first issue of the Assessable Roo – UMKC’s quarterly newsletter highlighting assessment principles and best practices. The March issue focuses on the Scholarship of Assessment, the redesign and assessment of College Algebra, assessment in the Foreign Languages, and assessment in Library Instruction. Also highlighted are [...]

Putting Learning First

On Saturday, April 25, 2009 the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Missouri in Kansas City hosted the Greater Kansas City Third Annual Symposium on Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Amy Goodburn, Associate Dean for Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences and a Professor of English and Women’s and Gender [...]

Promotion & Tenure Information Sessions

The Provost Office has scheduled the following open Promotion & Tenure Information Sessions at the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (FaCET, located in the Miller Nichols Library) for faculty members interested in the promotion and tenure process. These annual sessions provide opportunities for faculty members to learn about the P&T process and ask questions [...]

Report from FaCET

The Provost is proud to support the Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (FaCET) and is pleased to call attention to its achievements and progress. FaCET is a service program in its fourth year. Faculty pioneered and driven, the program continues to operate with faculty at the helm: Director Dr. Stephen Dilks, a full-time member [...]

New Faculty Teaching Scholars

The New Faculty Teaching Scholars (NFTS) is a UM System-wide, year-long program designed to support new faculty. Faculty members in their first four years in the UM System are eligible to participate. During three retreats professors learn how to build an academic portfolio, how to balance teaching, research and scholarship, and how to develop courses [...]