Faculty Development Programs

This monthly newsletter shares the latest news, events, and programming related to engaged teaching and learning in the Center for Engaged, Learning, Teaching & Scholarship and across Loyola University Chicago. You can sign up for the newsletter here.

CELTS offers a faculty certificate program for Loyola's faculty to build strategies in teaching experiential learning courses. Faculty will be encouraged to engage in five workshops and as a culminating project, faculty will share a course syllabus including the experiential learning course elements. Upon completion of the series, faculty participants will:

• earn a faculty development certificate in experiential learning
• be named a Community-Engaged Experiential Learning Scholar
• have priority access to Engaged Teaching and Learning Faculty Funding 

To sign up, use this form, or email celts@luc.edu to get more information.

Spring Sessions

• Friday 1/23 - 10:30am - Noon - Integrated Course Design - Part I
• Friday 1/30 - 10:30am - Noon - Theories of Experiential Learning
• Friday 2/6 - 10:30am - Noon - Integrated Course Design - Part II
• Friday 2/13 - 10:30am - Noon - Reflection Methods and Theory
• Friday 2/20 - 10:30am - Noon - Working with Community Partners
  

All sessions will be offered on Zoom - Zoom Link for all session

Join instructors teaching Engaged Learning courses from around the University to discuss elements of teaching an Engaged Learning course, including different approaches to the different Engaged Learning categories, creating engaged teaching and learning spaces, working with community partners, and developing robust techniques for teaching Engaged Learning courses. The focus on various strategies and best practices will be led by the priorities of participants, as the community of practice will develop the topics and focus of the meetings. Readings and resources will be provided throughout the community of practice meetings. Sign up here

Fall 2025 Dates

Thursdays 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Sept. 18

Oct. 16

Nov. 13

All meetings on zoom - Zoom Link

The Center for Engaged Learning, Teaching, and Scholarship, in partnership with the Center for Faculty Development, is excited to host an Active Learning Book Group in Spring 2026! We will read One Classroom at a Time by David Gooblar.

From the publisher:
“One Classroom at a Time provides practical, research-based recommendations for teachers and administrators who want to narrow such academic gaps. David Gooblar explains the psychological hardships facing many marginalized students—including stereotype threat and belonging uncertainty—and provides detailed remedies. This wide-ranging guide also offers advice for mitigating burdens of financial insecurity and designing classes that work for all students regardless of disabilities. The emphasis throughout is on helping instructors and administrators understand not just the principles of equitable pedagogy but also the reasoning; not just what works, but why it works.”

Please join us in person on the Lake Shore Campus 12:00-1:00 PM for lunch and conversation on the following dates:

• January 28
• February 18
• March 18
• April 15

Books and lunch will be provided. Exact LSC location will be shared soon.

Click here to RSVP!
If you have questions or for more information email Alli Sanchez-Perry at asanchezperry@luc.edu

This Faculty Resource Tool Kit has been curated by the CELTS team to provide educators with the resources most commonly recommended in CELTS faculty development programs to facilitate high-impact, experiential learning. In an effort to support your teaching and learning strategies for engaged learning courses. 

Want help reimagining a course? The CELTS staff are happy to support you! Reach out to celts@luc.edu to start the conversation.