Faculty and Staff Development

The College of Education provides quality opportunities to faculty and staff that will assist in their personal and professional development as a fulfillment of Texas State's belief in supporting life-long learning for all employees. 

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Monthly Writing Challenge

The purpose of the COE Academic Writing Month Challenge is to assist faculty members in meeting their writing objectives.

Upcoming Faculty Development Events

Location:
Online via Zoom
Cost:
Free
Contact:
The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship: ctls@txstate.edu
Campus Sponsor:
The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship
This interactive workshop will provide guidance for faculty and staff tasked with developing outcomes assessment reports for SACSCOC accreditation. The workshop will emphasize submitting the first part of the report, which is due on September 30, 2026. This fall, the focus is on revising outcomes and methods based on the analysis of the results collected from 2025-2026. This workshop is designed to be a highly practical, hands-on training, so participants are encouraged to work with draft documents of their own reports. The presenters will be available after the workshop for individual consultation as needed. Participants are strongly encouraged to attend the session that best fits the program they assess. However, much of the information covered in the sessions will be relatively similar, although the focus will be slightly different.
 
This workshop supports the university’s goal to provide the necessary services, resources, and infrastructure to support the university’s strategic direction by implementing effective planning and continuous improvement for SACSCOC reaffirmation.

Presented by:
Dr. Lon Olson, Assistant Vice Provost for Program Accreditation and Assessment

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Location:
Online via Zoom
Cost:
Free
Contact:
The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship: ctls@txstate.edu
Campus Sponsor:
The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship
Are you still waiting in line for the department scanning machine or struggling with rigid multiple-choice grading processes? Join us to discover how you can bypass the hassle of the Scantron and automatically score and analyze hundreds of multiple-choice tests in minutes using Gradescope.
 
In this session, you’ll learn how to easily digitize the traditional bubble sheet exam to gain rich insights into student learning, all while reclaiming time and providing meaningful feedback to students.

Presented by:
Gradescope

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Location:
Online via Zoom
Cost:
Free
Contact:
The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship: ctls@txstate.edu
Campus Sponsor:
The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship
Tired of downloading, compiling, and troubleshooting student code on your local machine? Join this session to learn how to scale your code evaluation, maintain academic integrity, and provide richer feedback to your computer science and data science students.
 
This session will show you how to blend the efficiency of custom autograders with the personalized touch of manual code review—all in one unified platform.

Presented by:
Gradescope

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Gemini Notebook in Action

Location:
Online via Zoom
Cost:
Free
Contact:
The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship: ctls@txstate.edu
Campus Sponsor:
The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship
Imagine an AI collaborator grounded entirely in the sources you provide. Welcome to Gemini Notebook, a tool that helps faculty organize teaching materials and research and provides students with a reliable way to engage with course content.
 
Bring your own PDFs, articles, or notes to this interactive session and discover how Gemini Notebook can generate summaries, study guides, podcasts, and more to support course preparation, research workloads, and student learning.
 
Questions about Google Gemini Notebook? Please reach out to ITAC at itac@txstate.edu.   

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