Professional Development Week (PDW) is the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning's (CETL) pre-semester conference. Faculty, instructors, and staff are invited to join us to learn more about our campus community and attend sessions on effective teaching in higher education
CETL uses Sched for the PDW schedule, session sign-ups, Zoom attendance, check-ins, and workshop materials. Need help getting your account set up? Sched has several guides with step-by-step instructions to get you started.
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We are excited to see everyone at the Fall 2023 PDW! This PDW is about celebrating our joy for teaching, love of the classroom, and a great space to seek out new ideas to try.
When: August 14-18, 2023
Where: Centennial Campus
Learn More: CETL SharePoint Site
The CETL team is honored and proud to welcome the leading scholar in Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) Dr. Gina Ann Garcia for the Fall 2023 PDW keynote and workshop.
Dr. Garcia draws from her book Becoming Hispanic Serving Institutions: Opportunities for Colleges and Universities, to describe the different “types” of HSIs: Latinx-enrolling, Latinx-enhancing, Latinx-producing, and Latinx-serving. She will provide evidence of how HSIs fit within these types based on empirical data collected with three HSIs in Chicago. Dr. Garcia will challenge us to think about how becoming an HSI is an individual process for Pikes Peak.
Dr. Garcia will provide an overview of HSIs and discuss the importance of becoming “Latinx-enhancing,” offering suggestions for how to center Latinxs and other minoritized students in the curriculum and classroom. She will also provide a definition of social justice in the curriculum, stressing the need for faculty across the institution, from STEM to humanities and professional schools, to think about equity and justice outcomes. This training is hands-on, allowing faculty to evaluate their syllabi and reflect on their own pedagogical practices.
