FAQ’s

  • Depending on the amount of space you have available on campus, we have found that 20-40 faculty is the sweet spot for most of our workshops.

    • 1-2 meetings (per day of workshop delivery) with key personnel to shape faculty development activities based on the unique characteristics of your institutions faculty, students, and institutional context.

    • Develop and refine the content, handouts, and reference materials for the workshops.

    • Travel to your institution and to facilitate the faculty development program.

    • If you are using grant funds, we can also participate in project evaluation and reporting requirements.

  • Our cost does not include space rental fees, purchase of materials and supplies for facilitation, faculty incentives to participate, or meals for attendees during the workshops. You'll want to budget for these, too.

  • In general, yes. A virtual workshop does provide additional flexibility for faculty that cannot make it to an in person workshop. However, we have found that most faculty appreciate how the in person workshops provide a protected space to focus on their development while building community with facilitators and attendees.

  • Sure! We do retain the copyright to our materials but are happy to share most of the materials from a workshop we design for your institution under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

  • We have a detailed list of materials and supplies, recommendations for space and technology, room layouts, etc. We can help you create and environment that will be welcoming and conducive to the kind of engagement we encourage in our workshops.

How do I get Faculty to Attend?

Don’t forget the power of word of mouth!

Who could you get to help you ask people to attend that have an established network?

Present at Faculty Meetings.

Sometimes, the in person presentation about professional development opportunities help to bring individuals in that may not have felt included by the emails. It also provides an opportunity for folks to ask questions.

Send more and individualized Emails.

Don’t be afraid to email a couple times, and make any stipend/$$$ obvious.

Leverage department heads/chairs, influencers, and leaders.

Encourage department chairs to email and talk to their faculty individually. You may need to talk to them and sell the workshops in person before they will begin to push attendance from their faculty.

Be realistic about expectations.

How many faculty typically attend workshops and other faculty development activities? Are there conflicting events?

Encourage teams focused on a shared goal.

Faculty may be more inclined to attend with a built in community. Depending on the goals of your unit or department, it could be that an entire unit is encouraged to come together. Or a team working on a specific course design may be a good audience.