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ACUE at the Fall 2023 Student Success Leadership Institute

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About ACUE & OACC

In 2021, the Ohio Association of Community Colleges (OACC) partnered with the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) to offer the opportunity for faculty across Ohio’s community colleges to earn a nationally recognized teaching certification.

Under the leadership of the OACC and Ohio community college CAOs, over 500 faculty across Ohio’s community colleges enrolled in ACUE’s comprehensive course for certification, Effective Online Teaching Practices.

Participating faculty have learned and implemented new evidence-based teaching practices that are proven to boost persistence and completion for students, improve faculty confidence and engagement, and help institutions meet their strategic goals.

Faculty who complete the program earn a nationally recognized teaching certification in ACUE’s Effective Teaching Practice Framework, endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE).

To date, more than 500 Ohio community college faculty have earned their certification in the ACUE Framework, and more faculty are scheduled to complete this certification course.

Resources

Research Brief

Discover the positive impact of faculty certified in ACUE’s Framework on Students’ Grades, Passing, and DFW Rates at the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College

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eBook

Review ACUE’s Funding Teaching Excellence: An Introductory Guide to Securing Title III and Title V Grants eBook for practical advice and step-by-step guidance to help you write a compelling proposal

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ACUE Course Catalog

Certifications

Upon completing all four of the courses in either of the following pathways, faculty will become Certified in the Effective Teaching Practice Framework. 

Effective Teaching Practices Comprehensive Course

For those teaching primarily in person.

The following courses lead to a Certification in the Effective Teaching Practice Framework.

Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Learning Environment

Learn how to ensure equitable access to learning, embrace diversity in your classroom, provide useful feedback and more.

ACUE’s course in Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Learning Environment (geared for those teaching primarily in person) is foundational in teaching you practices that enable you to create an optimal environment to support learning—including how to increase student engagement, embrace diversity and help students persist in meeting academic challenges.

This course is organized around seven competencies and takes seven to eight weeks to complete. You will learn with a professionally facilitated online cohort of faculty members with whom you will share insights and ideas.

Competencies addressed in this course are aligned with the Effective Teaching Practice Framework:

  • Leading the First Day of Class
  • Promoting a Civil Learning Environment
  • Ensuring Equitable Access to Learning
  • Helping Students Persist in Their Studies
  • Embracing Diversity in Your Classroom
  • Checking for Student Understanding
  • Providing Useful Feedback

"Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Learning Environment" is one of four courses in the pathway to a Certification in the Effective Teaching Practice Framework, the only certification endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE).

Creating an Inclusive and Supportive
Learning Environment

Promoting Active Learning

Gain proven techniques in using active learning, planning and facilitating discussions, and more.

ACUE’s course in Promoting Active Learning (geared for those teaching primarily in person) will provide you with practices proven to more actively engage your students in learning and thinking critically.

This course is organized around six competencies and takes six to eight weeks to complete. You will learn with a professionally facilitated online cohort of faculty members with whom you will share insights and ideas.

Competencies addressed in this course are aligned with the Effective Teaching Practice Framework:

  • Developing Effective Class Sessions and Lectures
  • Teaching Powerful Note-taking Skills
  • Using Groups to Ensure Active Learning
  • Using the Active Learning Cycle
  • Planning Effective Class Discussions
  • Facilitating Engaging Class Discussions

"Promoting Active Learning" is one of four courses in the pathway to a Certification in the Effective Teaching Practice Framework, the only certification endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE).

Promoting Active Learning

Inspiring Inquiry and Preparing Lifelong Learners

Hone your ability to motivate your students, provide clarity of expectations, develop self-directed learners, and more.

ACUE’s course in Inspiring Inquiry and Preparing Lifelong Learners (geared for those teaching primarily in person) addresses practices from motivating students to using visualization tools that deepen learning and help students take greater ownership for their own learning.

This course is organized around six competencies and takes six to eight weeks to complete. You will learn with a professionally facilitated online cohort of faculty members, with whom you will share insights and ideas.

Competencies addressed in this course are aligned with the Effective Teaching Practice Framework:

  • Motivating Your Students
  • Providing Clear Directions and Explanations
  • Using Concept Maps and Other Visualization Tools
  • Using Student Achievement and Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
  • Using Advanced Questioning Techniques
  • Developing Self-Directed Learners

"Inspiring Inquiry and Preparing Lifelong Learners" is one of four courses in the pathway to a Certification in the Effective Teaching Practice Framework, the only certification endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE).

Inspiring Inquiry and
Preparing Lifelong Learners

Designing Learner-Centered and Equitable Courses

Learn evidence-based practices for designing more equitable and learner-centered course outcomes with aligned assessments, assignments, and learning experiences that prepare students for success. In addition, you’ll learn to use grading practices and syllabi design in support of equity.

ACUE’s course in Designing Learner-Centered and Equitable Courses fully supports both instructors who are building a course from the ground up as well as those teaching a pre-designed course.

This course is focused on working with your course documents, applying the concepts learned in the modules, and reflecting on the process. You will learn with a professionally facilitated online cohort of faculty members, with whom you will share insights and ideas. The program takes six to eight weeks to complete.

Competencies addressed in this course are aligned with the Effective Teaching Practice Framework:

  • Ensuring Learner-Centered Course Outcomes
  • Designing Aligned Assessments and Assignments
  • Aligning Learning Experiences with Course Outcomes
  • Creating Equity with Checklists and Rubrics
  • Developing Equitable Grading Practices
  • Preparing an Inclusive Syllabus

"Designing Learner-Centered and Equitable Courses" is one of four courses in the pathway to a Certification in the Effective Teaching Practice Framework, the only certification endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE).

Designing Learner-Centered and Equitable Courses

Effective Online Teaching Practices Comprehensive Course

For those teaching primarily online.

The following courses lead to a Certification in the Effective Teaching Practice Framework.

Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Online Learning Environment

Learn how to ensure equitable access to learning, embrace diversity in your classroom, provide useful feedback and more—in the online learning environment.

More students than ever are learning online, and faculty need more than the technical basics—they must be fully prepared to use pedagogical approaches that enhance students’ online experience.

Built on the same evidence-based pedagogy outlined in the Effective Teaching Practice Framework, Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Online Learning Environment (geared for those teaching primarily online) will provide you with practices to enable you to create an optimal online environment to support learning—including how to increase student engagement, embrace diversity and help students persist in meeting academic challenges.

This course is organized around seven competencies and takes seven to eight weeks to complete. You will learn with a professionally facilitated online cohort of faculty members with whom you will share insights and ideas.

  • Welcoming Students to Online Learning
  • Promoting Civil Online Learning
  • Ensuring Equitable Access to Online Learning
  • Helping Students Persist in Online Learning
  • Embracing Diversity in Online Learning
  • Checking for Student Understanding in Online Learning
  • Providing Useful Feedback for Online Learning

"Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Online Learning Environment" is one of four courses in the pathway to a Certification in the Effective Teaching Practice Framework, the only certification endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE).

Creating an Inclusive and Supportive
Online Learning Environment

Promoting Active Learning Online

Gain proven techniques in using active learning, planning and facilitating discussions, and more—in an online learning environment.

ACUE’s course in Promoting Active Learning Online (geared for those teaching primarily online) will provide you with practices proven to more actively engage your students in learning and thinking critically.

This course is organized around six competencies and takes six to eight weeks to complete. You will learn with a professionally facilitated online cohort of faculty members, with whom you will share insights and ideas.

Competencies addressed in this course are aligned with the Effective Teaching Practice Framework:

  • Developing Effective Modules and Microlectures
  • Teaching Powerful Note-taking Online
  • Using Groups to Ensure Active Online Learning
  • Using the Active Learning Cycle in Online Courses
  • Planning Effective Online Discussions
  • Facilitating Engaging Online Discussions

"Promoting Active Learning Online" is one of four courses in the pathway to a Certification in the Effective Teaching Practice Framework, the only certification endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE).

Promoting Active Learning Online

Inspiring Inquiry and Lifelong Learning in Your Online Course

Hone your ability to motivate your students, provide clarity of expectations, develop self-directed learners, and more.

ACUE’s course in Inspiring Inquiry and Lifelong Learning in Your Online Course (geared for those teaching primarily online) addresses practices from motivating students to using visualization tools that deepen learning and help students take greater ownership for their own learning.

This course is organized around six competencies and takes six to eight weeks to complete. You will learn with a professionally facilitated online cohort of faculty members, with whom you will share insights and ideas.

Competencies addressed in this course are aligned with the Effective Teaching Practices Framework:

  • Motivating Your Students Online
  • Providing Clear Directions and Explanations in Online Courses
  • Using Concept Maps and Other Visualization Tools in Online Courses
  • Using Data and Feedback to Improve Online Teaching
  • Using Advanced Questioning Techniques in Online Courses
  • Developing Self-Directed Online Learners

"Inspiring Inquiry and Preparing Lifelong Learning in Your Online Course" is one of four courses in the pathway to a Certification in the Effective Teaching Practice Framework, the only certification endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE).

Inspiring Inquiry and Lifelong
Learning in Your Online Course

Designing Learner-Centered and Equitable Courses

Learn evidence-based practices for designing more equitable and learner-centered course outcomes with aligned assessments, assignments, and learning experiences that prepare students for success. In addition, you’ll learn to use grading practices and syllabi design in support of equity.

ACUE’s course in Designing Learner-Centered and Equitable Courses fully supports both instructors who are building a course from the ground up as well as those teaching a pre-designed course.

This course is focused on working with your course documents, applying the concepts learned in the modules, and reflecting on the process. You will learn with a professionally facilitated online cohort of faculty members, with whom you will share insights and ideas. The program takes six to eight weeks to complete.

Competencies addressed in this course are aligned with the Effective Teaching Practice Framework:

  • Ensuring Learner-Centered Course Outcomes
  • Designing Aligned Assessments and Assignments
  • Aligning Learning Experiences with Course Outcomes
  • Creating Equity with Checklists and Rubrics
  • Developing Equitable Grading Practices
  • Preparing an Inclusive Syllabus

"Designing Learner-Centered and Equitable Courses" is one of four courses in the pathway to a Certification in the Effective Teaching Practice Framework, the only certification endorsed by the American Council on Education (ACE).

Designing Learner-Centered and Equitable Courses

Additional Course Offering

Fostering a Culture of Belonging

This course does not apply toward earning the Effective Teaching Practice Framework Certification.

Fostering a Culture of Belonging

A truly inclusive and equitable campus environment is possible when everyone on campus is working together, with a common language, to mitigate the impact of implicit bias, microaggressions, imposter phenomenon, and stereotype threat.

This course equips administrators, faculty, and staff with actionable practices they can immediately implement to contribute to whole-campus reform and ensure all students and colleagues feel seen, heard, and valued.

This course takes eight weeks and is organized around four competencies and is designed to address a series of institutional needs.

Course Modules:

  • Managing the Impact of Bias
  • Reducing Microaggressions
  • Addressing Imposter Phenomenon and Stereotype Threat
  • Cultivating an Inclusive Environment

This course does not apply toward earning the Effective Teaching Practices Framework Certification.

Fostering a Culture of Belonging
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