The Center for Equity and Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CEETL) provides programming for faculty across all ranks to promote evidenced-based and social-justice-oriented teaching that supports diverse SF State learners.
CEETL welcomes persons with disabilities and will provide accommodations upon request. If you would like reasonable accommodations for any of these events, please contact CEETL staff Cynthia Chu at cchu4@sfsu.edu as soon as possible so your request may be reviewed.
Fall 2025 Offerings
CEETL invites faculty to enroll in Teaching Writing: Meeting the Moment—a fully asynchronous, self-paced online course designed to support faculty teaching upper-division writing-intensive or GWAR courses. Whether you're new to teaching writing or an experienced instructor, this course offers practical strategies, reflection opportunities, and discussions focused on writing in the disciplines. Those teaching lower division writing courses will also find this course useful. Join us in exploring how writing can deepen student learning and disciplinary thinking on your own schedule!
Register and Enroll here.
Faculty are invited to participate in a book circle to read and reflect in community Zaretta Hammond’s book on Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and the Brain. The book will be provided to those who join the book circle.
Mondays, 12-1pm | Online: Sept 8, 15, 22, | Hi-flex: Sept 29 (pizza lunch)
A day long retreat to explore mindfulness practices to support faculty and student success. Led by Interim Faculty Director Dr. Jennifer Daubenmier.
Save the date of Friday, September 26. Check back for more details soon.
We invite you to join and complete the next course in the Return of the JEDI PIE Certificate series, called Do or Do Not: an eight-week asynchronous course that can be completed in 8-10 hours, supported with in-person JEDI workshops designed to teach practical Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusive (JEDI) teaching strategies. Modules cover accessibility and universal design for learning; Social justice syllabus; data informed teaching and centering student voice and experience. A token stipend of $250 will be paid on completion. This could will will lauch in mid-October and run for 2 months. Those who complete the course within this time frame will receive the stipend and a badge. The course will remain open for the rest of the academic year and can be completed for a badge. Return of the JEDI PIE Slice 1 is a prerequisite for this course.
Registration Link Coming Soon, check back in early October.
Academic Technology (AT) and the Center for Equity and Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CEETL) invite SFSU faculty interested in teaching a quality online course to enroll in Excellence in Online Pedagogies. This course equips faculty with essential approaches to designing and enhancing online synchronous and asynchronous courses. Earn a special Excellence in Online Pedagogies digital badge acknowledging your completion of this course.
Enroll here or go to https://sfsu.instructure.com/enroll/8MGDT6
September
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"Curious about Custom GPTs? Learn how you can use them in your courses" Led by Dr. Jennifer Trainor, Monday, September 22, 2-3.30pm.
October
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"Learn how to build a Custom GPT for your course", Friday, October 10, Time TBD
SGIF:
Mid-course check-in process with students to gather information about student learning experience and inform pedagogical decisions. Faculty receive and provide a SGIF for a colleague. $300 honorarium for each participant.
GWAR Brown Bags:
Bring your lunch and discuss with other GWAR faculty challenges and opportunities in teaching GWAR courses. We encourage participants to take the asynchronous Teaching Writing: Meeting the Moment course.
1st and 3rd Tuesdays (Hybrid) and 2nd and 4th Fridays (online) from noon to 1PM.
New Faculty Professional Learning Community:
New tenure-track faculty participate in New Faculty Foundation orientation in August following which they are invited to join in a year-long Professional Learning Community for new tenure track faculty (Years 1 & 2) aimed at collaborative knowledge building and teaching & scholarship support.
Contact Dr. Anoshua Chaudhuri for more details.
New Lecturer Faculty Teaching Learning Community:
An asynchronous orientation for 6-8 hours is designed to introduce new lecturer faculty to SFSU and aimed at collaborative knowledge building and teaching & scholarship support.
Dates: TBD
Faculty Writing Meet-Up:
CEETL-organized Faculty writing meet ups provide opportunities for faculty to check-in briefly about their writing and sample time to quietly work on individual writing projects.
Meet from 1-3 PM on
First Tuesdays: 9/2, 10/7, 11/4
Second Fridays: 9/12, 10/10, 11/14
Third Tuesdays: 9/16, 10/21, 11/18
Fourth Fridays: 9/26, 10/24, 11/28
Tuesday sessions will be hybrid; join virtually or come in person to Library Room 242. Snacks will be provided. Friday sessions are on Zoom.
WE Wednesday:
Monthly gatherings that bring colleagues together around common interests to foster rest, joy, and community. https://ceetl.sfsu.edu/wewednesdays
SFSU Art Gallery 9/3 @ 12 PM
Japanese Tea Ceremony 10/15 Times TBD
Pumpkin-succulent making 11/5 @ 2 PM
Faculty Outings:
CEETL will be holding informal and collegial faculty outings. These outings are open to all faculty and are a great place to connect with new colleagues. CEETL will hold an outing to the Redwoods and a tour at the SF MOMA.
Shuttle to the Redwoods: September 27
Evening at the MOMA: TBD
Faculty Appreciation Event: Save the Date of December 8, 2025
Multi-cultural potluck lunch to celebrate Faculty who have completed CEETL's Courses & Programs.
Spring 2025 Offerings
JEDI PIE Certificate:
A New Hope is the first of three slices of CEETL's new JEDI PIE Certificate offering, Return of the JEDI Course Series. Built on the foundations of the 2021 JEDI PIE Certificate that focused on anti-racist pedagogy, this new certificate will focus on culturally relevant pedagogy. The first course in this series aims to build a theoretical foundation of inclusive pedagogy through a critical examination of the historical and social foundations of US Higher Education. It will offer models of pedagogies to dismantle the various forms of oppression that have emanated from this historical foundation.
Whether you are new or returning to CEETL's JEDI courses, we are certain you will take away new insights, theories and practices.
- Course Logistics
The course starts on February 1st. We anticipate that you can complete this slice of JEDI PIE in approximately 8-10 hours. There is a Course Completion Digital Badge + a token $250 stipend available to those who meet the course activities and engagement criteria by April 15th. By completing all three slices of the 2025 JEDI PIE over the year, you will earn CEETL's Certificate in JEDI PIE and up to $1000. A New Hope Slice is a prerequisite course for future JEDI slices in the Return of the JEDI Series. For budget reasons, completing the course after April 15th will earn a badge but no stipend.
If you have any questions, please reach out to ceetl@sfsu.edu
February
Pints & PIE Workshop : Undergraduate research as a high-impact teaching practice: Feb 12 @ 3PM (LIB 242)
See here for more details.
JEDI Open Educational Resource (OER) Workshop: Feb 25th @ 12-1 PM (LIB 242, hybrid)
See here for more details.
March
JEDI Basic Needs Workshop: March 10 2-3 PM, LIB 242/Zoom (Ask for zoom link)
April
JEDI Workshop on Neurodivergence, April 8th 10:30-12 PM (LIB 242, Zoom)
Pints & PIE Workshop: Co-Teaching with Students in the Sciences: Apr 29, 1-2.30PM
CEETL badges of completion will be awarded to those who attend all workshops in either the JEDI or Pints & PIE series
SGIF:
The Small Group Instructional Feedback (SGIF) is a formative, mid-course check-in process to gather information from students about their learning experience to inform faculty's pedagogical decisions during the semester. You will work with a small group of colleagues from different departments to receive and provide a SGIF for each other.
SGIF groups will run between February 24, 2025- April 11th, 2025, and participation should take no more than 6 hours of your time. Eligible faculty will receive a stipend of $300. Asynchronous courses are not supported at this time.
Please register for the program no later than 2/21
Excellence in Online Pedagogies:
Academic Technology (AT) and the Center for Equity and Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CEETL) invite SFSU faculty interested in teaching a quality online course to enroll in Excellence in Online Pedagogies. This course equips faculty with essential approaches to designing and enhancing online synchronous and asynchronous courses. Faculty can earn a special Excellence in Online Pedagogies digital badge upon completion of this course. Course Launches on Feb 17, 2025.
Enroll here: https://sfsu.instructure.com/enroll/8MGDT6
Equity Priority 5 FLC:
This is the last year of CEETL's support for communities of practice in departments teaching high failure, multi-section, first-year courses.
Capstone Summit:
The capstone summit is a one-day event for faculty to share and promote strategies in their Culminating Experience courses. [Postponed to Fall 2025]
New Faculty PLC:
A year-long Professional Learning Community for new tenure track faculty (Years 1 & 2) aimed at collaborative knowledge building and teaching & scholarship support.
Scheduled check-ins and Brownbag meetings on Teaching with AI and Scholarship of Teaching this Spring 2025. All probationary faculty will be invited.
Contact Dr. Jennifer Trainor for information: jtrainor@sfsu.edu
Faculty Writing Meet-Up:
CEETL-organized Faculty writing meet ups provide opportunities for faculty to check-in briefly about their writing and ample time to quietly work on individual writing projects.
Meet from 1-3 PM on
First Tuesdays: 2/4, 3/4, 4/1, 5/6
Second Fridays: 2/14, 3/14, 4/11, 5/9
Third Tuesdays: 2/18, 3/18, 4/15
Fourth Fridays: 2/28, 4/25
Tuesday sessions will be hybrid; join virtually or come in person to Library Room 242. Snacks will be provided. Friday sessions are on Zoom.
Faculty Outings:
CEETL will be holding informal and collegial faculty outings. These outings are open to all faculty and are a great place to connect with new colleagues. CEETL will hold a Science of Cookies session with Professor Sybil Yang, a museum visit and a wine tasting.
Science of Cookies with Prof Sybil Yang: April 4, 1-3pm (Vista Room)
Mural and Music in the Mission: May 4th, 2pm, Meet at Balmy Alley
Finals Week Wine Tasting with Prof Ryan Smith: May 20, 4-6pm (Vista Room)
WE Wednesday:
Monthly gatherings that bring colleagues together around common interests to foster rest, joy, and community. https://ceetl.sfsu.edu/wewednesdays
Teaching Farm 2/26 @ 2 PM
Library Collections Visit 3/19 @ 3 PM
Greenhouse Visit 4/9 @ 1 PM
Pet Therapy 5/7 @ 2 PM
Faculty Awards: Save the Date of May 5, 2025
CEETL will hold a semester-end teaching awards ceremony to honor outstanding faculty who have made a significant impact on their students' learning and development. These awards are for faculty members who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and a commitment to student success.
A Link to RSVP will be posted in early April.
AI Symposium: Save the Date of May 2, 2025
CEETL is hosting a symposium on using AI in the classroom, entitled "Embracing and Resisting AI: Best Practices in the Classroom” to be held on zoom on Friday, May 2, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon.
To attend, register here- https://bit.ly/CEETLAISYMPOSIUM
This symposium will be held in collaboration with Lam Family College of Business Emerging Technologies Initiative.
See Program and Recordings from CEETL's First Symposium in May 2024 here.
Fall 2024 Offerings
AI Program:
The following 3 workshops being offered are aimed at developing the instructor’s understanding and use of Generative AI Tools as it applies to pedagogy.
- AI Tools for Faculty: Can AI tools improve your teaching life? This interactive workshop will help you discover whether AI tools can enhance instruction, course materials, and student engagement. Learn about, explore, and critique new AI tools marketed to faculty. September 24th @ 12-1:30 pm on Zoom
- Building AI Skills and Knowledge into the Curriculum: Where does AI fit in your curriculum? Hands-on workshop to revise SLOs and assignments to give students practice in using AI tools and to develop their knowledge of the potential and limitations of these tools, October 17th @ 12-1:30 pm in LIB 242
- Critical AI in the Classroom: Do AI tools promote bias? Are they exploitative? Environmentally harmful? Learn about the field of Critical AI. A hands-on workshop designed to wrestle with the ethical, social, and cultural implications of new technologies, and to discuss best practices in developing students’ critical AI literacy, November 19th @ 12-1:30 pm on Zoom
Discussion Circles:
Discussions that bring faculty and other campus units together to discuss topical issues around teaching in the classroom.
How to manage difficult conversations during the election season, September 19th @ 2-3:30 PM
Supporting students with disabilities, November 13th @ 3.30-5 PM
How to be a Mental Health Ally for Students, (TBD)
Modality: Online
GWAR Brown Bags:
Open forums for GWAR faculty to discuss challenges and opportunities in teaching GWAR courses. We encourage participants to attend the WRAC workshop series to bring ideas into the Brown Bag sessions.
Sept 18 @ 12:30-1:30 pm
Oct. 9 @ 12:30-1:30 pm
Nov. 20 @ 12:30-1:30 pm
Meetings are in-person in LIB 242 (Zoom Option upon request)
JEDI Workshops:
A series of workshops that explore pedagogies focused on Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (JEDI) in the classroom.
Introduction to Pedagogies of the Global South, September 16th @ 1-3 pm in LIB 286
Digital Literacy: Pushing Back on Oppressive Citation Cycles through Critical Citation Practices, November 14th @ 12-1 pm in LIB 242
Teaching Critical AI, November 19th @ 12-1:30 pm on Zoom
Modality: In-person, Zoom by request
Register using link provided above.
A badge will be awarded to those who complete all three workshops. Complete this application (link coming soon) for a badge.
SGIF:
The Small Group Instructional Feedback (SGIF) is a formative, mid-course check-in process to gather information from students about their learning experience to inform faculty's pedagogical decisions during the semester. You will work with a small group of colleagues from different departments to receive and provide a SGIF for each other.
SGIF groups will run between weeks 5-10 of the semester (Sept 23, 2024- Nov 1, 2024) and participation should take no more than 6 hours of your time. Eligible faculty will receive a stipend for $300.
Registration for this program is now closed.
Asynchronous courses are not supported at this time.
Equity Priority 5 FLC:
A cross-programmatic working group that supports departments teaching high failure, multi-section, first-year courses. Fall 24 focus is on equity gaps.
Program Leads meet online, once a month, on 2nd Fridays, for 2 hours per meeting.
Excellence in Online Pedagogies 2.0:
The Excellence in Online Pedagogies course is designed to equip faculty with essential approaches to designing and enhancing online synchronous and asynchronous courses. Academic Technology and the Center for Equity and Excellence in Teaching and Learning are excited to invite faculty interested in learning more about teaching online courses to enroll in this summer’s Excellence in Online Pedagogies professional development offering.
Course Topics:
Evaluating online courses using quality standard rubrics, Orienting students to online learning expectations, Addressing the digital divide and inequities through course design, Developing engaging, inclusive and collaborative online activities and assignments, Humanizing online courses and creating social and cognitive presence, Teaching strategies related to artificial intelligence.
Earn a Digital Badge!
You can earn a special Excellence in Online Pedagogies digital badge acknowledging your completion of this course. To do so, you must work through the 5 course modules, complete a course map and schedule and attend a consultation with AT instructional designers or CEETL teaching & learning specialist to review your course map. We estimate that it will require 10 hours to complete these items and earn your digital badge. You can find more information on the course website once you enroll. "
Enroll here or go to https://sfsu.instructure.com/enroll/J88AAP
JEDI PIE Certificate:
Coming soon a year-long 2024-25 JEDI PIE Certificate Program!
New Faculty PLC:
A year-long Professional Learning Community for new tenure track faculty (Years 1 &2) aimed at collaborative knowledge building and teaching & scholarship support.
Meets every other Friday @ noon over zoom
Contact Dr. Jennifer Trainor for information: jtrainor@sfsu.edu
New Lecturer Faculty TLC
A 6-week synchronous course for new lecturer faculty (1-2 years) to enhance pedagogy, foster connections with peers, and share resources for student success.
The course will run from September 30 to November 8
Lecturer faculty will be expected to commit 10 hours and will be paid a stipend of $500
Modality: Online with an in-person reception on December 4
Check back soon for registration information that will also be announced in campus memo.
Faculty Writing Meet-Up:
CEETL-organized Faculty writing meet ups provide opportunities for faculty to check-in briefly about their writing and ample time to quietly work on individual writing projects.
Meet from 1-3 PM on
First Tuesdays: 9/3, 10/1, 11/5, 12/3
Second Fridays: 9/13, 10/11, 11/8, 12/13
Third Tuesdays: 9/17, 10/15, 11/19
Fourth Fridays: 9/27, 10/25, 11/22
Tuesday sessions will be hybrid; join virtually or come in person to Library Room 242. Snacks will be provided. Friday sessions are on Zoom.
Register using link provided above.
WE Wednesday:
Monthly gatherings that bring colleagues together around common interests to foster rest, joy, and community. https://ceetl.sfsu.edu/wewednesdays
Campus Art Walk: 9/11 @ 12 PM
Pumpkin Carving: 10/9 @ 1 PM
Meditation Class: 11/6 @ 3 PM
Holiday Gift Wrapping: 12/4 @11AM
Modality: In-person
Please register at link above. No RSVP required but it is preferred.