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Get mid-semester feedback from your students
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) offers instructors the opportunity to survey their students on how well they feel their courses are going so far. If you are interested in surveying your students, you can request a mid-semester feedback survey.
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VIDEO: Active learning in hot glass shop
Active learning is the framework behind student success in S&T’s Hot Glass Shop. In this video, Dr. Mary Reidmeyer, teaching professor emeritus of materials science and engineering, shares the joys and challenges of instructing students in the shop. Watch the video.
Read More »CAFE to host event on assessing student learning
All instructors are invited to join a discussion on assessing student learning, both in their online and face-to-face classrooms, noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, on Zoom. The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) is hosting the event, titled “Student Learning and Assessment in 2020.”
Read More »Get help writing your teaching philosophy statement
The next early career faculty forum will be an interactive session titled “Writing a Teaching Philosophy” 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, on Zoom. The session is hosted by S&T’s Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE).
Read More »First early career faculty forum set for Wednesday
The first early career faculty forum of the academic year, titled “Charting Your Path to Success” will be held 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, via Zoom.
Read More »New faculty orientation set for Aug. 18-19
Missouri S&T will welcome new faculty to campus at a new faculty orientation on Tuesday, Aug. 18, and Wednesday, Aug. 19. Both an in-person and online option will be available. New faculty can register online.
Read More »CAFE announces grant recipients
The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) announces faculty grant recipients for its two main grant programs: the educational research mini-grant program and the Provost’s eFellows grant program.
Read More »Teaching, technology boot camps offered to faculty
A series of workshops, collectively known as “boot camps,” and planned to help faculty transition to teaching in a new environment this semester.
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Kudos to trainers
When campus closed in March and courses moved online, many faculty members needed training in Zoom, Canvas and Panopto. Staff members in civil, architectural and environmental engineering, and staff members in the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) worked together to develop training sessions and help ensure that the transition was as smooth as possible.
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CAFE returns to campus
The staff of the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) is back on campus and ready to assist with teaching needs, including:
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