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Date: Sep 21-Oct 1

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Join a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Teaching Square

CEETL invites faculty to join a Fall 2026 UDL 3.0 Teaching Square, a collaborative learning community designed for faculty across disciplines to explore how Universal Design for Learning can support more accessible and inclusive teaching.

The UDL Teaching Square is the final component of CEETL’s Return of JEDI Certificate Series and is open to the first 20 participants. Faculty who complete Return of JEDI Slice 1 + Slice 2 + the Teaching Square will earn the Return of JEDI Certificate. Participants may enroll in only one JEDI Teaching Square. A stipend is available for 10 hours of learning.

Rather than focusing on implementing UDL all at once, participants will identify a specific aspect of their teaching they would like to explore or strengthen. Drawing on the UDL framework, faculty will reflect on the needs of their students, set an individual goal for their teaching practice, and experiment with strategies for reducing barriers and expanding opportunities for student learning and participation.

Faculty will meet in small Teaching Squares to share goals, practices, and reflections; learn from one another’s approaches; and consider how UDL principles can be applied in different courses and disciplines. Participants will complete a brief self-assessment at the beginning of the process and share an example of their teaching practice with other members of their square, either through a class visit or shared course materials. The emphasis is on collegial reflection and experimentation; not evaluation of one another’s teaching.

Throughout the Teaching Square, participants will use a simple UDL* inquiry cycle as a guide:

• Reflect: Where are students encountering barriers in my course?
• Identify: What aspect of UDL might help address those barriers?
• Investigate: What teaching strategies could put that principle into practice?
• Teach: What might this look like in my own course?
• Assess: What am I noticing about student learning, participation, or engagement?
• Reflect: What worked, what did I learn, and what might I change next?

* https://udloncampus.cast.org/page/udl_gettingstarted]

All faculty at any level of familiarity with UDL are welcome. However, only faculty who have already completed Return of JEDI Slice 1 + Slice 2 are eligible for a stipend. 

The UDL Teaching Square is a CEETL initiative in collaboration with the SFSU Inclusion Program and is supported by a grant from the California Center for Inclusive College (CCIC).

Interested in participating?

Register by September 15th. First 20 to register will be invited to participate. 

College students are experiencing high levels of stress, anxiety, and other mental health challenges that can affect their ability to engage, learn, and succeed. How can faculty create classrooms that support student well-being and academic success while also attending to their own well-being as educators? 

This 4-week Book Circle will meet on Mondays 11-12 from Sept 21-Oct 12 on Zoom to discuss Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classroom by Eaton, Hunsaker and Moon.  We’ll explore how mental health affects learning and discuss the roles of motivation, resilience, community, and well-being in supporting student success. We’ll consider mental health disparities and the social and structural conditions that shape student mental health, discuss practical, evidence-based teaching strategies, and make space to reflect on faculty well-being. 

Faculty from all disciplines are welcome. The book is available free of charge online through the SFSU Library. Faculty who attend all four meetings will receive a badge of completion. 

To receive a Zoom invitation, register using CEETL’s single registration link: 

https://sfsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0rouk5TIxwAnVNs 

CEETL invites you to our Fall 2026 GenAI Institute: Best Practices for Faculty. We will share what we learned from faculty on our campus who participated in AI teaching squares and communities of practice over the last two years. You will have opportunities to learn from your colleagues' classroom innovations, and to share your own ideas and perspectives. A small stipend is available to attend. Light breakfast and lunch will be provided.  

Register using link provided above. Find this event under “Educate to Elevate” on CEETL’s Single Registration Form.

Agenda 

9-9.15: Coffee & Introductions

9.15-10.15: Introduction to GenAI Readiness Toolkit

10:30-11:30: Lightning Talks on Use of GenAI in the classroom

11.40-12.40: Faculty Best Practice 

• GenAI & the Student Writing Process
• GenAI in Research Methods courses

12.45-1.30: Lunch & Learn

•  AI Tutoring tool built at SFSU
• What is Agentic AI? What are the issues?

1.45-2.45: Faculty Best Practices

• GenAI & Instructional Tasks
• Faculty Ethical Practices

2.45-3:00: Share & Reflect

3:00-4:00: No-host happy hour (optional)

Join us for a conversation where people can say what they actually think about AI and discover how different the issue looks from other corners of higher ed.

An Insight Debate is not a traditional debate: it’s a facilitated conversation designed to draw out a wide range of perspectives and identify where unexpected overlap exists. It’s a chance to meet SFSU colleagues & students you wouldn’t normally be in a room with and begin building a wider intellectual community across institutions.

No preparation required, thoughtful listeners welcome!

The Center for Equity & Excellence in Teaching & Learning invites faculty and tutors to participate in the JEDI Workshop: What's in a Name?, a hands-on pronunciation workshop designed to help educators confidently and respectfully pronounce the names of their students and tutees. Held on September 2, 2026, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in Library LIB 242 (available both in person and via HyFlex), this interactive session will focus on names commonly found in Chinese, Hindi, Thai, and Vietnamese languages. Participants are encouraged to bring their class rosters and practice name pronunciation with experienced language coaches Hana Arnold, Sudha Krishnamoorthy, Perry Udomwadhanaphorn, and Trang Tran. Attendees will learn the sounds and pronunciation patterns of each language, gain familiarity with common male, female, and non-binary given names, and develop confidence in pronouncing frequently used family names. Led by Dr. Robert Kohls, Associate Professor of English/TESOL, through the Pronunciation Awareness Project, this workshop offers a meaningful opportunity to foster a more inclusive, welcoming, and equitable learning environment where every student's identity is acknowledged and respected.

Join us for a conversation where people can say what they actually think about AI and discover how different the issue looks from other corners of higher ed.

An Insight Debate is not a traditional debate: it’s a facilitated conversation designed to draw out a wide range of perspectives and identify where unexpected overlap exists. It’s a chance to meet CSU colleagues & students you wouldn’t normally be in a room with and begin building a wider intellectual community across institutions.

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No preparation required, thoughtful listeners welcome!

At the event, we will celebrate faculty who have made a difference in the lives of SF State undergraduate or graduate students through exemplary teaching practices. We will also celebrate faculty who completed all the CEETL learning community requirements and attended our workshops and events. 

We hope you can join us! 

Join the Center for Equity and Excellence in Teaching and Learning for a workshop in collaboration with the Institute for Civic and Community Engagement.

This session will provide an overview of the 2027 Call to Service Grants, administered by ICCE.

This session will introduce funding opportunities, including:

• Service-Learning Course Development Grant
• Civic and Community Engagement Support Grant
• Eisman Award for Engaged Scholarship

Participants will learn how to navigate the updated application process, including rolling submissions, funding priorities, and how to develop a strong proposal aligned with community-engaged learning.

The workshop will also highlight how these grants support community-engaged teaching, student learning, RSCA, and partnerships with community organizations.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can feel overwhelming at the scale of an entire course. This 60-minute workshop focuses instead on a more manageable entry point: a single class meeting.

Building on ideas introduced in the JEDI PIE 2 module (though no prior participation is required), we will explore the UDL guidelines through the lens of Why–What–How:

• Why does this day matter for students? (Engagement)
• What is essential for them to learn? (Representation)
• How can they engage with and demonstrate learning in flexible ways? (Action & Expression)

Participants will apply this framework to one upcoming class session and consider how small, intentional design choices can scale across a semester. The goal is not a full course redesign, but a sustainable planning habit that makes individual class meetings clearer, more inclusive, and easier to navigate for both students and instructors.

Join us as we explore evidence-based, low-prep, and discipline-flexible gamification strategies that boost motivation, participation, and engagement without turning courses into video games. We'll consider both in-person and online teaching strategies that boost cognitive engagement and celebrates student success as they journey through the quests of coursework.