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Summer Teaching Institute 2025
Think, Engage, Act: Fostering Equity and Community Through Active Learning and AI.
Applications are now open!
Applications for the 2025 Summer Teaching Institute are now open and are due Monday, February 17, 2025 before 5pm. Please review The Teaching Institute description and click the apply link below!
About the Teaching Institute
The Teaching Institute is our premier professional development program for faculty. Participants will be:
- Practicing evidence-empowered strategies to promote critical thinking and community in the classroom.
- Exploring AI as a teaching and learning asset to achieve equitable learning outcomes.
- Redesigning classroom engagement strategies and assessments to be more equitable and inclusive.
Faculty Commitment
The Summer Teaching Institute requires faculty for a year-long commitment to attend the following virtual program events:
- Summer Institute
- May 19, 20, 21,and 22 2025
- 2-3 hour synchronous per day plus asynchronous activities
- Virtual Workshop Day
- Friday, November 7, 2025 9:00 am – 11:00 am
- Virtual Culminating Event
- Friday, December 5, 2025 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Eligibility and Priority Consideration
- All full-time and part-time Sacramento State faculty employed in the current academic year are eligible.
- Priority consideration may be given to tenure track and tenured professors, lecturer faculty with multi-year contracts, and applicants with compelling project proposals.
Application Questions Include
- What course or courses do you plan to redesign?
- What challenges or concerns are you experiencing that are motivating your course redesign?
- What aspects of your course are interested in changing?
- How comfortable are you with incorporating AI tools into your teaching?
- What does critical thinking mean to you? What do you want critical thinking to look like in your course?
Technology Provided
Hardware and software instructional technologies for your course redesign will be provided to all faculty that are accepted.
- Faculty will have the choice of either an iPad Pro, a MacBook, or a Windows-Based Device
- Please check with your College ITC if you want to select a MacBook or a Windows device and specifically how it might affect your computer refresh status.
Accessibility and Accommodations
For questions about accessibility or to request reasonable accommodations, please contact Som Sayasone at least five (5) business days in advance or as soon as possible.