Faculty Success

  • Faculty Success

    We support faculty in their courses, provide professional development opportunities, and help faculty cultivate student learning across UAA. Learn about effective teaching strategies, course design, community engagement, faculty evaluation, and more.

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Resource Highlight - Syllabus Guide

Did you know that UAA now requires a syllabus statement on acceptable uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Please see our Syllabus Guide for a checklist of all required elements, some sample AI statements, and more resources. This guide is based on the Syllabus Policy in UAA's Academic and Related Policies and Procedures.

Check out sample AI syllabus statements


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Faculty Success has four departments under the Faculty Success umbrella. Learn about each of them below to see what resources each department provides. If you have any questions, please email us at uaa_facultysuccess@alaska.edu!

Faculty Excellence

new faculty orientation

The Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) provides support for:

  • New faculty and adjunct orientations
  • Teaching Academies, Headwaters, and Confluence 
  • CAFE Faculty Fellow Program
  • Faculty excellence awards
  • Peer-to-peer programming
  • Professional development resources

Contact CAFE by emailing uaa_cafe@alaska.edu or calling 907-786-4466.

Learn more about CAFE

Instructional Design

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Instructional Design (ID) can help you with: 

  • Blackboard Ultra
  • Course design
  • Honorlock remote test proctoring
  • Using learning technologies
  • Meeting course accessibility requirements
  • Effective online teaching strategies
  • Audio, video production for courses

Contact the ID team through emailing uaa_design@alaska.edu, , or calling 907-786-6219.

Learn more about Instructional Design

Community Engagement

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The Center for Community Engagement & Learning (CCEL) can help with:

  • Community Engaged and Service Learning courses
  • Community partnerships
  • Community Engaged Student Assistants
  • Professional development and funding opportunities for community engaged projects

Contact CCEL by emailing uaa.ccel@alaska.edu or calling 907-786-4062.

Learn more about CCEL

Faculty Services

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Faculty Services provides assistance with:

  • Promotion, tenure, and faculty evaluation questions
  • Course evaluations through Fall 2024 (from Spring 2025 on, contact your Dean or Director’s office)
  • Faculty development and travel grants
  • Sabbatical leave
  • Faculty hiring

Contact Faculty Services by emailing mkbruce@alaska.edu or calling 907-786-1063.

Learn more about Faculty Services

 

Faculty Success
Library 213 â€¢ 907-786-4496 â€¢ uaa_facultysuccess@alaska.edu • Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.