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Programs

21CPI offers faculty and staff a chance to enhance their teaching and demonstrate their development through the following professional development opportunities:

  • Book Clubs
  • Workshops
  • Guest Speakers
  • Qedex Online, On Demand Courses
  • Mentoring Programs
  • Certificate Programs

Each semester, these programs change in order to meet the ever-shifting demands of teaching and learning.

We encourage you to sign-up for our current programs as well as to propose new ones for the next semester. 

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Current Offerings - Summer 2026

We have a number of amazing programs that are shaping up. Visit our Current Offerings page to learn more about these programs and to register for them:

  • Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning (BOOK GROUP)
  • UDL and Inclusive Learning in Higher Education (MULTI-SESSION WORKSHOP)
  • Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation (BOOK GROUP)
  • Thriving Together: Building Mental and Relational Wellbeing Within and Beyond the Classroom (MULTI-SESSION WORKSHOP)
  • Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology: Teaching, Learning, and the Science of Memory in a Wired World (BOOK GROUP)

Additional Offerings

We have many partners who also offer wonderful programs. Please consider participating in these faculty development opportunities as well.

Student Transformative Learning Record (STLR) Trainings

Login to the Learning Center at https://learningcenter.uco.edu, search for “STLR” then register for the session. Or, you can register online via the QR code. The following are the programs that STLR Offerings:

STLR: Module 1, Tagging & Assessing Activities

STLR: Module 2, Tagging & Assessing Activities

 STLR: Refresher Session

Educator Leadership Academy (ELA) Programs

ELA customizes each academy for the specialized needs of education professionals. Here are the following professional development programs:

Academic Leadership Fellow Academy

This program involves explorations of the importance of institutional mission, culture, continuous improvement, effectiveness, budgeting and accountability.

Administrative Support Professionals Academy

A powerful one-day academy to provide administrative support professionals with tools enhance their performance and to make their contributions more meaningful.

Higher Education Department Chair Academy

Program highlights include understanding the role of the department chair, department management, curriculum, strategic planning and employee transitions.

Transformative Leadership Academy

A foundational leadership to develop the essential skills of emotional intelligence, cultural awareness, leadership theories, negotiation management and educational legal frameworks.

Learn more at: https://www.uco.edu/academic-affairs/cettl/educators-leadership-academy/