Teaching Fellows Program

Teaching Fellows engage in FRC-sponsored programs and events to include:

• Faculty Consultant
  • Brainstorming – Do you have a teaching idea and want to discuss it with a Teaching Fellow?
  • Coaching – Would you like to implement a new teaching strategy in the classroom and want to know how to get started?
  • Observation – Would you like constructive feedback about your teaching in the classroom?
  • Curriculum Review – Would you like help selecting and integrating engaging curricular content in your courses?
• Session Facilitator
  • New Faculty Retreat
  • Teaching and Learning Conference
  • Great Ideas for Teaching (GIFT)
  • Teaching Circle
• Faculty Peer Reviewer
  • Open Education Resource (OER)
  • Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Quality Assurance
  • Universal Design for Inclusive Teaching (UDIT)

The FRC Teaching Fellows have implemented evidence-based high engagement teaching practices in one or more of these areas of expertise:

• Community or Service Learning
• Problem Solving and Inquiry-Based Instruction
• Student Research, Project, and Capstones
• Student Collaboration and Teamwork
• Student Retention Strategies including Building Relationships with Students
• Diversity and Inclusion including Universal Design for Learning Principles
• Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Assessment of Student Learning including Delivering Feedback
• Open Education Resources (OER)
• Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Quality Assurance Process
• Information, Communication, and Technology Literacy

Submit your Teaching Fellow Request Ticket to be connected with a Teaching Fellow. Specify the area of expertise that you are seeking.

Submit Teaching Ticket (use your UCCS credentials if prompted to sign in).

We would like to recognize the faculty members who devoted service to the Teaching Fellows Program in the past:

• Katy Hudson, Senior Instructor, School of Public Affairs, 2021-2023
• Jessica Kirby, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, 2021-2023
• Tre Wentling, Assistant Professor, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, 2021-2023
• Amanda Elder, Associate Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, 2020-2022
• Lynnane George, Senior Instructor, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2020-2022
• Karin Larkin, Assistant Professor, College of Education Letters, Arts and Sciences, 2020-2022
• Janice Thorpe, Senior Instructor, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, 2020-2022
• James Van Scotter, Assistant Professor, College of Business, 2020-2022
• Julie Albertson, Senior Instructor, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2020-2021
• YongJei Lee, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, 2020-2021
• Scott Kupferman, Assistant Professor, College of Education, 2019-2021
• Patrick McGuire, Associate Professor, College of Education, 2019-2021
• Henriikka Weir, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, 2019-2021
• John Adams, Senior Instructor, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2019-2020