Faculty Development

You are an expert in your field. Our job is to help you communicate that expertise in the classroom. Onsite or online, Faculty Development can help you:

• Get your students more involved
• Find out what they're actually learning
• Create clear guidelines
• Grade fairly and efficiently
• Help your students perform better

Contact us!
facultydevelopment@academyart.edu | 180 New Montgomery, Room 159

Request Faculty Development for Your Department!

Ask about custom workshops for your department. You can also request one-on-one faculty developer help for teachers developing rubrics or updating course syllabi. Contact us at facultydevelopment@academyart.edu.

Here are some useful links to check out:

Teaching Tip sign-up
In-class support
Teaching Curriculum
Teaching Tip archive
Motivating Students
Teaching library
New Faculty Orientation (NFO)

Easy Grade Pro Tutorials:

If you would like to see the (printable) tutorials for EGP4, please click here for both Mac and PC versions:

For MAC
For PC

PLEASE NOTE: These Easy Grade Pro tutorials are for the previous version of the software (version 3). However, there is enough overlap in the versions that you will likely still find these helpful.

Easy Grade Pro, Tutorial 1
Easy Grade Pro, Tutorial 2

If you would like individual help with EGP, please contact us facultydevelopment@academyart.edu

Track the latest news in higher education:

The Chronicle of Higher Education
Dr. Delaney Kirk: Tips on Taking Back the Classroom and Becoming a More Effective Teacher.

About Academy of Art University

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