About FaCET
The Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (FaCET) is faculty defined and operated with a focus on promoting academic excellence by facilitating student-centered pedagogies and practices. The Center sponsors forums for the discussion, assessment, development, and documentation of teaching practices with demonstrated verifiable benefits for students. The Center is a hub for existing UMKC programs that emphasize student learning and it is a gathering-place for faculty who are committed to the improvement of their own teaching as well as for faculty who are committed to the scholarship of teaching and learning.
History
Over the past several years, discussions and committees have addressed the need to establish a center to support the teaching activities of faculty. Recently, the Provost's office appointed Associate Professor Stephen Dilks, to initiate and develop a center that promotes and supports faculty teaching activities. Dilks will continue his full-time faculty duties while working on this project part-time. The appointment is for two years with a goal of handing over the center to a full-time director in the fall of 2006. The Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching (FaCET) is housed in the Miller Nichols Library, in Room 122, in the northeast corner of the main floor.
During the first year (2004-2005), Dilks researched the activities, facilities, and support provided at other faculty teaching centers in universities similar to our own. Other UMKC faculty are being asked to participate in this research, development, and implementation phase to help establish a center that serves faculty across our diverse campus. In addition, we are identifying potential funding sources for center activities.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
FaCET sponsors forums for the discussion, assessment, development, and documentation of teaching practices with demonstrated verifiable benefits for students.
FaCET Advisory Committee
Elaine
Spencer-Carver-
A&S Social Work
Jo Klaassen-
Nursing
Cydney McQueen-
Pharmacy
Christine
Angolia-
Libraries
Melissa Smith-
Nursing
Jennifer
Phegley-
Arts & Sciences-English
Lorie Holt-
Dentistry
Lindsey
Williams
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Conservatory
Leah Gensheimer-
A&S Psychology
Jennifer Friend-Ed
ULAPSIE
Stephen Dilks-
A & S English
Brenda Bethman-
A&S Foreign Lang
John Killip-
SOD
Anita Skarbek-
Nursing
Barbara Glesner-Fines-
Law