Programs
WSU offers a wide variety of programs designed to provide opportunities for instructors to explore effective course design, evidence‑informed teaching strategies, and develop a reflective practice. Faculty can engage with colleagues across the system, try out new ideas, and strengthen their teaching in ways that align with their goals and experience.
LIFT Faculty Fellows Program
Learn. Inspire. Foster. Transform. This year-long faculty development program supports faculty in learning research-based techniques to improve student engagement and academic resilience.
Peer Observation in Support of Instructional Excellence (POSIE)
A structured peer mentoring and observation of teaching program to support reflective practice and enrich participants’ teaching experiences.
WORD Fellows
Join the WSU Writing Program’s WORD fellows program designed to increase you capacity for evidence-based, scaffolded approaches to teaching with writing.
New Faculty Teaching Bootcamp
A week-long cohort-based introduction to the nuts and bolts of teaching for new WSU faculty.
Data Informed Teaching Academy
Faculty fellows collaboratively reflect on disaggregated data to identify their own strengths, needs, and opportunities to intentionally serve their students.
CIPHERS Education Scholars Program
A longitudinal faculty development program for WSU health professions faculty.