The Education Innovation Factory works collaboratively within St. Francis College to advance teaching, learning, and faculty development. We are committed to the following shared goals:
 

• Work with faculty to implement innovative instructional design and curriculum development methods that positively impact student success (1.1, 1.2).
• Provide guidance and training that supports faculty in strengthening classroom assessment measures to more effectively gauge student achievement and identify areas of need (1.1, 1.2).
• Share resources, scholarship, and best practices on student-centered pedagogies and assessment of student learning and make these resources accessible to all members of the St. Francis community (1.1, 1.2).
• Establish and implement internal assessment measures for the efficacy of the Education Innovation Factory initiatives (1.1).
• Advance faculty development at all career stages through mentorship, workshops, and training (1.1).
• Prepare chairs and directors for their roles through leadership development and training (1.1).
• Support all faculty members through periods of transition and the changing landscape of higher education (1.1).
• Promote faculty excellence and innovation by showcasing teaching, research, and scholarship to foster further achievements (1.1).
• Connect faculty with colleagues throughout St. Francis College to facilitate the sharing of resources, mentorship, and opportunities related to teaching, service, and scholarship (1.1).
• Offer accessible opportunities for part-time faculty members to engage across the St. Francis community (1.1).
• Support college-wide efforts to expand co-curricular opportunities across campus and develop co-curricular maps that increase student awareness of and engagement with co-curricular opportunities (1.2, 1.3).
• Welcome and advocate for equitable and diverse perspectives and backgrounds to support faculty in creating learning spaces and experiences that are accessible and inclusive of all members of the St. Francis community (3.2, 3.3).

Faculty can visit the Education Innovation Factory Canvas page to view upcoming events, resources for teaching, learning, assessment and scholarship, as well as news about scholarly and creative works throughout the College. If you are an SFC faculty member and do not have access to the Education Innovation Factory Canvas page, please contact thefactory@sfc.edu to be added.

The Education Innovation Factory also sends out a weekly e-newsletter, The Education Innovation Factory Newsletter. If you would like to subscribe, contact thefactory@sfc.edu to be added to the mailing list.

The Education Innovation Factory at SFC hosts the ongoing podcast series “Faculty Coffee Break.”

Faculty Coffee Break podcasts is distributed through Spotify, Apple and Anchor. Notes and related links will be posted after each show on this page, while upcoming episodes will be announced in The Weekly Blend, the CAFE’s e-newsletter.

To learn more, visit SFC's News Post.

Lavinia Ciungu, Ph.D

 Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Faculty                                                          Director, The Education Innovation Factory
 [email protected]

Muskan Siddique, 

Graduate Assistant                                                                                             Assistant Director, The Education Innovation Factory                            [email protected]