Faculty Development

Coffee Coaches

Pursue informal mentorship within the School of Dentistry! If you have a topic you would like to connect with a mentor on, ranging from grant writing and poster design, to giving feedback to students in clinic, or using active learning strategies in the classroom, simply review our faculty’s areas of expertise below and pick someone to reach out to for a discussion over coffee.

Once you’ve set up the meeting, pick up a coffee card for Caribou or Starbucks in the Dean’s office. No need to keep receipts. No hassles. Just Coffee and Coaching.

Meet the Coffee Coaches

Faculty Resources

Oral Health Educator Certificate Program
Course Director Responsibilities
How to Access Your CE Course Completion Documentation
Recordings of Past Faculty Development Programs (Now for CE Credit!)
Moving from Zoom to In-Person Teaching
Center for Education Innovation (CEI)
axiUm Training Videos - Need a refresher in how to use features of axiUm? Check out the SOD axiUm training videos on Canvas. Here is the link to the axiUm training course: https://canvas.umn.edu/courses/254400. When you get to the Canvas course page, you will see at top an invitation to “accept the course” at the top of the page. Click on “Accept” to gain access to the training videos. You must use your U of M email to access the videos.

Faculty Success Program

This 12-week program offered through NCFDD provides intensive coaching, weekly small group sessions, time tracking tools, master coach sessions, and peer support. It is designed for faculty wanting to invest further in reaching their research goals. The deadline for the spring Faculty Success Program is October 5, 2023. Faculty members engaged in research are encouraged to apply to this program. Additional information about the program, including testimonials, can be found on our website.

Apply to the Faculty Success Program

Restaurant Recommendations from Fellow Faculty

Are you new to Minneapolis? Take your friends and family to local restaurants recommended by your fellow faculty at the School of Dentistry. From coal-fired pizza to Cajun supper clubs to sushi and more, there are highly recommended restaurants for every taste or season! Note: You must be logged in with your University of Minnesota Google Workspace account to view the workbook. If you need to change accounts, go to login.umn.edu or click the profile picture in the upper right corner if you are already logged in.

Restaurant Recommendations Workbook

Teaching Resources

Canvas Essentials - The Spring offering of this asychronous microcourse is now open for registration. This online, self-paced course will begin on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. The course is designed to help new instructors and TAs build and prepare a Canvas site for the new semester. Participants should plan to spend 3-5 hours actively engaged in this training. ATSS facilitators will be directly interacting with course participants for the first 3 weeks of the program until Friday, January 20, 2024. Register now for Canvas Essentials.

Geriatric Education Toolkits - Digital learning modules, list of resources for faculty. Access toolkit.

Addressing Ageism in Healthcare toolkit - It's brief and effective, and may be of special interest to those who wish to advance Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. This toolkit is designed to help us all reflect on ageism and understand better how it affects the care and health of older adults, in particular. This toolkit contains two components: a Learner Module and a compendium of Teaching and Learning Resources. Access toolkit.

Feedback Fruits - A new Canvas tool. The workshop will introduce a new tool for peer review, group member evaluation and self-assessment. Sign up here to learn about Feedback Fruits.

SOD Canvas Office Hours with Yelena Yan, Instructional Designer. Every Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. - beginning May 19. Join Zoom meeting when convenient for you, no registration needed.

Academic Technology Support Services (ATSS) & Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) Faculty Development Offerings

University Policies on Teaching & Learning - Teaching and Learning: Instructor and Unit Responsibilities

Resources to Enhance Your Teaching
More workshops here.

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
U of M "Keep Teaching"
American Dental Education Association's ADEA "We Teach"
Canvas Self-Help Guide
K. Patricia Cross Academy: Videos of Active Learning Strategies
Academic Technology Support Services (ATSS)
Lecture Breakers Weekly with Barb Honeycutt, PhD. Ideas you can use to break up your lecture, increase student engagement and learning. Sign up to receive these free weekly teaching tips!

Research Resources

The Clinical Research Support Center (CRSC) offers comprehensive support to study teams preparing for IRB submission, including:
- Protocol Development: initiation of IRB protocols; review of protocol drafts; guidance on recruitment and retention plans; recommendations for specific language to ensure completeness and clarity
- Feasibility Review: comprehensive review of protocols by a panel of experts; identification of concerns that may lead to IRB stipulations and barriers to implementation; free of charge
- Informed Consent: drafting ICFs based on finalized protocols
- Uploading materials to ETHOS; assistance with report forms, continuing review, closeouts and more
Health Sciences Library: Resources for Dentistry
CTSI Research Mentoring
BIG MOUTH DATA - The School of Dentistry research community is invited to utilize Big Mouth Data, an oral health database developed from partially de-identified electronic health record data contributed by dental schools who are part of the Consortium for Oral Health Research and Informatics COHRI). To utilize this resource, review these instructions and contact Nikhita Kutala with any questions.

Faculty Awards