The Network for Educational Development (NED) provides educational development opportunities that are designed by Minnesota State faculty and staff for Minnesota State faculty and staff. These opportunities help build awareness, develop knowledge, skills, and abilities, and provide space for reflecting and revising.
Spring 2026: Philosophy of Community and Technical College Education
Registration Oct. 15 – Apr. 30
Course opens Dec. 15
You may register for this course at anytime within the registration dates listed below.
Course Terms
The following table illustrates course term and registration dates. They will occur the same dates each year. You may register for this course at anytime within the registration dates listed below.
| Term | Course Dates | Registration Dates |
| Spring | December 15 – May 30 | October 15 – April 30 |
| Summer | May 15 – August 30 | March 15 – July 30 |
| Fall | August 1 – January 15 | June 1 – December 15 |
This is one of the required courses for the fulfillment of the teaching and learning competency requirement included in Part 8 of System Procedure 3.32.1 College Faculty Qualifications.
“College faculty members newly hired into unlimited positions, including counselors and librarians, shall successfully complete the teaching and learning competency requirement within six academic-year semesters from the date of hire or conversion into an unlimited position.”
This non-credit course was developed by system office faculty development staff with input from Minnesota State faculty members and has received Quality Matters certification. Although this course is required of all new unlimited, full-time college faculty, it is open to any Minnesota State college faculty member who wishes to complete it.
In this course, faculty will:
- learn about their faculty roles and responsibilities and how these fit into the large context of the Minnesota State system and higher education,
- be introduced to elements of quality course design and culturally responsive teaching, and
- interact with other Minnesota State faculty in discussions focused on improving learning and teaching.
Click here to preview the syllabus. It is delivered online through MnSite, the system office D2L site.
Additional Required Teaching and Learning Competency Courses
You may have to complete up to six additional courses to meet the Teaching and Learning Competency requirements of the board’s College Faculty Credentialing Procedure 3.32.1. These courses can be taken through the Network for Educational Development.
Courses through the Network for Educational Development
The following short courses are offered through the NED in three formats: online, hybrid (2 weekends in-person and online) or a week long summer institute in-person.
- Designing Your Course for Student Learning
- Hacking Your Course Assessments
- Grade Smart, Not Harder
- Empathy by Design
- Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
- Equity and Technology
Courses from other institutions
Courses from other universities may fulfill the Teaching and Learning Competency requirements of the College Faculty Credentialing Procedure but will need to be evaluated for course equivalency by staff in Human Resources at the system office.
Accommodations
The NED is committed to providing universal access to all of our events, we’d like to discover how we can make the event more inclusive so you can fully participate!
Machine generated captions are available in real-time for all Zoom events, however human generated CART (live caption) service and ASL interpretation can be requested with advanced notice (2 weeks) to make the event more accessible.
Please, let us know of any disability-related accommodations that will facilitate your full participation
Course Location
This course is hosted and facilitated using shared D2L Brightspace instance of Minnesota State called, MnSite.
Using the RSVP tool below allows us to send you reminders about this course and share important information following the course including how to access the corresponding D2L Brightspace course site.
Questions?
Contact Catherine Ford
Registration Required
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Registration Oct. 15 – Apr. 30
Course opens Dec. 15
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