ONLINE TEACHING HUB FOR FACULTY
Online Teaching Implementation Policies & Procedures
The Center for Teaching and Learning, the Office of Educational Technology, and the Office of Academic Affairs at Hostos Community College provide a range of professional development opportunities for faculty members to continue improving their teaching practices. In alignment with the CUNY Performance Management Process’s (PMP) Goal 1 on expanding online education, the college has established micro-credential professional development opportunities to assist faculty in integrating and aligning pedagogical and technological approaches in their teaching. These offerings will be made available through the Hostos Teaching Institute, which will use the Hostos Innovator Chase badge system to award targeted credentials certifying the acquisition of relevant skills and expertise in line with institutional goals.
Faculty members interested in offering online courses submit a proposal to their department chair outlining their plan for delivering the course online, including how they will address any unique challenges or considerations for online instruction. Faculty can use a self-assessment quiz to help them determine the specific online teaching modality for their proposed course.
The department chair determines whether the course can be delivered online.
The department chair determines whether the course can be delivered online.Before approving the course, the department chair checks with the Office of Educational Technology (EdTech) to ensure that the faculty member is certified to teach online and that the course has not already been developed.
Faculty members who are certified to teach online, are advised to schedule a consultation with an instructional designer to ensure that the course meets the requirements from the Hostos Online Course Development Guidelines.
For faculty members who are not certified to teach online, the college will provide professional development opportunities, such as the Multimodal Teaching Certification, the ACUE Effective Online Teaching Practices Program, or the Online Teaching Certification.
Faculty members who have certification, but it was obtained two or more years ago, are advised to schedule a consultation with an instructional designer and sign up for the Online Teaching Refresher Program.
The department chair will inform the Office of Academic Affairs of the approved online course and coordinate with the Office of Registrar to ensure the course is accurately listed in the College’s schedule of classes.
The Office of Educational Technology will provide ongoing support and professional development opportunities for faculty members who teach online, such as regular workshops or peer-review and feedback opportunities. Faculty members and department chairs will be able to provide feedback on the protocol and its implementation to help improve the protocol in the future.
Hostos Online Course Development Guidelines
Hostos Teaching Institute
The Hostos Teaching Institute is a professional development program developed by the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of Academic Affairs to promote continuous improvement and the advancement of faculty pedagogical approaches in order to foster teaching excellence and innovation. In line with CUNY Performance Management Process (PMP) Goal 1 on the expansion of online education, the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of Educational Technology are introducing micro-credential professional development to empower Hostos faculty teaching processes while also integrating and aligning pedagogical and technological approaches.
EdTech Innovation Chase
The EdTech Innovation Chase badge system will be used for the micro-credential professional development, which will provide focused credentials affirming the faculty’s acquisition of relevant skills and experience aligned with the institutional goals. The HTI provides micro-credential courses for certification in online teaching, online teaching pedagogy, multimodal teaching, and other areas that will be added in the future.
CERTIFICATION TRACKS
Online Teaching Certification
-Completed over a semester-
Roadmap to Teaching Innovation

- LMS functionality and features
- Self-paced training
- 3 hrs.
Assessment 101

- Process and tools to implement an assessment plan
- Self-paced training
- 2 hrs.
Accessibility & UDL

- Creating and Online experience that is welcome to all learners
- Self-paced training
- 2 hrs.
Online Learning Essentials

- Prepares faculty to teach in online & hybrid modalities
- Online Mix modality
- Refresher: 10 hrs. over 10 weeks or
Course building: 20 hrs. over 12 weeks.
Methods of Online Teaching

- Covers advanced online course design strategies through Community of Inquiry (CoI) theory.
- Online Mix modality
- 15 hrs. over 12 weeks
- Course building: 20 hrs. over 12 weeks.
CERTIFICATION TRACKS
Multimodal Teaching Certification
-Completed over a semester-
Roadmap to Teaching Innovation

- LMS functionality and features
- Self-paced training
- 3 hrs.
Assessment 101

- Process and tools to implement an assessment plan
- Self-paced training
- 2 hrs.
Accessibility & UDL

- Creating and Online experience that is welcome to all learners
- Self-paced training
- 2 hrs.
Mapping Multimodal Terrains

- Prepares faculty to design a course that is flexible and takes advantage of multiple modalities
- Online Mix modality
- 20 hrs. over 12 weeks.
ACUE Effective Online Teaching Practices (EOTP) Certification
-Completed over a year-

Designing an Effective Course
- 5 Weeks

Establishing a Productive Learning Environment
- 5 Weeks

Using Active Learning Strategies
- 5 Weeks

Promoting Higher Order Thinking
- 5 Weeks

Assessing to Inform Instruction and Promote Learning
- 5 Weeks