Faculty Development Course

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JSOU Staff and Faculty Development Program (JSOU Staff and Faculty Only) FDC FDP1201 Nomination Only Unclassified

Description

The Faculty Development Course (FDC) provides JSOU faculty members with core instructional design and foundational teaching skills to build and lead high-impact, student-centered courses. Educators learn the fundamentals of adult learning theory to analyze educational needs, write measurable learning outcomes, and create aligned lesson and assessment plans. Through hands-on practice, faculty develop essential classroom delivery skills—including active learning strategies, purposeful questioning techniques, and dynamic presentation methods—to foster critical thinking and higher-level learning across the Special Operations community. Duration: The course will be instructed over 6 continuous days from 0800-1200 each day. Location: In-Resident Learning Pre-requisites: New Faculty members must complete JSOU Faculty Microsoft 365 Training, FDP 101.

Audience

Newly assigned/hired JSOU faculty members are top priority. SOF personnel teaching in any service or environment are a secondary priority. This is a joint SOF academic instructor course.

Remarks

Pre-requisites: New Faculty members must complete JSOU Faculty Microsoft 365 Training, FDP 101.

Materials

All required texts and materials will be available to the student on either the course e-Campus site or issued upon arrival in the classroom. Each student MUST have after hours – NOT in the classroom – access to commercial internet and the course e-Campus site throughout the course.

Accreditation

This course is not accredited.

Schedule
26A (05-Oct-2026 to 13-Oct-2026)
Location: JSOU Bldg
Comments: Enrollment Open. This course is by nomination only for JSOU Faculty.
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