Teaching Beyond SIU

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Last Updated: Feb 03, 2025, 11:47 AM

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Faculty & Staff Expertise. Everywhere. Unique Delivery.

The CTE has partnered with SIU Events & Outreach to create a collaborative partnership that benefits everyone: faculty and staff, learners, community partners, and SIU units. This service is for faculty and staff who have expertise to creatively share outside of the traditional classroom formats in various modalities (face-to-face, hybrid, fully online).

Our Service

The CTE and SIU Events & Outreach will assist you with curriculum development, D2L support, budget preparation, scheduling, event planning, advertising/recruiting, and more.

Unleash the Possibilities

Salukis have a lot of knowledge and skills to share. You can share your expertise in many ways:

  • Offer an intensive weekend seminar fully onsite (e.g., SIU Student Center)
  • Start in D2L with content that prepares learners for an on-site weekend event at SIU's Touch of Nature
  • Provide a fully automated video-based course on useful or interesting topics.

Target Audience

Continuing education is primarily for adult learners and working professionals who would like to upskill or learn something new in an affordable, low-stakes environment. Many course creators begin with a very simple course and slowly build it into a stacked micro-credential or certificate with the goal of getting the course recognized by a professional association as a source of credit for licensing, certification, or professional development.

Get Started

Important Information

Faculty or staff interested in teaching a course through SIU Events and Outreach (Continuing Education) are welcome to develop their initial ideas and request a meeting through this form. Please note the following as you consider developing courses or experiences.

No-Compete Rule

Courses cannot compete with for-credit academic courses; however, it is possible to augment existing courses into a continuing education course (e.g., a unit in a for-credit course is expanded in a unique way for K-12 students or working professionals).

Compensation

Faculty and staff who offer continuing education experiences through Events & Outreach are paid as consultants; however, there are some payment limitations and potential workload issues determined by state, SIU, and CBA rules. Check with your supervisor, School Directors, HR, or Events and Outreach to determine eligibility. Typically, you cannot earn more than 20% of your base salary in a year. Instructors who teach overloads may be limited in how much they can be compensated.

Budget

Courses and experiences must be fully covered by participants unless other funding sources are available; therefore, developing an estimated budget is a crucial first step.
There are administrative fees (typically a flat fee + a percentage of the registration price) for delivering courses and experiences through SIU Events and Outreach. A project manager will work with you to ensure an accurate budget.

Pricing

Do market research to set a realistic price for a course. Courses and experiences on topics that are highly saturated or lack a specific target audience typically fail to meet the financial targets faculty or staff set.

Events and Outreach will help determine a recommended registration price and realistic budget with an estimated ROI.

The Process

Step 1. Ideation

What is that you would like to do? Having a general idea of what you'd like to achieve is an important first step. Download this worksheet to help with some basic planning in preparation for an initial meeting.

Recommendations Box
Maroon Light Bulb GraphicWe recommend searching online for similar programs; you may find similar programs through other universities, MOOCs (e.g., EdX, Coursera), or social platforms (e.g., LinkedIn Learning). Consider your differentiator. What makes your program unique (price, location, topic)? You can see a list of current SIU offerings on the Continuing Education Home Page or on the page listing current course offerings: Continuing Education Online Classes.

Step 2. Meet with CTE or Events & Outreach

Complete this informational interest form. Someone from Events and Outreach or the CTE will contact you. If you have any questions before or after filling out the form, please email continuing.edu@siu.edu

Step 3. Prepare a Budget

We encourage you to prepare a rough budget before the first meeting, including a target compensation goal for yourself. A realistic budget helps set realistic expectations before completing the next steps. Download this worksheet and budget worksheet (available 8/1/23) to get started.

Step 4. Work with CTE to Develop Curriculum or SIU Events & Outreach

This step may vary for each faculty member or staff member developing Continuing Education courses, events, or other opportunities. If the course involves an online education component, D2L/Brightspace is the required tool and CTE will be involved. However, the CTE may also be involved with courses or programs that are only face-to-face if training and development support is needed. In all circumstances, SIU Events & Outreach will be involved.

Step 5. Launch!

Once the course, program, or experience is ready to launch, enrollment will begin. If you meet the threshold for the target ROI, you will be responsible for delivering on the promises made to learners. Your dedicated teams at the CTE and Events & Outreach will be available to assist you; however, Continuing Education opportunities are best led by individuals who are okay with pivoting and troubleshooting. Our goal through the first steps is to minimize any potential issues.

Step 6. Review (and Repeat)

We always recommend doing post-action follow-ups and reviews. Depending on the type of program being offered, improvements can be made before the next iteration. The CTE and Events & Outreach are going to be helping you here too!

Download Worksheet (Available 8/10)

Download Budget (Available 8/10)

Submit Course Creation Form

  • CTE’s Support

    • Ideation
    • Curriculum & course development
    • D2L training and support
    • End-user support
    • Content support and delivery
    • Video production
    • Assessment
    • Course audits

  • Events & Outreach’s Support

    • Ideation
    • Budget development
    • Advertising and marketing
    • Enrollment management
    • Event management/coordination
    • Vendor management/procurement
    • Equipment rentals
    • Accounts payable/contracts