LEAD Courses
for Faculty and Staff
About LEAD Courses
LEAD offerings are intermediate-level courses for Pima faculty and staff that are part of our faculty development course series.
Scope: a15-hour time commitment (learning labor) for a 3-4 week course.
Mentored Cohort: all of our courses provide a cohort experience that is mentored by a faculty.
Prerequisite Offerings. Most courses require successful completion of TE125 TEACH: Intro to Online Pedagogy and/or TE150 BUILD INTRO TO INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN.
Prerequisite-Free Offerings. Some courses are prerequisite-free including LEAD179, LEAD180, LEAD183, and LEAD185.
Guided Cohort. These are not self-paced courses. Instead, all participants learn collaboratively, developing, sharing and collaboratively reflecting on teaching and learning resources, activities, and other artifacts (often through an open pedagogy model).
Offering Frequency. Courses are offered based on demand, enrollment, completion rates and recency of course creation or renewal. Some courses are offered annually; others every semester. If there's a course you'd like to see offered, email Reed Dickson!
Drop-Caps: registered participants can drop or withdraw from any course offering and are able to re-enroll in subsequent offerings up to one (1) time. This limits repeat drop/enroll practices.
What is LEAD Certification?
PimaOnline promotes sustained faculty development opportunities for all faculty (full-time or part-time) through providing a variety of basic, intermediate and advanced courses to Pima faculty. In addition, faculty can become "LEAD" certified by completing our LEAD requirements listed below. Faculty who become LEAD certified receive a $500 honorarium in recognition of their continued faculty development.
How to Achieve LEAD-Level Certification
What are the Benefits
Faculty may use LEAD Seminars as a way to pursue and fulfill professional development goals in the evaluation cycle while building their resume
Faculty with LEAD Certification may be asked to teach TEACH and BUILD courses
Faculty who achieve LEAD Certification will receive a $500 honorarium for their efforts
LEAD Certification Sequence
TE150 BUILD Certification. (Prerequisite: TE125)
4 LEAD Offerings (Prerequisites: TE125 and/or TE150 are required for some LEAD Seminars). To receive LEAD certification, one of these four courses must be LEAD175. Each LEAD course includes a capstone project that supports faculty in online teaching and learning.
Register for Your Next LEAD Course Today
View current offerings and register today. Please note that not all LEAD courses are offered every semester.