We provide a variety of opportunities for faculty to reflect critically on learning and teaching.
Both our yearlong programs and short, dynamic discussions and workshops address topics like:
- Creating courses that engage students;
- Integrating technology into teaching;
- Assessing student learning outcomes.
Learn more about our programs:
- A Seat at the Table: Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Learning and Teaching: This series will bring together a faculty cohort to discuss topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in teaching and learning (e.g., facilitating difficult dialogues).
- Faculty Open Classroom Initiative (FOCI): FOCI is a week-long program to promote open conversation about learning and teaching across Northwestern.
- Inclusive Teaching Forum: Annual event to bring faculty, staff, and students together to share narratives and experiences, and create an opportunity to promote intergroup/community dialogue around inclusive learning and teaching at Northwestern.
- Inclusive Teaching Practicum: This three week program is designed for instructors of all levels, backgrounds and teaching contexts. The Practicum is based on the university's Inclusive Teaching Principles.
- Learning, Teaching, and Assessment Forum: Annual event to discuss and showcase assessment initiatives across the university.
- New Faculty Workshop: Interactive session to welcome and orient new faculty.
- Practicum in Foundations of Online Teaching: A comprehensive practicum for instructors and teaching assistants on remote instruction. The program will equip participants with skills, strategies, tools, and knowledge to translate and reconceptualize the in-class experience into an online learning environment.
- Searle Fellows Program: Year-long program for early career faculty to deepen their thinking about learning and teaching.
- Workshops & Sessions: Single events such as Faculty Workshops, University Teaching Roundtables, and Faculty Brownbag Discussions.
A department within NUIT's Teaching & Learning Technologies, Faculty Support Services supports Northwestern faculty in using technology effectively in their teaching. The Searle Center collaborates with Faculty Support Services on a number of programs and initiatives. Visit the Digital Learning website to learn more about TEACHx, an annual forum that features faculty presentations on innovating with technology.
"Our programs are designed to help faculty reflect critically on teaching and student learning."
~ Susanna Calkins, Ph.D., Director, Faculty Programs
