Join other graduate students and postdocs to discuss timely topics in teaching and learning.
Our highly interactive workshops integrate the latest research and theory on student learning with best teaching practices. Led by Searle Center staff, Graduate Teaching Fellows, and Workshop Leaders, these sessions help graduate TAs and instructors address key issues within and across their disciplines. Workshops are always free to attend, but registration is requested.
Workshops for 2017-18:
Upcoming (follow the links for more information and to register):
- Developing an Effective Teaching Portfolio - two-day workshop series
Registration
See Eventbrite for upcoming programs and registration information. Although free, registration is requested and space is limited.
Past Workshops (2017-18 Academic Year):
- Mentoring as Teaching: Best Practices in a Research Lab
- Writing Effective Teaching Statements: Peer Review
- Beyond "She was Nice": Making the Most of Student Feedback
- Writing Effective Teaching Statements: Getting Started
- Talking the Talk: Techniques from Language Classrooms for Teaching Academic Jargon
- No-Tears Grading: Responding to Student Writing with Realistic Expectations
- If You are Using One Teaching Technology in Your Class, It Should Be Clickers
- Incorporating Primary Literature into the STEM Classroom
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Facilitating Learning with Small Group Work to Make a Bigger Impact
- Climate Change: Establishing a Community-Centered Classroom
- The "L" Word: Using Engaged Lecturing in the Classroom
- More Than Making the Grade: Mentoring Student Writing Before and After the Deadline
- Adopting the Purrr-
fect CATs: Implementing Assessment Techniques that Fit Your Classroom - Communication Strategies for the Multilingual Classroom
- Negotiating Classroom and Teaching Conflicts with Students, TAs, and Instructors
- Engaging the Disengaged: Active Learning in STEM
- Participation Through Preparation: Planning to Get the Most Out of Your Classroom
- Hey, What the Tech?!: Enriching Student Comprehension through Integrated Media Technologies
- Successful Assessments for Seminar-Style Courses
