As we head into a new academic school year, we are taking a moment to reflect. To prepare for next year, we would love to get your feedback to hear about what worked well for you this past year and how we could improve our programming and communications. We would greatly appreciate your thoughts on one or both of the brief forms below!

FALL COURSES REGISTERING NOW

Leveraging Tech to Teach
Thursdays, 1:00pm – 4:00pm, starting September 9
Teach better and more efficiently by harnessing learning technologies in your practice. We’ll explore how to effectively use tools such as videos, interactive media, screencasting, games and simulations, online discussions, and of course, Canvas. ΔΔ

Effective Teaching in an Internationally Diverse College Classroom
Fridays, 10:00am – 12:00pm, starting Sept 10
Using the lens of international experience, this discussion-based course models 'flipped classroom' and 'blended learning' approaches and advances your skills in leveraging the diversity of your students for the learning of all. ∆∆

Beyond Rhetoric: Developing an Ethical & Equitable Practice
Tuesdays, 3:30pm – 5:30pm, starting September 14
The call to develop an ethical teaching approach that both promotes justice and does not perpetuate harm is more urgent now than ever. Participants will gain a better sense of how to communicate their values on teaching, learning, and equity on paper, as well as a strong sense of what this means for their day to day lives and work. ΔΔ

Exploring Practices in the Classroom: Navigating Challenges with Inclusive Teaching
Thursdays, 1:20pm – 3:00pm, starting September 16
Join this community of TAs and develop confidence to respond to conflict in the classroom and promote equity through actions. We will also explore how to better support students who have been marginalized by university systems. Δ

Improv to Improve Science Communication and Teaching
Wednesdays, 2:00pm – 4:00pm, starting September 8
Use the principles of improv theater to improve your communication in multiple contexts and audiences, including talking with colleagues, presenting your research, and teaching in the classroom. (Note: this course is currently running a waitlist.) Δ

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Exploring Diversity in Implicit Leadership Theories and Their Role in Inclusive Teaching and Learning
Two-day workshop: Monday July 26, 12:00pm – 1:30pm, and Thursday, July 29, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Understanding your own perceptions of leadership can impact how you teach, how you work within departments, how you mentor, and more. In this workshop, explore implicit leadership theories (ILT), the cognitive structures that people use to evaluate leadership characteristics and behaviors in others. 

Effective Teaching: Developing Learning Outcomes that Shape Instruction
Monday, August 16, 1:00pm – 2:30pm (new time!)
Effective teaching requires first deciding the intended result: what you want your students to learn. This workshop offers a hands-on approach to drafting measurable, student-centered learning outcomes.

Using Education Resources and Literature to Enhance Your Teaching
Thursday, August 19, 10:00am – 11:30am (new time!)
Deigned for busy instructors, participants will learn how to efficiently find information or literature to address teaching challenges such as best practices for teaching strategies.

Remote and On-site Office Hours That Students Use and Support Success
Wednesday, August 25, 10:00am – 12:00pm
Office hours provide the opportunity to have invaluable one-on-one conversations with students. Whether running office hours onsite or remotely, leave with a plan for how you'll support student success during this precious time.

3 Strategies for Inclusive Pedagogy
"The past year brought far more heightened feelings of racial injustice into the classroom," writes Jamie Landau in this post from Inside Higher Ed. She provides an honest look at a few inclusive pedagogical strategies that, despite challenges, enabled students to rediscover their voices.

The Benefits of Higher-Order Multiple-Choice Tests
Eric Loepp, writing for Inside Higher Ed, argues that instructors should rethink the premise that multiple-choice questions cannot meet the standards of authentic assessment. What if they could?

Why We Need to Rethink Digital Reading
Publishers and some educators have embraced the shift to reading on screens. But is that really what’s best for student learning? James M. Lang investigates in this article from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

On the Academic Job Market: Writing Statements of Teaching Philosophy
Wednesday, July 7, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
This workshop will identify what a statement of teaching philosophy is (or ought to be), what it should encompass, and what it should look like. There will be time for your specific questions or concerns throughout. This workshop is recommended for graduate students applying to academic positions.

The Art of Saying No from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
Thursday, July 8, 1:00pm – 2:00pm
In this webinar, you will learn about the biggest mistakes faculty make in responding to requests, how to identify and disrupt problematic patterns, and strategies you can implement so you can add "no" to your vocabulary.

What You Need to Know about Going on the Academic Job Market
Friday, July 9, 11:00am – 12:00pm
Are you ready for the academic job market? Join Beyond the Professoriate for this special webinar to learn what you need to know to go on the academic job market with confidence.

On the Academic Job Market: Composing the All-Important Cover Letter
Wednesday, July 14, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
The cover letter is where you can make the clearest, most direct case for how you are the most qualified candidate for an academic position. This workshop will introduce you to effective structures and strategies in cover letter writing.

Check out the many great workshops on remote teaching on the Instructional Continuity website

Research Social Scientist/Natural Resource Biologist – Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
Develop impactful lines of research and partnerships related to understanding and improving the relevance of Federally designated Wilderness to communities who have been historically underrepresented and/or under-resourced. 

Postdoc, Active Learning in Biological & Environmental Engineering — Cornell University
Join Cornell's active learning initiative! Seeking PhD's in an engineering discipline with demonstrated interest in creating and/or applying active learning strategies and advancing engineering pedagogy.

Two Tenure-Track Positions in the Department of Geology and Geophysics — College of Geosciences at Texas A&M
Searching for candidates that will establish and maintain independent and externally funded research programs and contribute to transformative and inclusive teaching and mentoring at the undergraduate and graduate levels.