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Planning Your Teaching-as-Research Project

Jumpstart your plans for a Teaching-as-Research (TAR) project in this 6-week flipped course designed to guide participants through developing a research question, identifying project methods and outcomes, and more. Each week, students will watch videos, read articles, and complete assignments on their own time; in weekly sessions, students will refine their work with peer review, […]

Preparing Your Teaching Demo for a Job Interview

As part of the interview process for a faculty position in the U.S., you may be asked to lead a teaching demonstration. In this interactive workshop, we’ll discuss ways to go into your teaching demo with preparedness, confidence, and adaptability. By the end of this workshop, participants will be prepared to: identify questions and decision […]

Using Teaching-as-Research to Advance Equitable Educational Experiences

Join us for a two-part workshop that explores how CIRTL's "teaching-as-research" framework can help you identify, assess, and improve upon equitable teaching approaches. Teaching-as-Research (or TAR) transforms curiosity about learning into a research question and helps connect and enrich teaching and learning. Learning-through-Diversity, one of CIRTL's core ideas, explicitly values the dynamic array of identities […]

Johns Hopkins University Teaching Institute (Online)

The Johns Hopkins Teaching Institute is a multi-day teaching institute designed to help doctoral students and post-docs become successful and confident classroom teachers. Participants will explore the benefits of active learning, ongoing assessment, and fostering inclusive classrooms.  Participants will examine a variety of teaching practices and principles and will also participate in peer-evaluated micro-teaching exercises […]

Johns Hopkins University Teaching Institute (In Person)

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

The Johns Hopkins Teaching Institute is a multi-day teaching institute designed to help doctoral students and post-docs become successful and confident classroom teachers. Participants will explore the benefits of active learning, ongoing assessment, and fostering inclusive classrooms.  Participants will examine a variety of teaching practices and principles and will also participate in peer-evaluated micro-teaching exercises […]

CIRTL Network Teaching-as-Research Presentations

Hear graduate students and postdocs from across the CIRTL Network share the results of their Teaching-as-Research (TAR) projects in this online presentation session. TAR projects investigate questions about teaching and learning, including assessing the effectiveness of specific learning activities and tools, examining the learning process about a specific topic, or characterizing the student experience in […]

How CIRTL Has Impacted My Career: Faculty Careers at Research Universities

Join us to hear CIRTL alumni reflect on how they came into faculty careers at research universities: what made them pursue this career path; its benefits, stressors, and rewards; and how CIRTL shaped their interests, skills, and community. This session is part of the series "How CIRTL has Impacted My Career: Hearing from CIRTL Alumni”. […]

Putting it All Together: How do I Articulate and Implement a Career Development Plan?

In this event, participants will develop strategies and utilize resources for incorporating the concepts of the previous weeks into a cogent, actionable career development plan. This session is part of the series "Be Your Own Driver: Imagining Post-PhD Career Versatility”. This series supports graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at all levels to articulate and build […]