This spring CIRTL is offering 4 courses, 2 event series, 1 workshop, and 1 event for graduate students and postdocs pursuing teaching careers in higher education. Spring programming covers a range of teaching and learning topics: evidence-based teaching fundamentals, academic professional development, and teaching-as-research. All programming includes synchronous online sessions that take place in Zoom, unless otherwise mentioned.
We will announce programming schedules and registration dates by late December. Anyone can register to attend programming, but participants from CIRTL member institutions and alumni will receive priority when registering for programming with limited seats; capped programming typically reaches capacity within a week of registration opening.
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Evidence-based teaching fundamentals
Mindset to Mastery: The Inclusive Teaching Course
Examine your own identities, values, and experiences to cultivate an inclusive mindset that informs your teaching practices in this 8-week course. The course meets online in Zoom on Thursdays from January 30 to March 20 at 8-9:30pm Gulf / 12-1:30pm Atlantic / 11am-12:30pm Eastern / 10-11:30am Central / 9-10:30am Mountain / 8-9:30am Pacific. Cap: 25; at capacity and closed for registration.
Better Teaching Through Neurodiversity: Supporting Students’ Executive Functioning
Learn how to apply the Universal Design for Learning framework to develop inclusive teaching practices that support executive functioning for all learners in this one-part workshop. Through case study exploration and brainstorming around specific teaching materials, participants will work with peers to add to their toolbox for neuroinclusive teaching. This one-session online workshop meets on Wednesday, March 12 at 10pm-12am Gulf / 3-5pm Atlantic / 2-4pm Eastern / 1-3pm Central / 12-2pm Mountain / 11am-1pm Pacific. No cap, register now.
An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching
Get an overview of effective college teaching strategies and the research that supports them in this 8-part asynchronous course designed for graduate students and postdocs in STEM disciplines. Initially created as a cohort-based course, we are re-launching this course this fall as a self-paced online course. No cap; read more and register.
Advancing Learning Through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching
Learn effective college-level teaching strategies that engage learners through active learning, as well as the research that supports them, in this 8-part asynchronous course designed for future faculty in STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and math). This course builds on “An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching”; the intro course is recommended, but not required, as a prerequisite for participating in this course. No cap; read more and register.
Academic professional development
Research Mentor Training
Work with a community of peers to develop and improve your research mentoring skills in this 5-week seminar-style course. Students will develop their personal mentoring philosophy, learn how to articulate that philosophy across a variety of disciplines, and refine strategies for dealing with mentoring challenges. This course meets online in Zoom on Tuesdays from January 28 through February 25 at 11:30pm-1am Gulf / 3:30-5pm Atlantic / 2:30-4pm Eastern / 1:30-3pm Central / 12:30-2pm Mountain / 11:30am-1pm Pacific. Cap: 20. At capacity and closed for registration as of Monday, January 13.
Exploring Career Paths with CIRTL Alumni
Learn about different career paths in academia and beyond in conversation with CIRTL alumni in this 3-part event series. Each event in the series will focus on a different career path: teaching careers at research universities, teaching careers at teaching-intensive institutions (liberal arts colleges, community colleges, etc.), non-faculty careers in academia, and careers outside of academia. Events in this series take place on Tuesdays, April 1 through April 15, at 8-9pm Gulf / 1-2pm Atlantic / 12-1pm Eastern / 11am-12pm Central / 10-11am Mountain / 9-10am Pacific. No cap; register now.
The Joyful Journey: Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Professional Development Series
Get a sampler of academic professional development in this 8-part event series covering everything from the academic hiring process, to defining your teaching philosophy, to careers outside academia. Events meet online in Zoom. No cap. Schedule varies; register here to attend.
Teaching-as-Research
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 event. In TAR projects, future faculty explore a specific question about teaching and learning, design and implement some sort of classroom-based intervention to test that question, and consider how they might adjust their teaching practices based on what the results show. TAR is a cornerstone of CIRTL’s work in developing reflective practitioners that support learning for all. This event takes place in Zoom on Wednesday, April 9 at 3-4:30pm Atlantic / 2-3:30pm Eastern / 1-2:30pm Central / 12-1:30pm Mountain / 11am-12:30pm Pacific. No cap; register here to attend.