TA Principles and Strategies (TAPS) is a comprehensive asynchronous short course designed to support teaching assistants in developing essential skills across key areas of teaching and learning. The course covers pedagogical principles, course design, effective teaching practices, assessment and feedback strategies, classroom management, time management, and professional communication. Through a thoughtfully sequenced series of modules, participants gain a deeper understanding…
Learn techniques for teaching transferable skills (e.g., teamwork, critical thinking) and work-integrated learning through re-imagining the nature of human competency, how people best learn complex skills, and how to re-design teaching activities accordingly. After a brief introduction to sociocultural learning theory and limitations with the dominant notion of generic "soft skills" learners will practice how to articulate and then teach…
The Johns Hopkins Teaching Institute is a 5-day online teaching institute designed to help doctoral students and post-docs become successful and confident classroom teachers. Cap: 50 CIRTL participants.
The Johns Hopkins Teaching Institute is a 3-day in-person teaching institute designed to help doctoral students and post-docs become successful and confident classroom teachers. Cap: 15 CIRTL participants.
Work with a community of peers to develop and improve your research mentoring skills in this 6-week seminar. Cap 25; registration opens on January 12th at 10am CT and closes once capacity is reached.
In this interactive workshop, participants will explore practical tips from the research literature, their own teaching experience, and other instructors. Cap: 50; at capacity and closed for registration.
In this workshop, participants will reflect on what care looks like in their classrooms, what gets in the way of practicing it, and how their disciplines shape (or neglect) its meaning. Cap: 25, closed for registration.
Learn a few common ungrading practices and explore how they can be adapted for use for graduate instructors and TAs, who often face greater institutional constraints when designing assessment plans in this one-part workshop. Cap: 30; at capacity and closed for registration.
In this workshop, we’ll discuss ways to go into your teaching demo with preparedness, confidence, and adaptability. Cap: 50; at capacity and closed for registration.
Explore the overlap between instructor-led demonstrations and student-led experiential learning, while considering instructional choices that help shape the execution of in-class demonstrations in this one-part workshop. Cap: 50; at capacity and closed for registration.
