Center for Teaching, Learning and Research

NEW: Learning Resources will have drop-in hours from Wednesday December 13th through Friday December 15th from 10 am to 3 pm. Stop by for a hot drink, a few minutes with the happy light, and a chance to connect. We can help you make a plan for work to be completed, remind you of the importance of self-care and sleep, point you towards a fun break with crafts or puzzles, or just help you find a place to start. Everyone is welcome!

NEW: Learning Resources will have drop-in hours from Wednesday December 13th through Friday December 15th from 10 am to 3 pm. Stop by for a hot drink, a few minutes with the happy light, and a chance to connect. We can help you make a plan for work to be completed, remind you of the importance of self-care and sleep, point you towards a fun break with crafts or puzzles, or just help you find a place to start. Everyone is welcome!

For the new and not so new! The CTLR welcomes faculty of all ages and experiences to come enjoy lunch together and to engage with new faculty colleagues in a discussion about evaluating teaching. Teaching is one of a few key elements of faculty work, and in this lunchtime conversation, we’ll shine a light on what folks have gained through feedback from course response forms, in-class visits, mid-semester check-ins, etc, while also making space for how those evaluations can be tricky to navigate and learn from.

In this interactive session, colleagues will share how they have been approaching the use of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools with their students. We’ll explore topics including syllabus language, how to talk with your students about generative AI, and assignment design. Come hear from colleagues about how their use of generative AI has unfolded in their classrooms, ask questions, and share your own experiences. Workshop by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research (CTLR) and Digital Learning and Inquiry (DLINQ).

Join Dr. Brent Haas, director of the Yenching Scholars Program, for an information session. The Yenching Academy offers a fully funded, interdisciplinary Master’s program in China studies for English speakers with varied levels of Chinese language competency. Open to students of all citizenships. The program is located on the Peking University campus in Beijing, China. Please register using this link. 

Does the idea of someone other than students visiting your classroom give you anxiety?

Come hear alums share their insights on the graduate school application and selection process. Panelists will represent diverse areas of chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, and related interdisciplinary fields, as well as myriad grad years and career aspirations. The session will be moderated by Professor Molly Costanza-Robinson (Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Program for Environmental Studies).

No registration necessary.

For our first staff/faculty development event of the new academic year, the CTLR is hosting a lunchtime conversation that builds upon the intriguing discussions developing from the Teaching & Writing Retreat held in late August. Folks who attended the retreat wished that we had had more time to dig deeper into questions related to our assumptions about what to expect from our students. This catered lunch gathering is an opportunity to do just that. All are welcome, so if you could not attend the retreat and are curious about what you missed, know that this conversation is for you too.

Cara Peterson, author of The Effortless Perfection Myth: Debunking the Myth and Revealing the Path to Empowerment for Today’s College Women is visiting campus in October, and the CTLR is excited to invite faculty and staff to a special lunchtime conversation with her about this phenomenon. What do we see in our campus culture? Would we know how to spot effortless perfectionism? What role can we play in addressing it?

Lunch will be served. Please register in advance.

For the new and not so new!

We welcome folks of all ages and experiences to come enjoy lunch together and to share with new faculty colleagues what there is to know about Life in Vermont. Collegial conversations will continue month-to-month on topics of interest to all faculty as employees of the College, and we will choose those topics of interest based upon the conversations that develop at this inaugural lunch.