Training

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Pizza & Pedagogy

Join your Teaching Academy Fellows for light fare and the opportunity to discuss teaching topics with guest faculty! Intended for those with little or no formal pedagogical training, these workshops are designed to prepare instructors to teach effectively at the university level. Open to all graduate students and post-doctoral fellows regardless of division.  For certificate track participants, attending six Pizza & Pedagogy sessions (or a total of six in combination with the Eyes-on-Teaching, Faculty Exchanges (min.2) or CIRTL Workshops) may count as your Phase I -CIRTL Associate level activity.

Pizza & Pedagogy Series 2018-2019

Homewood Campus Sessions

Registration: Seating is limited; please register by clicking here.

9/5/18: Teaching Statements
Presented by Richard Brown, Director of Undergraduate Studies / Associate Teaching Professor, Mathematics, KSAS
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, MSE Library - Q Level, Garrett Room

10/3/18: Community-based Learning
Presented by Shawntay Stocks, Assistant Director of Engaged Scholarship, Center for Social Concern
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, MSE Library - Q Level, Garrett Room

11/7/18: The S.A.L.A.M.I. Method: Helping the Academically Challenged Student using a Systematic Approach to Learning and Metacognitive Improvement
Presented by James Culhane, Chair & Professor, School of Pharmacy, Notre Dame
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, MSE Library - Q Level, Garrett Room

12/5/18: Teaching an Online Course
Presented by Paul Huckett, Assistant Dean, Learning Design and Innovation, WSE
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, MSE Library - Q Level, Garrett Room

2/7/19: Improv for Teaching *NOTE: DATE CHANGE; PREVIOUSLY 2/6*
Presented by Michael Hartwell, Lecturer, Center for Leadership Education
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, MSE Library - Q Level, Garrett Room

3/6/19: Teaching at Different Types of Institutions
Presented by Alison Papadakis, Associate Teaching Professor at Johns Hopkins University; Rebecca Kelly, Associate Teaching Professor at Johns Hopkins University; Lisa Brown, Associate Professor at Morgan State University; Beth Ann Baunoch, Assistant Professor at the Community College of Baltimore County
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, MSE Library - Q Level, Garrett Room

4/3/19: Team-based Learning
Presented by Eric Rice, Senior Lecturer and Director of Graduate Programs, Center for Leadership Education and Bill Smedick, Senior Lecturer, Center for Leadership Education
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, MSE Library - Q Level, Garrett Room

East Baltimore Campus Sessions

Registration: Seating is limited; please register by clicking here.

9/12/18: Giving Feedback
Presented by Dr. Melinda Maris, Instrutional Technology Manager, Advanced Academic Programs, KSAS
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Preclinical Teaching Bldg., Stiles 115

10/17/18: Teaching Competencies for Educators
Presented by Joe Cofrancesco, Director of Institute of Excellence in Education, Associate Proffesor of Medicine, SOM
and Rachel Levine, Associate Dean for Faculty Educational Development, Associate Professor of Medicine, SOM
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Preclinical Teaching Bldg., Stiles 115

11/14/18: Transitioning from Graduate Student to Faculty
Presented by Teaching Academy Alum Deepa Madan, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UMBC
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Preclinical Teaching Bldg., Stiles 115

12/12/18: Leadership in Undergraduate Education
Presented by Megan Bohn, Assistant Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Preclinical Teaching Bldg., Stiles 115

2/13/19: PS: It Matters (Pedagogy Space)
Presented by Spencer Benson, University of Maryland
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Preclinical Teaching Bldg., Stiles 115

3/13/19: The Content Monster: How Less Talking Can Mean More Learning
Presented by Sarah Leupen, Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences, UMBCP
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Preclinical Teaching Bldg., Stiles 115

4/17/19: Science of Learning
Presented by Kelly Fisher, Executive Director, Science of Learning Institute and Kristen Gagnier, Assistant Director of Dissemination, Translation, and Education, Science of Learning Institute
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Preclinical Teaching Bldg., Stiles 115

Culturally Responsive Teaching Series

The Teaching Academy, in partnership with the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC), offers a special training opportunity: The Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) Workshop Series.

The CRT Program trains faculty and others by engaging them in self-reflective processes that allow them to convey to others—students, for example—the need for self-reflection, for self-awareness, for mindful engagement in life’s ever-changing cultural contexts. The CRT Program at CCBC emphasizes that because we human beings are the most social of animals, wherever human beings are, culture is always present. Our perceptions, interpretations, beliefs, and even our knowledge are culturally framed by our experiences in unique social networks of meaning making. Because perceptions of race are learned within bonded social-cultural networks, “race” too is always present and should be examined cooperatively and respectfully through dialogue.

Each seminar is held from 4:30-6:30 PM and takes a particular focus. Please REGISTER for each date seperately. All workshops to be held on the Homewood campus.

  1. Social Capital, School Learning, and Success (Feb 27)
  2. The Meanings of Culture and Race (March 27)
  3. Culture and Mindsets of Intelligence (April 24)
  4. Overcoming Stereotype Threat (May 22)  NOTE: DATE CHANGE

Other related topics are addressed, such as attribution theory, productive persistence, micro-aggression, intersectionality, identity contingencies, privilege and power, and the politics of English language variation.

Due to the nature of this workshop we ask that you do your best to commit to participating in all four workshops in the series. Please register for each of the workshop dates. Completion of the CRT Workshop will fulfill Phase I of the Teaching Academy's Certificate of Completion requirement.

Eyes on Teaching

Eyes on Teaching

Intended for those with little or no formal pedagogical training, these workshops are designed to prepare instructors to teach effectively at the university level.

Workshops are open to all graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, lecturers, and faculty with instructional appointments in Arts & Sciences or Engineering.  Also open to any graduate student or post-doctoral fellow enrolled in the certificate track program regardless of division.

Download 2018 brochure

Eyes on Teaching Series 2018

When: Thursdays, 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Brody Learning Commons, Room 5017
Registration: Seating is limited; please register by clicking here.

09/6/18: Preparing a Course Syllabus

09/13/18: Preparing for the First Day of Class

09/20/18: Lecture Strategies

9/27/18: Enhancing Student Motivation and Learning

10/4/18: Active Learning in Practice

10/11/18: Testing and Grading

10/18/18: Instructional Media and Technology

10/25/18: Evaluation to Improve Instruction

CIRTL Online Workshops and Courses