Overview
Supporting Queer and Trans Students in the Classroom
When: Oct. 21 @ noon - 1:15 p.m.
Where: location to be shared upon registration
In this workshop facilitated by Blake Flaugher, MPH, CHES, Director of the LGBTQ Resource Center, and Amy Forester, EdD, MFA, Education Specialist in Center for Educational Effectiveness, participants will understand the classroom experiences of queer and trans students. Participants will explore teaching strategies to help support queer and trans students in the classroom and support them in navigating the university experience. This workshop is open to faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars.
Writing a Teaching Statement for the Academic Job Market
When: Oct. 28 @ 12:10 - 1:25 p.m.
Where: TLC, Rm TBD
Why do you teach? How do you teach? How do you measure your effectiveness? Most academic job applications require applicants to address these questions in a Statement of Teaching Philosophy (SoTP). Developing a SoTP can help you clarify your goals as an educator and reflect on how you teach. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn strategies to write a compelling SoTP. Participants should bring a draft of their own SoTP to the workshop to review and revise. Participants are also encouraged to access and complete the self-paced online module, “Developing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy for Academic Job Applications” prior to attending the session.
Supporting First-Generation Students
When: Nov. 4 @ 12:10 - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Zoom
Did you know that 37% of undergraduate students at UC Davis are first-generation college students? In this workshop participants will understand who first-generation students are, the challenges they face, the strengths they bring to your learning space, and the strategies we might deploy to best support them in successfully navigating the university experience. You will reflect on your practices and learn how to apply the CARES Framework to support a growing demographic in education through access to resources and intentional dialogue.
Designing Learning Activities Using UDL
When: Nov. 12 @ 11 a.m. - noon
Where: Zoom
Want your teaching to spark curiosity and connect with every student? Universal Design for Learning (UDL) gives you practical ways to make your classes more engaging, inclusive, and impactful. In this lively workshop, you’ll try out strategies you can use right away to open more doors for your students.
Navigating a New Landscape: Promoting Students' Critical Thinking around AI
When: Nov. 18 @ 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Where: TLC, Rm TBD
Research shows that metacognition (“thinking about one’s own thinking”) plays a powerful role in students' ability to direct their own learning. The introduction of Generative AI to the university setting has created new teaching challenges, as instructors and TAs examine how and whether GenAI should be incorporated into their courses. In this hands-on workshop, participants will experience and discuss a student-centered task that they can use with their students to make them more aware of how they process course information when using GenAI. This task can be used in any discipline to develop students’ metacognition, with the goal of making them more critical, self-regulated users of GenAI, thus decreasing inappropriate use of GenAI in favor of more thoughtful, learning-centered, self-regulatory behavior. Facilitated by Dr. Patricia Turner (CEE).