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Teaching Resources, Practices and Strategies

CETLI has gathered the information you will need as you prepare and teach your classes including links to offices around campus that can support your teaching or your students, suggestions around particular teaching practices and aims, and guidance on teaching in general. 

Contact CETLI with further questions about available resources or for other information about teaching at Penn. 

Teaching that Enables Every Student to Thrive

Research-based practices and approaches to course development for creating classrooms where all students feel welcome, challenged, and supported 

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Teaching with Technology

Information about commonly used instructional technologies available across Penn, as well as considerations for leveraging them in ways that support your teaching goals 

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Structured Active In-Class Learning (SAIL)

Resources and faculty recommendations for teaching a Structured Active In-Class Learning (SAIL) course, including how to get started, planning in-class activities and assessments

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Academic Integrity

Information on Penn's academic integrity processes and suggestions on to how to teach in ways that encourage integrity, as well as what to do in cases of academic dishonesty 

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Teaching Online

Resources to help faculty, instructors, and TAs prepare and teach a fully or mostly online class

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Supporting Your Students

Penn resources and teaching considerations for helping students meet personal and academic challenges

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Generative AI & Your Teaching

Penn AI tools, considerations for developing AI course policies and communication, and strategies for approaching the role of AI in student learning 

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Course Policies and Syllabus Language

Examples of Penn faculty policies and syllabus statements for you to consider as you design your courses 

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Course Evaluations

Resources for reviewing Penn’s end-of-semester evaluations, as well as suggestions for collecting your own customized feedback from students at any point in the semester 

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Course Roster, Classroom & Calendar Info

Information about your course rosters, classrooms, and the academic calendar mapped onto the weeks of the semester 

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Penn Policies and Regulations

 A selection of the major policies governing teaching and instructor-student interactions at the University 

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For New Faculty

Information and guidance for instructors new to Penn

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