CETLI Events Calendar

Generative AI is already part of students' everyday lives. This workshop, which emphasizes student-led teaching skills, helps graduate instructors build AI literacy for themselves to better understand how students can engage with this quickly changing technology. Participants will explore how instructors can meaningfully use AI, while weighing the pitfalls and benefits. We will explore whether […]

Clearly communicating course expectations is essential for student success, as students often struggle to understand whether they are meeting course expectations throughout the semester. This interactive workshop explores how instructors can use the syllabus, learning goals, scaffolded self-assessments, and a variety of course communication tools to establish and reinforce expectations from the first day of […]

All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Philosophy department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.

In large engineering courses, it is tempting to pack every lecture with as much material as possible. But coverage is not the same as learning. In this workshop, we discuss an alternative: covering fewer concepts more deeply, using demonstrations to make key physical principles visible and memorable, and structuring class time so that students engage […]

All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Biology department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.

In some classes, students become a community of people who trust the instructor enough to admit when they're lost. In others, everyone remains a stranger, including the instructor. This interactive workshop examines the small design choices that can help create the first kind of classroom: how to open the semester, structure discussion and group work, […]

Stepping into a teaching persona often requires a bit of role-playing. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn to think about their teaching persona in an intentional way. Through discussion, participants will reflect on how their personality and identities relate to students, consider ways to navigate the teacher-student relationship, and leave with effective teaching strategies […]

All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Classical Studies department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.

How can we teach students complex material while assessing whether they truly understand it rather than simply memorizing it? In this workshop, Dr. Mikey Nusbaum will share his approach to graduate-level teaching, using board-based lectures to develop and explain course material while emphasizing the connections and concepts students need to understand. We will then interactively […]

While group work is a regular feature of many courses, people often have mixed feelings about their group work experiences. This interactive session will cover the benefits of group work for both students and instructors, as well as how to navigate potential challenges that may arise. Participants will have the opportunity to experience and practice […]

Participation can be a measure of a student’s engagement, comprehension, and enthusiasm for a subject, but these qualities can also be difficult to define and assess. Through several activities, this interactive workshop will explore the definition of student participation and discuss several tools and classroom strategies for managing and motivating student participation. Participants will leave […]

All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the City and Regional Planning department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.

Playing games as a class activity is fun, engaging, and probably easier than you think. In this workshop we’ll cover why you might want to do this and how to go about it successfully. We might even play a game. All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Linguistics department, […]

Active learning can spark curiosity, engagement, and confidence for both the instructor and students when approaching new or difficult concepts. This workshop will offer an overview of practical tips and active learning strategies that can promote student engagement with the course material and make learning stick. It will also unpack how instructors might differently perceive […]

All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Epidemiology department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.

Balancing teaching, research, and personal life demands can be challenging. In this interactive workshop, participants will tackle the time management challenges in TA roles, think through practical solutions, and share helpful strategies to confidently set effective boundaries for teaching.

All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Biology department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.

Grades are an inherent part of a student’s life. What often gets overlooked, though, is that grading offers instructors the opportunity to evaluate a student’s progress and to adjust their own teaching as the course progresses. In this interactive workshop, instructors will discuss approaches to grading and providing meaningful feedback for various types of assignments, […]

While lectures are a mainstay in teaching, graduate students often don’t receive training specific to lecturing. In this session, we will discuss helpful considerations in lecture preparation, style, and delivery. Participants will reflect on the differences in preparing research talks and lectures and collaborate to identify strategies that may be helpful in their teaching roles.