CETLI Events Calendar

Teaching your own research can enhance course material and demonstrate the utility of the course concepts, but how do you distill complex ideas into manageable teaching points? In this workshop, participants will discuss how to deliver lessons that are informed by your audience’s previous knowledge of the subject matter. Participants will also get to practice […]

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

University classrooms are not isolated from the broader political climate. Students inevitably bring their personal experiences, perspectives, and evolving political commitments into the classroom, even in courses that seem “apolitical.” As educators, we are called to create classroom environments where students can participate freely while ensuring that discourse remains respectful and constructive. This workshop will […]

As artificial intelligence applications have taken the business world by storm, they have also quickly propagated through business education. In this workshop, Dr. Stefano Puntoni, one of the world’s leading experts on user-AI interactions, will guide a discussion group on the challenges and opportunities of AI usage in the classroom. Topics will range from how […]

Want to make an impact in the world? There's no better place to start than with the people around you. This discussion will explore perspectives and strategies for promoting the welfare and flourishing of students, mentees, and colleagues, in both classroom and research settings. We will outline a service-oriented paradigm for mentorship that reframes what […]

It can be difficult to balance being a teaching assistant with all the other responsibilities that come with being a graduate student, such as research and taking classes. In this workshop, a panel of experienced TAs will discuss how they managed to find a balance and answer questions you may have. All graduate students are […]

What is it like to transition from teaching as a graduate student to having your own course load as an early career professor? What is it like teaching a different student population than we have gotten to work with at Penn? This session will cover these questions and more, as addressed by a panel of […]

This is part of a two part series on teaching undergraduates in the field and the lab, stay tuned for Part 2 with Biological Anthropologists and Members of the Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials on teaching lab based courses! Field courses and field methods courses are common at many universities and might be a […]

This workshop will feature a panel discussion on strategies for leading a classroom in English as an instructor who speaks English as a second language. All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the School of Nursing, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. This will be […]

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.

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

Communicating technical topics, whether in a classroom setting, a political setting, a social setting or even a technical setting with people who are not directly in one's field, presents many challenges. Different regions, professions, and specializations use different constructs for the same ideas.  Neglecting to acknowledge these differences as communicators creates divisions and misunderstandings leading […]

Teaching Demonstrations are important parts of campus visits that often get overshadowed by a candidate's job talk preparations. This workshop will introduce participants to the teaching demonstration as a genre, focusing specifically on the formal features that committees look for when they watch you give one. In addition to answering basic questions about what a […]

In this workshop, participants will explore how to structure assignments that are engaging and supportive for students. Participants will discuss case studies and assignment examples, and workshop their own assignments to develop strategies to make assignments clearer, more interesting, and ultimately more useful for both themselves and their students. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate

Prof. Atwood will talk about how graduate students can present their work at conferences in a more accessible manner (which is not unlike delivering a lecture to a group of students), and how they can incorporate their research into their teaching. All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the East […]

It’s a cliché, but a true one, that the teacher is an eternal student. Professor Ockman will reflect, both historically and personally, on teaching architectural history and theory over the last four decades. What kind of knowledge does the teacher accrue over time? How is teaching always new? All graduate students are welcome. This event […]

Writing skills are frequently overlooked in STEM education, yet effective written communication is crucial for success in science and engineering. In this workshop, we will share, analyze, and discuss a case study from an upper-level/graduate STEM course that blends technical coursework with a writing-based project, with the goal of building student confidence and skill in […]

Theory is intimidating, regardless of how familiar one might be with it. What can we do to make it accessible—if not also exciting—for our undergraduate students? This graduate student workshop will tackle how to teach theory in the undergraduate classroom, focusing specifically on the role theory plays in discussion-based or seminar-style classes. All graduate students […]