| Event | Dates | Short Description |
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| GSI Training Networking Lunch |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
This session does NOT count for GSIs looking to make up missed orienation training. This lunch program provides a great opportunity for Graduate Student Mentors (GSMs) and others who directly support GSI training and… |
| What's at Stake: Instructor and Student Identities in the R&E Classroom - Focus on Faculty & GSIs of Color |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
This workshop will examine the intersections and dynamics of student, faculty, and GSI identities in classrooms that critically engage issues of race, ethnicity, and inequality. With a particular focus on the experiences of faculty and GSIs of… |
| Sharing Our Work: Key Insights from Faculty Communities for Inclusive Teaching (strolling lunch & poster session) |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Learn about the wide range of projects sponsored by the Faculty Communities for Inclusive Teaching (FCIT) initiative during the 2017-18 academic year. Featured projects, from 10 U-M schools and colleges, include: the development of a tool that… |
| Using Digital Tools to Facilitate Student Collaboration |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2, Instructional Technology |
Please bring a charged device with you if you would like to explore the digital tools discussed during the session. In this interactive session, participants will learn about and engage with digital tools to… |
| Implementing Inclusive Teaching Principles in Your Courses *NEW SESSION* |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Each semester, we offer this foundational session as well as workshops on specialized topics in inclusive teaching. This session will be especially useful for faculty and GSIs who are relatively new to thinking deliberately about… |
| How Stereotype Threat, Impostor Syndrome, and Growth Mindset Affect Student Learning |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
Research shows that when students worry about fulfilling a negative stereotype related to certain social identities, it can hurt their learning (a phenomenon known as stereotype threat). Research also shows that an instructor’s beliefs about… |
| FCI Seminar Series - Modeling Authentic Dialogue in the Classroom |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
Dr. Laird Kramer is Professor of Physics and Director of the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University. A core design element of initiatives at FIU brings the practices of scientists into the classroom to create an… |
| Implementing Inclusive Teaching Principles in Your Courses *SESSION IS FULL* |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
There will be an identical session offered on 11/1 from 10am-12pm. Implementing Inclusive Teaching Principles in Your Courses Each semester, we offer this foundational session as well as workshops on specialized… |
| Disability and Accessible Teaching: Current Perspectives and Best Practices *SESSION FULL* |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
There will be an identical session offered on 11/27 from 1:30pm-3:30pm. Disability and Accessible Teaching: Current Perspectives and Best Practices Understanding disability and promoting accessibility are central to diversity,… |
| Facilitating Discussions of Research Literature in STEM Courses *NEW SESSION* |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
This workshop provides an opportunity for instructors in STEM courses to discuss evidence-based practices that can promote more effective discussions of research literature. Through a series of group-based activities, instructors will… |
| Leading Discussions in the Social Sciences and Humanities |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
This introductory workshop provides an opportunity for GSIs in the Social Sciences and Humanities to learn about active learning strategies aimed at improving discussions in the classroom. Through a series of group activities, participants will… |
| Facilitating Discussions of Research Literature in STEM Courses *SESSION IS FULL* |
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Everyone Requirement B2 |
There will be an identical session offered on 10/19 from 9:30am-11:30am. Facilitating Discussion of Research Literature in STEM Courses This workshop provides an opportunity for instructors in STEM courses to discuss evidence-… |
| Inclusive Teaching with Writing |
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Everyone Requirement B2, Diversity and Inclusive Teaching |
How can you use writing as a tool for inclusive learning, no matter your discipline and the size of your courses? How can you fairly and effectively provide feedback to writers who speak a variety of American dialects and World Englishes? And how… |
| It’s Time for Action: Generating an Active Learning Plan |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
Creating a plan to engage students in active learning can be challenging. In this workshop, you will learn about a variety of active learning techniques then begin to formulate a plan for implementing active learning in your own course. |
| Developing Your Teaching Philosophy [Location: Michigan League Henderson] |
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Graduate Students Not eligible for Certificate |
Many academic employers require a teaching philosophy statement as part of the application process. In this interactive session, we will discuss research on hiring committees’ use of teaching philosophy statements, examine sample philosophies,… |
| Writing a Diversity Statement |
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Graduate Students Not eligible for Certificate |
Click here to register for this event. Increasingly, employers are interested in how prospective employees will contribute to organizational goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion. As a result, many academic employers… |
| Making Teamwork Work |
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Graduate Students Requirement B2 |
Effective use of groups in the classroom can increase student learning and enhance students' problem solving abilities, if instructors ensure that all students are engaged and included. In this session, participants will explore research-based… |
| FCI Seminar Series - Student Commitment to STEM Evidence-based Teaching Practices: Results from Evaluation of the Summer Institutes on Scientific Teaching |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
In this session, Mark Graham, a research scientist at Yale University’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and director of the STEM Program Evaluation and Research Laboratory (STEM-PERL), will present results from the NSF-sponsored… |
| Consulting with GSIs |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
This session does NOT count for GSIs looking to make up missed orientation training. This workshop is intended for GSMs, Faculty GSI Coordinators, or Teaching Consultants. In this interactive workshop, participants will… |
| Observing Classes and Conducting Midterm Student Feedbacks (MSFs) |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
This session does NOT count for GSIs looking to make up missed orientation training. This workshop is designed to give GSMs, GSI Coordinators, and new GSICs a framework for observing their GSIs' classes and collecting… |
| Developing Your Teaching Philosophy (An Online Workshop) |
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Graduate Students Not eligible for Certificate |
Many academic employers require a teaching philosophy statement as part of the application process. In this online workshop, you will learn about research on hiring committees’ use of teaching philosophy statements, examine sample philosophies,… |
| GSI Teaching Orientation |
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- Graduate Students Requirement A |
Please note that online registration is now closed. If you missed the deadline, YOU CAN STILL ATTEND by registering at the Power Center on Monday, August 27th starting at 10:00am.CRLT’s GSI Teaching… |
| Running Practice Teaching Sessions |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
This session does NOT count for GSIs looking to make up missed orienation training. This session is intended for individuals who will be facilitating practice teaching sessions at a CRLT or department teaching orientation, as part… |
| Strategies for Training New GSIs |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
This session does NOT count for GSIs looking to make up missed orienation training. This workshop is an introduction to the various strategies that GSMs and GSI Coordinators can use during the training and development of… |
| Running Practice Teaching Sessions |
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Everyone Not eligible for Certificate |
This session does NOT count for GSIs looking to make up missed orienation training. This session is intended for individuals who will be facilitating practice teaching sessions at a CRLT or department teaching orientation, as part… |
