Laying the Foundations for a Successful Teaching Career

This five-session short course explores and builds a foundation of skills and habits to develop teaching approaches that will support a successful teaching career. Development of these skills can start as early as graduate school. Includes developing or refining some aspects of your teaching portfolio. Wednesdays 1:00- 2:30PM, starting January 25. ∆

Inclusive STEM Teaching Project: Local UW–Madison Learning Community

Develop your inclusive teaching practice by joining this 6-week local learning community. By viewing online modules and joining weekly discussions with colleagues, participants will learn practices to cultivate inclusive learning environments for all their students. Thursdays, 9:30am – 11:00pm starting October 13. ∆

Research Mentor Training — CIRTL Network Section

Work with a community of peers to develop and improve your research mentoring skills. Students will develop their personal mentoring philosophy, learn how to articulate that philosophy across a variety of disciplines, and refine strategies for dealing with mentoring challenges. Mondays, 12:30pm – 2:00pm, January 23 to February 27. ∆

Book Club — Campus Counterspaces: Black and Latinx Students’ Search for Community at Historically White Universities

How would learning about the experiences of Black and Latinx students at historically white universities shape your understanding of your students, yourself, and your teaching practices? Join us for a summer book club conversation using the book “Campus Counterspaces: Black and Latinx Students’ Search for Community at Historically White Universities.” Wednesdays, 12:00pm – 1:00pm, starting July 7. Δ