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Schreyer Institute programs are for anyone at Penn State who has an instructional role or is preparing for a future one. Our participants are typically faculty, graduate students, and postdocs. Academic administrators, instructional designers, staff members, and undergraduates in instructional roles are also welcome.

Targeted Teaching Transformation (T3) program
Facilitated by Laura Cruz, Research Professor
Monday, 4/20/2026 to Sunday, 8/23/2026
Portrait Laura Cruz

Targeted Teaching Transformation (T3) program

The Targeted Teaching Transformation (T3) program is open to all Penn State instructors of record, working as individuals or in small groups. The T3 program pairs you with an expert coach, who will work with you to identify and meet your teaching transformation goals. You will receive multiple sessions of individual, one-on-one coaching (in-person and virtual sessions available) which you schedule at your convenience over the semester.

Some examples of goals you could achieve through the T3 program are adopting alternate forms of grading, planning to teach in a different modality, redesigning assignments, redesigning a course you inherited to make it your own, redesigning your course for more students, and much more. After spending at least 10 hours working towards your project goals together, you will receive a certificate of completion suitable for inclusion in your Faculty Activity Report.

Instructors may apply through a short online form. Apply here: Registration by April 20, 2026.

Penn State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please contact the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at SITE@psu.edu or call 814-863-2599 at least 2 weeks prior to the start of the program to allow sufficient time to effectively meet your access needs.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Course
Facilitated by Mary Ann Tobin, Associate Research Professor
Wednesday, 4/22/2026 to Thursday, 12/31/2026, Asychronous
Canvas -- World Campus Faculty Development Canvas Course
Portrait Mary Ann Tobin

In this free, non-credit, self-directed, and entirely asynchronous course, participants explore the rationale and research that supports designing learning experiences with UDL, read scenarios about UDL applications, and reflect on ways to apply UDL to their own instructional practices. This course is open to faculty of any rank or status, teaching assistants, and post-doctoral instructors and members of the learning design community.

Register anytime at the following link: https://psu.catalog.instructure.com/browse/wcfd/courses/ol-360001-universal-design-for-learning-2026 . You will have 90 days to complete the course.

This course is a collaboration between the Schreyer Institute and World Campus Online Faculty Development.

Penn State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please contact the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at SITE@psu.edu or call 814-863-2599 at least 2 weeks prior to the start of the program to allow sufficient time to effectively meet your access needs.

Reflecting on Your Teaching Practice
Facilitated by Deena Levy, Associate Research Professor, John Elia, Graduate Instructional Consultant, and Jonathan Aragon, Research Faculty
Wednesday, 4/22/2026, 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Via Zoom

Deena Levy(Portrait)John Elia (portrait)Do you find it difficult to engage in reflection or don't know where to start? In this interactive workshop, participants will consider the role of reflection in your teaching practice. We will discuss how our own beliefs about teaching, experiences in our classrooms, and feedback we receive from students and peers can serve as rich sources for reflection, self-assessment, and personal and professional growth. You will leave with strategies you can use to engage in the reflective process. Those who will craft a self-reflection for annual review or dossier purposes may find this workshop to be a good starting point for that process. Please join us.

Registration will close 1 hour before the event starts. Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least 45 minutes before the workshop begins.

Penn State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please contact the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at SITE@psu.edu or call 814-863-2599 at least 2 weeks prior to the start of the program to allow sufficient time to effectively meet your access needs.


Reflecting on Your Teaching Practice
Facilitated by Deena Levy, Associate Research Professor, John Elia, Graduate Instructional Consultant, and Jonathan Aragon, Research Faculty
Thursday, 4/30/2026, 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Via Zoom

Deena Levy(Portrait)John Elia (Portrait)Do you find it difficult to engage in reflection or don't know where to start? In this interactive workshop, participants will consider the role of reflection in your teaching practice. We will discuss how our own beliefs about teaching, experiences in our classrooms, and feedback we receive from students and peers can serve as rich sources for reflection, self-assessment, and personal and professional growth. You will leave with strategies you can use to engage in the reflective process. Those who will craft a self-reflection for annual review or dossier purposes may find this workshop to be a good starting point for that process. Please join us.

Registration will close 1 hour before the event starts. Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least 45 minutes before the workshop begins.

Penn State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please contact the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence at SITE@psu.edu or call 814-863-2599 at least 2 weeks prior to the start of the program to allow sufficient time to effectively meet your access needs.


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