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OL 1400 Integrative Thinking Course
Facilitated by Laura Cruz, Research Professor, Elaine Andrews, Associate Teaching Professor and Steele Nowlin, Teaching Professor of English
Monday, 7/15/2024 to Wednesday, 8/14/2024
Canvas

Laura (Portrait)Elaine (Portrait)Steele (Portrait)

This 5-week online course provides current and future instructors with an introduction to integrative thinking, an essential element of Penn State’s General Education curriculum. Here at Penn State, we define integrative thinking as “the ability to synthesize knowledge across multiple domains, modes of inquiry, historical periods, and perspectives, as well as the ability to identify linkages between existing knowledge and new information.” Outside of Penn State, integrative thinking is closely associated with both interdisciplinary and integrated learning, both of which have been identified by leading scholars as essential elements for higher education everywhere.

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 SITE 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
Facilitated by Mary Ann Tobin
Thursday, 7/25/2024 to Friday, 8/16/2024
Canvas: OL 3600 Universal Design for Learning

Mary Ann (Portrait)

The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) course is an introductory overview for instructors and designers who embrace student variability, strive for equity, seek to implement research-based learning practices, and want to empower students through flexibility. The course includes the rationale and research that supports UDL, applications of UDL, and opportunities to reflect upon changes in your teaching and learning practices. Participants will explore UDL terms, principles, structures, and applications. Facilitated by Mary Ann Tobin, this self-directed, asynchronous course is a collaboration between the Schreyer Institute and World Campus Online Faculty Development.

Enroll at any time before August 9, 2024 at https://wcfd.psu.edu. You will have 60 days to complete the course.

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 SITE 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.

Summer Targeted Teaching Transformation (T3) Program
Facilitated by Laura Cruz, Research Professor, and Larkin Hood, Associate Research Professor
Thursday, 7/25/2024 to Friday, 8/23/2024

 

The Targeted Teaching Transformation (T3) program is open to any Penn State instructor(s) 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 up to 10 hours of individual, one-on-one coaching (in person and virtual sessions available) you schedule at your convenience over the summer. You will have access to a host of T3 resources. You will receive a certificate of completion suitable for inclusion in your Faculty Activity Report. Instructors will apply through a short online form. Application deadline is May 13, 2024. Priority will be given to instructors designing courses to be taught during the 2024-25 academic year. Accepted participants will be notified by May 17, 2024.

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.

Apply here: https://pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0pjr3vsWLsjeRn0 

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 physical access provided, please contact SITE 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.

Supporting Department Colleagues Teaching in a Time of Artificial Intelligence
Facilitated by Larkin Hood, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor
Wednesday, 8/7/2024, 12:00 P.M - 1:00 P.M.

Larkin (portrait)

A lunchtime conversation for University Park department heads about teaching and learning in a era Generalized Articfical Intelligence (GAI) tools with Shuchi Nalepa, Senior Director for Enterprise Services in Penn State IT and Jacob Holster, Lecturer of Music Education. We will discuss how we can best support faculty colleagues teaching in a time of GAI tools.

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 SITE 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.

Prompt: A Writing Retreat
Facilitated by Laura Cruz, Research Professor, Shannon McClellan Brooks, Graduate Instructional Consultant, and Kristy Ganoe, Assistant Teaching Professor
Thursday, 8/8/2024, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Laura (Portrait)Shannon (Portrait)Kristy (Portrait)

Do you have a writing assignment that you think has been especially inspiring and/or effective for your students?

If so, you might consider publishing in Prompt. Prompt is an open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes academic writing assignments accompanied by c. 2000 word reflective essays about how you designed, developed, and implemented the assignment. The journal accepts writing assignments from all levels (undergraduate and graduate) and disciplines.

If this sounds intriguing, we invite you to join us for a day-long virtual writing retreat focused on developing your writing assignment for submission to Prompt (or similar disciplinary-focused journals). In addition to structured work time, you will have full access to a supportive community of colleagues, a research coach, a writing coach, and an Associate Editor of Prompt.

All faculty, instructors, staff, and graduate students who teach Penn State students are welcome to join us.

Register at: Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management

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 physical access provided, please contact SITE 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
Facilitated by Mary Ann Tobin, Associate Research Professor
Monday, 8/12/2024 to Friday, 12/20/2024
Canvas: Universal Design for Learning

Mary Ann (Portrait)

The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) course is an introductory overview for instructors and designers who embrace student variability, strive for equity, seek to implement research-based learning practices, and want to empower students through flexibility. The course includes the rationale and research that supports UDL, applications of UDL, and opportunities to reflect upon changes in your teaching and learning practices. Participants will explore UDL terms, principles, structures, and applications. Facilitated by Mary Ann Tobin, this self-directed, asynchronous course is a collaboration between the Schreyer Institute and World Campus Online Faculty Development.

Enroll at any time before December 6, 2024 at https://wcfd.psu.edu. You will have 60 days to complete the course.

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 SITE 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.

Setting the Tone for an Inclusive Learning Environment: From Syllabus Design to the First Day of Class
Facilitated by Beate Brunow, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor
Tuesday, 8/13/2024, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Beate Brunow (Portrait)

Our learners are more diverse than ever and bring a wide range of experiences, perspectives, and skills into our learning environments. Inclusive teaching practices aim to support all learners to reach their full potential, and it takes continuous and intentional work to create inclusive environments. In this interactive session, we will discuss how we can start setting the tone for an inclusive learning environment beginning with our first interaction with students. We will focus on the learning-centered syllabus and strategies for the first day of classes to set the tone for an inclusive learning environment.

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 SITE 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.

Accessible Syllabus Templates
Facilitated by Elizabeth J. Pyatt, IT Accessibility Consultant & Lead Trainer
Tuesday, 8/13/2024, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Elizabeth Pyatt (Portrait)

IT Accessibility has a repository of accessible Word syllabus templates you can use to quickly build an accessible syllabus. In this demonstration, participants will learn about the templates and basic accessibility techniques that can be applied to other academic or professional documents.

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

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 SITE 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.

Teaching in the Age of AI – Introductory Workshop
Facilitated by Beate Brunow, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor and Larkin Hood, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor
Wednesday, 8/14/2024, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Beate Brunow (Portrait)Larkin Hood (Portrait)

If you are new to exploring generative Artificial Intelligence tools and are curious about how AI might impact teaching and learning, join us for this introductory workshop. In this workshop, we will look at examples of AI-generated responses to assignments and consider the implications for student learning. We will also explore what we might discuss with our students about generative AI.

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 SITE 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.

Cultivating Students' Sense of Belonging
Facilitated by Beate Brunow, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor
Thursday, 8/15/2024, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Beate Brunow (Portrait)

Students’ sense of belonging at our institutions and in our courses is connected to student success. In this interactive session, participants will discuss strategies that can foster students’ sense of belonging and explore how they might implement these strategies in their own courses throughout the semester.

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 SITE 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.

Integrating AI into Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship: A Sharing Session
Facilitated by Laura Cruz, Research Professor and Tiffany Petricini, Associate Teaching Professor, Penn State Shenango
Thursday, 8/15/2024, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Zoom

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Have you been revising or re-imagining how you teach or how your students learn with AI tools? In this interactive session, you will be invited to share your AI-related teaching practices, learn what other instructors are doing, and generate ideas for future research on AI in the classroom.

Note: This session is part of Commonwealth Campuses: Instructor Days.

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 SITE 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.

 

Teaching in an Era of Divisive Topics
Facilitated by Beate Brunow, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor and Larkin Hood, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor
Friday, 8/16/2024, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Beate Brunow (Portrait)Larkin Hood (Portrait)

In many courses students are exposed to new ideas and opinions, or differing experiences and personal and emotional connections to various issues. While emotions can be a catalyst for learning, they can also contribute to tensions that may arise between students or in relation to topics. In this interactive workshop, we will discuss strategies that we can use as instructors in anticipation of and in response to challenging moments so that we can maintain the integrity of the learning environment.

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 SITE 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.

New Instructor Orientation FA24
Facilitated by Cindy Raynak, Sr. Instructional Consultant & Designer
Monday, 8/19/2024 to Friday, 10/4/2024, Online Self Directed Course
Canvas NIO 24

Cindy (Portrait)

Good teaching involves planning, lots of it and at every level. This online, self-directed workshop, open to all new instructors at Penn State, is offered at the start of each semester through Canvas, Penn State’s learning management system.

This self directed workshop will provide you with a brief introduction to the resources and strategies that are crucial to good teaching and planning.

Registration for the Fall 2024 course will open Monday, August 19, 2024 and close at noon on Friday, October 4th.

Registered participants will receive a registration confirmation immediately, followed by an email within two business days upon start of the course with Canvas access instructions.

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 physical access provided, please contact SITE 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.  

How do I know they get it?: Assessing Student Learning
Facilitated by Mary Ann Tobin, Associate Research Professor and Heidi Watson-Held, Instructional Designer, eLearning Design & Innovation Group
Monday, 8/19/2024, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Mary Ann Tobin (Portrait)Heidi (Portrait)

Assessment of student learning enables us to establish appropriate and clear expectations of what students will learn in our courses, how they will demonstrate that learning, and how that learning will be evaluated. In this session, participants will discover the types of student learning assessments and start to plan formative assessments for their courses.

This is a closed event customized for the requesting department. If you are interested in a Custom Workshop for your area, contact us at SITE@psu.edu.

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 SITE 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.

Accessible Syllabus Templates
Facilitated by Elizabeth J. Pyatt, IT Accessibility Consultant & Lead Trainer
Monday, 8/19/2024, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Elizabeth Pyatt (Portrait)

IT Accessibility created a repository of accessible Word syllabus templates that you can use to quickly build an accessible syllabus. In this demonstration, participants will learn about the templates and basic accessibility techniques that can be applied to other academic or professional documents. 

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

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 SITE 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.

Preparing Your Penn State Syllabus
Facilitated by Deena Levy, Associate Research Professor and Sherry Rice, Faculty Engagement Specialist, TLT
Tuesday, 8/20/2024, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

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This session focuses on supporting faculty in the preparation of their Penn State Syllabus. We review PSU syllabus requirements and recommendations, best practices for communicating course content on syllabi, and example syllabus language.

Register here: https://pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_agUpFSYh7rcq2PQ

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 physical access provided, please contact SITE 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.

Writing Your Teaching Philosophy Statement
Facilitated by Deena Levy, Associate Research Professor and Chas Brua, Associate Research Professor
Tuesday, 8/20/2024, 12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Deena Levy (Portrait) Chas Brua (Portrait)

In this interactive workshop, participants will explore strategies for writing a teaching philosophy statement that effectively communicates their goals, practices, and evidence of effectiveness. We will also analyze the strengths and weaknesses of some actual teaching philosophy statements.

Registrants will receive the 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 SITE 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.
Designing Assignments for Learning in the Age of AI
Facilitated by Beate Brunow, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor and Larkin Hood, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor
Tuesday, 8/20/2024, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Beate Brunow (Portrait)Larkin Hood (Portrait)

If you have already spent some time exploring Artificial Intelligence tools such as MS Copilot, ChatGPT or other AI generative tools, join us for this interactive workshop. We will discuss how we might rethink assignments that help students learn and help instructors accurately assess their learning.

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 SITE 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.

Preparing Your Penn State Syllabus
Facilitated by Deena Levy, Associate Research Professor and Sherry Rice, Faculty Development Specialist, Teaching & Learning with Technology
Tuesday, 8/20/2024, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Deena Levy (Portrait) Sherry Rice (Portrait)

This session focuses on supporting faculty in the preparation of their Penn State Syllabus. We review PSU syllabus requirements and recommendations, best practices for communicating course content on syllabi, and example syllabus language.

Register here: https://pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_agUpFSYh7rcq2PQ

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 SITE 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.

TA 101: Survive and Thrive
Facilitated by Chas Brua, Associate Research Professor
Wednesday, 8/21/2024, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m

Chas Brua (Portrait)

Teaching assistants have a crucial role—and one that can be challenging. In this interactive workshop, we’ll share advice to help TAs navigate their role to meet the needs of undergraduate learners, faculty, and TAs’ own professional development.

This closed/custom event is for members of the requesting department. If you would like to schedule a similar event for your group, please contact SITE@psu.edu.

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 SITE 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.

Setting the Tone for an Inclusive Learning Environment: From Syllabus Design to the First Day of Class
Facilitated by Beate Brunow, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor
Thursday, 8/22/2024, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Beate Brunow (Portrait)

Our learners are more diverse than ever and bring a wide range of experiences, perspectives, and skills into our learning environments. Inclusive teaching practices aim to support all learners to reach their full potential, and it takes continuous and intentional work to create inclusive environments. In this interactive session, we will discuss how we can start setting the tone for an inclusive learning environment beginning with our first interaction with students. We will focus on the learning-centered syllabus and strategies for the first day of classes to set the tone for an inclusive learning environment.

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 SITE 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.

Teaching in an Era of Divisive Topics
Facilitated by Beate Brunow, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor and Larkin Hood, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor
Wednesday, 8/28/2024, 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Beate Brunow (Portrait)Larkin Hood (Portrait)

In many courses students are exposed to new ideas and opinions, or differing experiences and personal and emotional connections to various issues. While emotions can be a catalyst for learning, they can also contribute to tensions that may arise between students or in relation to topics. In this interactive workshop, we will discuss strategies that we can use as instructors in anticipation of and in response to challenging moments so that we can maintain the integrity of the learning environment.

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 SITE 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.

TA 101: Survive and Thrive
Facilitated by John Elia, Graduate Instructional Consultant, and Shannon McClellan Brooks, Graduate Instructional Consultant
Thursday, 8/29/2024, 10:10 A.M - 11:10 A.M
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event

John (Portrait)Shannon (portrait)

Teaching assistants have a crucial role—and one that can be challenging. In this interactive workshop, we’ll share advice to help TAs navigate their role to meet the needs of undergraduate learners, faculty, and TAs’ own professional development.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least 45 minutes before the event.

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 SITE 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.

Teaching in the Age of AI – Introductory Workshop
Facilitated by Beate Brunow, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor and Larkin Hood, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor
Thursday, 8/29/2024, 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Beate Brunow (Portrait)Larkin Hood (Portrait)

If you are new to exploring generative Artificial Intelligence tools and are curious about how AI might impact teaching and learning, join us for this introductory workshop. In this workshop, we will look at examples of AI-generated responses to assignments and consider the implications for student learning. We will also explore what we might discuss with our students about generative AI.

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 SITE 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.

Endorsement: Inclusive and Equitable Teaching
Facilitated by Beate Brunow, Associate Research Professor
Friday, 8/30/2024 to Thursday, 5/1/2025
Canvas

 

This endorsement is part of the Provost Endorsement Program.

This endorsement engages experienced instructors in implementing inclusive and equitable teaching in their current or upcoming course(s).  This program assumes participants already understand the need for inclusive and equitable practices. Eligible participants must have teaching responsibilities in the current or upcoming academic year so that they can most immediately benefit from the content of the program by applying program concepts to their teaching. Participants will revise a syllabus or assignments for future use, reflect on their teaching based on student feedback and peer interactions, and consider how they might cultivate belonging in their courses.  Once participants have registered, they will be added to a Canvas course and connected with a SITE faculty consultant. 

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 physical access provided, please contact SITE 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.

Designing Assignments for Learning in the Age of AI
Facilitated by Beate Brunow, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor and Larkin Hood, Associate Director, Associate Research Professor
Thursday, 9/5/2024, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Beate Brunow (Portrait)Larkin Hood (Portrait)

If you have already spent some time exploring Artificial Intelligence tools such as MS Copilot, ChatGPT or other AI generative tools, join us for this interactive workshop. We will discuss how we might rethink assignments that help students learn and help instructors accurately assess their learning.

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 SITE 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.

How to Plan a Class Session
Facilitated by Chas Brua, Associate Research Professor and John Elia, Graduate Instructional Consultant
Tuesday, 9/10/2024, 6:45 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

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In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore practical strategies for planning individual class sessions, with special attention to the alignment of learning objectives, assessments, and learning activities.

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 SITE 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.

Writing Time: Work on Your Teaching Statement and Get Feedback
Facilitated by Shannon McClellan Brooks, Graduate Instructional Consultant and Chas Brua, Associate Research Professor
Thursday, 9/12/2024, 10:35 A.M. - 11:50 A.M.
Rider Building, Room 315

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If you're a grad student or postdoc who is getting ready for the academic job market, you're invited to bring a draft of your teaching statement (AKA teaching philosophy statement) for developmental advice and feedback.

Schreyer Institute consultants will facilitate individual and peer activities that help you focus and polish your statement. Space in the workshop is limited, but you can also schedule an individual consultation at a different time this fall, if desired. All Schreyer Institute services are free to anyone at Penn State.

NOTE: This is an in-person workshop. It will be held in 315 Rider Building.

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 SITE 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.

How CIRTL Can Benefit Grad Students and Postdocs
Facilitated by Chas Brua, Associate Research Professor
Friday, 9/13/2024, 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Chas Brua (Portrait)

Penn State is part of the international CIRTL Network, which focuses on preparing the next generation of faculty to teach effectively. Join us for this brief overview of how CIRTL programming—both at Penn State and through the 45-university network—can help grad students and postdocs to 1) strengthen their teaching skills and 2) document their professional development through CIRTL certification.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least 45 minutes before the presentation 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 SITE 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.

Making Sure Disruptions Don't Derail Students' Learning
Facilitated by John Elia, Graduate Instructional Consultant and Shannon McClellan Brooks, Graduate Instructional Consultant
Tuesday, 9/17/2024, 10:35 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Rider Building, Room 315 and Zoom

John Elia (Portrait)Shannon (Portrait)

Disruptive situations can occur in any course. In this interactive workshop, we’ll discuss ways to create a climate where disruptive behavior is less likely to occur--and to get the learning back on track when it does. *Note: This workshop is customized for grad students and postdocs; a separate event will be scheduled for faculty members who are interested in this topic.*

Registration will close one hour before the workshop begins.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least 45 minutes before the event 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 SITE 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.

Collaborative Research Incubator (Nursing Education)
Facilitated by Laura Cruz, Research Professor and Cindy Raynak, Sr Instructional Consultant & Designer
Friday, 9/20/2024, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Laura (Portrait)Cindy (Portrait)

You are invited to join us for an interactive session in which we will develop an idea for a teaching and learning research project that we will work on together across the academic year After choosing the project, the group will meet periodically as a research team to see it through to fruition, including both conference presentation(s) and published paper(s).

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 SITE 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.

An Introduction to Active Learning
Facilitated by John Elia, Graduate Instructional Consultant
Tuesday, 9/24/2024, 10:35 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

John Elia (Portrait)

This interactive workshop offers participants a first look at active learning and how active learning can be used in the classroom. Participants will build their understanding of what active learning is, how to effectively use active learning, and methods and techniques to leverage active learning in their own teaching/TAing.

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 SITE 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.

Managing the Impostor Phenomenon as a Grad Student
Facilitated by Shannon McClellan Brooks, Graduate Instructional Consultant
Wednesday, 9/25/2024, 10:10 a.m - 11:25 a.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Shannon McClellan Brooks (portrait)

With all the demands and implicit expectations of being a graduate student, how do we navigate feelings of inadequacy? In this workshop, we’ll consider the critical complexities of impostor phenomenon experiences for graduate students as well as the implications this has for our wellbeing, academic work, and teaching. We’ll discuss how to productively manage impostor phenomenon at the individual level and strategize what it might mean to effect culture change in graduate school.

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

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 physical access provided, please contact SITE 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.

How CIRTL Can Benefit Grad Students and Postdocs
Facilitated by Chas Brua, Associate Research Professor and Anna Yinqi Zhang, Graduate Assisstant
Monday, 9/30/2024, 12:00 p.m - 12:30 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Chas Brua (Portrait)Anna (Portrait)

Penn State is part of the international CIRTL Network, which focuses on preparing the next generation of faculty to teach effectively. Join us for this brief overview of how CIRTL programming—both at Penn State and through the 45-university network—can help grad students and postdocs to 1) strengthen their teaching skills and 2) document their professional development through CIRTL certification. 

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least 45 minutes before the presentation 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 SITE 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.

Demystifying Disciplinary Writing for Our Students
Facilitated by Shannon McClellan Brooks, Graduate Instructional Consultant and Chas Brua, Associate Research Professor
Tuesday, 10/1/2024, 10:35 a.m - 11:50 a.m.
Rider Building, Room 315 and Zoom

Shannon McClellan Brooks (portrait)Chas Brua (portrait)

While students come to our classes with varying experiences with writing in college, it is often a challenge for them to write in the ways we expect them to as members of a particular field. What does it take then for teachers to support their students in writing like a scientist, critic, technician, artist, or analyst? This workshop offers participants an introduction to what it means to support students’ writing development within the context of a particular discipline. We will consider teaching strategies for setting students up for writing success and providing useful feedback to diverse student writing.

You can choose to attend this session in person at 315 Rider Building or via Zoom. Please indicate your location choice when registering.

For those attending via Zoom, a link will be sent out at least 45 minutes before the event.

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 physical access provided, please contact SITE 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.

Identities We Inspire in Our Students
Facilitated by John Elia, Graduate Instructional Consultant
Thursday, 10/3/2024, 10:35 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

John Elia (Portrait)

Do you view the people in your classroom as students ... or as learners? As those there for the grade ... or as those who will become future colleagues? In this workshop, we will discuss and investigate the ways we can nurture positive, productive identities in our students. We will explore topics such as identities, their effect on students’ experience in the classroom, and ways that we as teachers can play a role in identity development.

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 SITE 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.

Teach to Reach with Universal Design for Learning
Facilitated by Mary Ann Tobin, Associate Research Professor and Lauraine Hawkins, Assistant Professor of Biology, Penn State Mont Alto
Monday, 10/7/2024 to Sunday, 11/3/2024
Canvas: Teach to Reach with Universal Design for Learning

Mary Ann Tobin (Portrait)Lauraine (Portrait)

In this four-week, entirely asynchronous online course, participants draw upon their own teaching or learning design experience and their existing, basic understanding of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to generate and respond to discussions, create an instructional activity inspired by UDL, and provide feedback on their peers’ activities.

The course is open to faculty of any rank or status, teaching assistants, post-doctoral instructors, and members of the learning design community with existing teaching or learning design experience and a basic understanding of UDL.

Visit https://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/teachtoreach for eligibility requirements. 

 

To register, complete our enrollment survey at https://tinyurl.com/RegisterTTR. Participants will be notified via email approximately one week prior to the start of the course.

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 physical access provided, please contact SITE 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.

How CIRTL Can Benefit Grad Students and Postdocs
Facilitated by Chas Brua, Associate Research Professor and Anna Yinqi Zhang, Graduate Assisstant
Tuesday, 10/8/2024, 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Chas Brua (Portrait)Anna (Portrait)

Penn State is part of the international CIRTL Network, which focuses on preparing the next generation of faculty to teach effectively. Join us for this brief overview of how CIRTL programming—both at Penn State and through the 45-university network—can help grad students and postdocs to 1) strengthen their teaching skills and 2) document their professional development through CIRTL certification.

Registrants will receive a Zoom link at least 45 minutes before the presentation 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 SITE 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.

Accessible Syllabus Templates
Facilitated by Elizabeth J. Pyatt, IT Accessibility Consultant & Lead Trainer
Wednesday, 12/11/2024, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Elizabeth Pyatt (Portrait)

IT Accessibility created a repository of accessible Word syllabus templates that you can use to quickly build an accessible syllabus. In this demonstration, participants will learn about the templates and basic accessibility techniques that can be applied to other academic or professional documents.

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

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 SITE 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.

Accessible Syllabus Templates
Facilitated by Elizabeth J. Pyatt, IT Accessibility Consultant & Lead Trainer
Tuesday, 1/7/2025, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Via Zoom -- Registrants will receive the link before the event.

Elizabeth Pyatt (Portrait)

IT Accessibility created a repository of accessible Word syllabus templates that you can use to quickly build an accessible syllabus. In this demonstration, participants will learn about the templates and basic accessibility techniques that can be applied to other academic or professional documents.

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

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 SITE 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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