Events

Focusing on the intersections of accessibility and belonging, participants of this interactive webinar will discover the foundational role of accessibility in fostering a sense of belonging as well as the essentials about creating accessible course materials.

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.

As we approach the upcoming presidential election, productive, respectful, and safe classroom interactions are top-of-mind for many instructors and students. In this session of the Talking about Teaching Series, representatives from Counseling & Psychological Services, Faculty Senate, PSU Votes and PSU Voting Modules will participate in a roundtable discussion on this topic. Panelists will address questions and concerns from participants.

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.

Do you want to do research on your EDGE (virtual exchange) project but don't know where to begin?

In this interactive webinar, you will gain access to a research toolkit (including an IRB) that has been developed especially for EDGE projects. Using this toolkit, you will be able to take the first steps towards designing and implementing a publishable/presentable scholarship of teaching and learning project—starting as soon as this fall.

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.

Do you want to do research with your EDGE project but don't know where to begin?

In this interactive webinar, you will gain access to a research toolkit (including an IRB) that has been developed especially for EDGE projects. Using this toolkit, you will be able to take the first steps towards designing and implementing a publishable/presentable scholarship of teaching and learning project—starting as soon as this fall.

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.

As part of the interview process for a faculty position, you may be asked to lead a teaching demonstration. In this interactive workshop, we’ll discuss ways to go into your teaching demo with preparedness, confidence, and adaptability. Participants will explore considerations related to their audience, factors affecting content, logistics (including technology), and teaching/learning interactions. Participants will also strategize ways to cope with unexpected challenges that could emerge during a teaching demo. By the end of this workshop, participants will be prepared to:

Identify questions and decision points useful in preparing a teaching demo for a job interview.

Strategize ways to gather the information needed to effectively plan a teaching demo.

Generate strategies for dealing effectively with challenging situations that might emerge during a demo (e.g., logistical, technological, or interpersonal).

NOTE: This event is being presented for the 45-university CIRTL Network. Register via https://cirtl.net/

Join these highly interactive sessions to engage in a series of cross-disciplinary dialogues about the teaching and learning throughout Penn State's general education curriculum. Each session will feature the work of different Penn State faculty members and/or students. Even if you aren't teaching general education courses (yet), you are welcome to join us for inspiration, conversation, and community. These events are a collaboration of the Schreyer Institution for Teaching Excellence and the Office for General Education.

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.

You are invited to join us in the Sparkshop --a series of short, lively professional development opportunities that draw upon classic and emerging theories of student motivation to inspire new approaches to your teaching and learning practice.

Registration for the Sparkshop Series includes enrollment in a Canvas resource with recordings from each of the sessions, additional resources, and more.

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.

This Universal Design for Learning (UDL) course is self-directed and asynchronous. The course provides an introduction to the rationale for UDL, supporting research, applications of UDL. We welcome instructors and designers who embrace student variability, strive for equity, and seek to empower students. Participants will explore UDL terms, principles, structures, and applications, and ways to adapt teaching practices.

Facilitated by Mary Ann Tobin, this course is a collaboration between the Schreyer Institute and World Campus Online Faculty Development.

Visit the UDL course page to enroll before December 6, 2024. 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.

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 fall semester. 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 September 16, 2024. Priority will be given to instructors designing courses to be taught during the 2024-25 academic year. Accepted participants will be notified by September 19, 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.

This is a Fall 2024 offering of the regularly occurring short course in Ethical Pedagogy. The course runs for 5 weeks across in-person and online synchronous modalities where participants and facilitators will read, discuss, and reflect on materials and case studies pertaining to ethical pedagogy.

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.

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.

Representatives from Educational Equity, the Office of Student Accountability and Conflict Response, a faculty member from Geography/WGSS, and the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence talk about how instructors can be prepared to respond to disruptions in their courses.

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.

Faculty from the Schreyer Institute to for Teaching Excellence will talk with participants about their questions or concerns about teaching after the election.

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.

Bring your questions about Penn State's Student Educational Experience Questionnaire, which is administered during Weeks 13 & 14 of the semester. Our guest is a Distinguished Professor and was a co-chair of the Student Feedback Implementation Subcommittee of the Joint Implementation Taskforce for the Faculty Senate's Teaching Assessment Framework. Moderator: Angela Linse, Assoc. Dean and Executive Director, SITE.

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.

In this session, we'll provide an overview of proactive, responsive, and adaptive ways to respond to and support students in distress. Participants will be better able to prepare for disruptions and for conversations with students about support services and accommodations in various learning settings.

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.

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 at different moments before, during, and after the semester. 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.

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.

Did you know that students who feel a strong sense of belonging are more likely to thrive academically and personally? In this dynamic and interactive session, we will dive into practical strategies to create a welcoming and inclusive classroom where every student feels valued and connected. Join us to explore how fostering a sense of belonging can transform your course and positively impact your students’ success 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.

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.

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.