Preparing Future Professors
The Winter 2021 Preparing Future Professors Program Application -- Opens September 4, 2020 and closes October 7, 2020.
Description of Program:
The Winter 2021 Preparing Future Professors Program Application -- Opens September 4, 2020 and closes October 7, 2020.
Description of Program:
This workshop will empower instructors with tools to foster student participation in their classes. To enable you to design class sessions that keep students engaged, participants will be introduced to strategies for incorporating active learning and student participation into all classes. Throughout, we will highlight ways to make your teaching inclusive and to actively engage students to improve their learning outcomes.
Goals:
This workshop sets the foundation for instructors to develop assessment activities that align with course or module learning goals. So you can develop a framework to assess students’ progress, participants will be introduced to formative assessment and will learn multiple strategies to assess student performance. Participants will have practical training in aligning assignments and assessments with learning goals. Throughout, we will highlight ways to make your teaching inclusive and to actively engage students to improve their learning outcomes.
Goals:
Tuesday, July 9 -Thursday, July 11, 2019
Attendance is required for the entire session on ALL 3 Days
Want to connect and exchange ideas with other aspiring faculty?
Would you like to discuss strategies for engaging all students in their learning?
This is a 3 full-day workshop: Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, August 14-16, 9am - 5pm. Attendance is required for the entire session on all 3 days.
Want to connect and exchange ideas with other aspiring faculty?
Would you like to discuss strategies for engaging all students in their learning?
Interested in exploring innovative strategies for assessing student understanding?
Student-Centered Instruction with Free Resources from HHMI BioInteractive
Target audience: Faculty teaching General Biology, Cell/Molecular Biology, Genetics, Evolution, and related courses, at the undergraduate level.
HHMI’s Free Teaching Resources for Student-Centered Learning
Target audience: Postdoctoral Scholars interested in teaching and learning. The learning exercises that will be showcased are particularly relevant for introductory-level Biology, Cell/Molecular Biology, and Genetics.
Participants will: