CTI Graduate & Postdoc Newsletter

Fall 2023
 

Welcome to the Fall 2023 Semester!


Happy Fall!

 

It has been wonderful to see so many of you attend the ‘Essentials of Teaching’ Institute, which is currently underway. As we approach fall break, we hope your semester is going well so far!


Please join us in welcoming the 2023-2024 CTI Fellows – seen in the photo above. The ‘Active Learning’ Institute will begin soon, in mid-October. And while our programming continues to be offered online to provide some flexibility with your busy schedules, we are excited to also offer an in-person 'Inclusive Teaching' Institute once again, in November. Details for all of our programming this semester are provided below.

 

We always love to hear from you, so please don’t hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or suggestions for topics or programs that you would like us to offer in the future. 


Best wishes,

Derina Samuel, Ph.D.

Associate Director

CTI Fellows' Teaching Tip:

Use mid-semester feedback from your students to reflect on your teaching practices and make adjustments that may enhance the learning environment! If your class doesn’t collect official mid-semester evaluations, you may want to consider sending out an anonymous survey (on Google forms or Qualtrics) with questions about the class that you want feedback on. To close the loop, you should summarize the feedback you receive from your students and let them know how you will use their suggestions in the second half of the semester. 

 

Some sample mid-semester survey questions are listed below:

  • How much time, on average, do you spend doing homework for this class per week? _____ Hours
  • Which in-class activities have you found most helpful this semester?
  • Which homework assignment helped you the most in understanding the course material? Why?
  • Is there anything you wish your TA knew about this class?

Active Learning Institute

In this four-part workshop series, you will explore active learning strategies and examine how they help students learn more effectively based on current educational and cognitive research. Experience a variety of activities – such as polling questions with peer discussion, minute papers, and more – and select practices to adapt for your specific teaching context. Leave with a list of strategies you can apply in your classes.


You may register and participate in these workshops individually, or as a series. Participants who complete an entire institute (all 4 workshops) will receive a CTI letter of completion for their teaching portfolio.


Getting Started with Active Learning


Designing Active Learning Activities


Implementing Active Learning


Final Session: Peer Review

Inclusive Teaching Institute

The Inclusive Teaching Institute for Graduate Students & Postdocs is an opportunity to explore diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education learning environments. This interactive workshop invites you to reflect and connect with graduate students and postdocs to share knowledge, explore how and why social identities come into play in the learning environment, consider how to remove barriers and increase accessibility, and create a plan to support student learning. 


  • This program will run in person on Friday, November 3, 2023, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  • There will be a follow-up 90-minute online (Zoom) workshop the following week required to complete the program.
  • Learn more and register for this course.
 

Teaching Portfolio Program


Have you begun working on your teaching portfolio? This program is for anyone who has gone through our GET SET Institutes and would like an opportunity to discuss their teaching practices and their strategies for documenting their experiences. 


Register at any time to be part of the CTI Teaching Portfolio Program, and gain access to resources, consultations, and support for your teaching.


Generative AI Resources


Our collection of generative AI resources is available to help address common concerns and considerations, including academic integrity, accessibility, assignment design, and ethical concerns.

Teaching Assistant Online Orientation


The TA Online Orientation is designed

to prepare new graduate teaching assistants for success in their first few weeks of teaching. This series of self-paced, asynchronous modules introduces teaching essentials

and resources available at Cornell.
 
Teaching at Cornell Guide

The Teaching at Cornell Guide introduces key aspects of teaching and learning at Cornell through the lens of the five elements that CTI believes to be critical to instructor success. It is intended to begin, not complete, a dialogue on excellence in teaching and learning.
 
 
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