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    • Leading Effective Paper Discussions: A 3-Rule Approach for Engaged and Impactful Seminars

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty/Staff, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Reading, interpreting, discussing, and critiquing research papers are central to most graduate-level and upper-level undergraduate seminars. But these discussion-based classes sometimes don’t go as planned (if they are planned at all). This brief session is based on a recently published article by John Drake, a professor in the Odum School […]

    Introduction to Panopto

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty/Staff, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join the CTL for a practical, 30-minute tech training designed to get you up and running with Panopto, WashU's new video platform. This session will focus on the most essential instructor workflows within Canvas. We’ll demonstrate how to locate your content, set up the Zoom-to-Panopto integration, use Smart Search to […]

    Low Lift, High Impact: Quick Strategies for Improving Accessibility in Your Class

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty/Staff, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Making your course more accessible doesn't require a complete overhaul. In this 30-minute session, you'll learn five practical, low-effort strategies that help all students engage more fully with your course. We'll focus on easy-to-use tools and changes you can make immediately, without redesigning assignments or rethinking your whole teaching approach. […]

    Demystifying the EdTech Landscape at WashU

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty/Staff, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Did you know WashU has subscriptions to over a dozen educational technology tools you can use for free? Learn how to navigate WashU’s educational technology ecosystem with confidence. In this practical 30-minute session designed for instructors and staff,, you’ll discover the institutionally-supported tools available to you, learn the most efficient […]

    Crafting Effective AI Use Policies

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty/Staff, Grad Students, Postdocs

    The more transparently you communicate your AI use expectations upfront, the more likely students are to follow them… and the less you'll have to navigate ambiguous cases later on! This session will provide practical language and strategies for communicating AI expectations transparently in both syllabi and on individual assignments. Participants […]

    Learning Student Names and How to Pronounce Them: Tips and Canvas Features

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Faculty/Staff, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Learning student names is one of the most effective ways to create an inclusive and effective classroom environment, but for many of us learning names and getting the pronunciation correct is hard. In this session, we'll introduce a new Canvas feature where students can share their name pronunciation. Then drawing […]

    Introduction to Panopto

    • - Short Session (<30 minutes)
    Online
    Event For:
    • Faculty/Staff, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Join the CTL for a practical, 30-minute tech training designed to get you up and running with Panopto, WashU's new video platform. This session will focus on the most essential instructor workflows within Canvas. We’ll demonstrate how to locate your content, set up the Zoom-to-Panopto integration, use Smart Search to […]

    GSPD Informational Session

    • Informational Session
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Are you interested in pursuing a teaching-focused career or wanting to learn a bit more information on how our Center can support your professional goals? Well, you are invited to attend an informational session. Please join us as we will share more information on how you can engage in our […]

    • Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Job Market (PDT)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    If you are applying for an academic position, it is likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Participants in this Job Market series workshop will learn about why academic search committees request teaching materials such as the teaching philosophy statement and […]

    GSPD Informational Session

    • Informational Session
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Are you interested in pursuing a teaching-focused career or wanting to learn a bit more information on how our Center can support your professional goals? Well, you are invited to attend an informational session. Please join us as we will share more information on how you can engage in our […]

    Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Job Market (PDT)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    If you are applying for an academic position, it is likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Participants in this Job Market series workshop will learn about why academic search committees request teaching materials such as the teaching philosophy statement and […]

    Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Job Market (PDT)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    If you are applying for an academic position, it is likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Participants in this Job Market series workshop will learn about why academic search committees request teaching materials such as the teaching philosophy statement and […]

    Jump-Start to Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement Peer Writing Program

    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    If you are applying for an academic position, it is increasingly likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Yet, setting aside the time to write your statement and obtaining feedback from colleagues can be challenging with a busy schedule. The Jump-Start […]

    Asset-Based Approaches for Inclusive Teaching

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (PDT)
    • - STEM (PDT)
    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Undergraduate students have much to learn, but they also come to college with valuable previous experiences and knowledge. Asset-based approaches invite us to lean into student potential, and they can also enrich our classes by inviting fuller student participation. In this workshop, we'll discuss examples of asset-based approaches and, importantly, […]

    GSPD Reading Community Fall 2026

    • - Multiple Meetings
    Eads Hall 204
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed was written over 50 years ago but continues to be frequently cited across many teaching and learning contexts. The five-chapter book focuses on equitable teaching and lays out many ideas that are now considered central to good teaching: acknowledging student agency, seeding student investment, […]

    Exploring the Art of Improv in Our Teaching Practices

    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    Hillman Hall 200
    Event For:
    • Faculty/Staff, Grad Students, Postdocs

    Back by popular demand! How can the art of improv support your teaching activities and bring more joy into the classroom? Traditional approaches to teaching in the college classroom can often be stilted and scripted. Yet, in order to respond to our students’ needs and draw them into the learning […]

    Classroom Assessment Techniques: Assess Student Learning and Reflect on Your Teaching

    • - Foundations in Teaching (PDT)
    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Don’t wait until the end of the semester to understand how students are doing in your classroom. Classroom assessment techniques (CATs) are informal activities that can highlight student understanding of the content you are teaching and can help you reflect on your effectiveness in teaching your subject’s content. CATs allow […]

    Classroom Assessment Techniques: Assess Student Learning and Reflect on Your Teaching

    • - Foundations in Teaching (PDT)
    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Don’t wait until the end of the semester to understand how students are doing in your classroom. Classroom assessment techniques (CATs) are informal activities that can highlight student understanding of the content you are teaching and can help you reflect on your effectiveness in teaching your subject’s content. CATs allow […]

    Classroom Assessment Techniques: Assess Student Learning and Reflect on Your Teaching

    • - Foundations in Teaching (PDT)
    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Don’t wait until the end of the semester to understand how students are doing in your classroom. Classroom assessment techniques (CATs) are informal activities that can highlight student understanding of the content you are teaching and can help you reflect on your effectiveness in teaching your subject’s content. CATs allow […]

    Collecting Student Feedback on Your Teaching

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (PDT)
    • - STEM (PDT)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    RESCHEDULED: Will now meet on Tuesday, September 29 Students are asked to comment on their instructor's teaching effectiveness, typically at the end of a course, which does not allow you to address any of their comments. We will start with a brief discussion of the limitations of this model, then […]

    Collaborative Learning Techniques

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Educational research suggests that students acquire and retain knowledge most effectively by engaging in collaborative learning in groups with their peers. In this workshop, participants will examine the structure and philosophy behind a number of collaborative group techniques as well as the potential benefits and common pitfalls in an effort […]

    • Collaborative Learning Techniques

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    Zoom
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    Educational research suggests that students acquire and retain knowledge most effectively by engaging in collaborative learning in groups with their peers. In this workshop, participants will examine the structure and philosophy behind a number of collaborative group techniques as well as the potential benefits and common pitfalls in an effort […]