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    • 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
    in-person on Danforth Campus
    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, […]

    Collecting Student Feedback on Your Teaching

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

    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 spend the bulk of our time together exploring […]

    Exploring the Art of Improv in Our Teaching Practices

    • - Workshop (50-90 minutes, interactive)
    in-person on Danforth Campus
    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 […]

    • TILT DIY: A Workshop to Tune Your Assignments

    • - Advanced Workshop (PDT)
    • - Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (PDT)
    • - STEM (PDT)
    in-person on Danforth Campus
    Event For:
    • Grad Students, Postdocs

    This is a workshop in its truest sense: you'll come in with an assignment that could use some work, and leave with a revised project that's crystal-clear to students! TILT, Transparency in Teaching and Learning, is an assignment template that has been shown to improve student motivation, promote equitable outcomes--and […]