IGNITE Learning Community

• Are you a graduate student or postdoc looking for a supportive community where you can share and get feedback on teaching challenges?
• Searching for ways to connect with peers from different disciplines who share your passion for teaching?
• Have you already completed EPiC (or are you in your 3rd year or later of a graduate program/are a postdoc) and still crave group support and accountability for your teaching goals and concerns?

Ignite your passion for teaching and join the CTL’s peer-led, interdisciplinary, discussion-based program to enhance your teaching knowledge!

Details

IGNITE will meet in the Graduate Center (Women’s Building Suite 005) from 12:30-2:00pm on the second Thursday of every month throughout the 2024-2025 academic year (with scheduling adjustments for holidays and breaks). Our meetings will include interactive workshops about pedagogical techniques, topics in the scholarship of teaching and learning, professional development, active learning, making the most of evaluations and feedback, creating syllabi, and more, as well as open time to share and get feedback on teaching-related concerns, challenges, and victories with your graduate student and postdoc peers.

IGNITE is a two-semester commitment for 2024-2025. Please email ignite@wustl.edu if you can only commit to one semester.

Participant Requirements

IGNITE participants should be postdocs or graduate students in at least their 3rd year of their program* with a demonstrated interest in working with others to develop their teaching philosophy and practice.

*If you are in the 1st or 2nd year of your graduate program, the Exploring Practices in the Classroom (EPiC) Learning Community is a better option for you.

Registration

Please register using the form below to be added to our list of interested participants, and we’ll get back to you with more information. Registration will close on August 30th, 2024. If you’ve missed the registration deadline, send us an email to ask if there are still spots available.

Spring 2024 Pilot Participants:

Muad Al Juhany
Jacob Cupps
Nayive Gaytán
Nikita Gupta
Ryan Hung
Jennifer Stevens
Sarah Swiston

Spring 2024 Co-Facilitators:

Katherine Tilghman, Nicole Strombom, Emily Thompson, and Lisa Kuehne