Members Only Roundtable: The Teaching Professor Please see the notes from this discussion: The Teaching Professor Discussion August 25, 2019 Teaching Academy Fellows, Future Faculty Partners, Affiliates, and Clinical Affiliates are invited to the Members …
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Call for Members (May 01, 2019)
Applications open May 1 – June 30, 2019. Review July/August; notification September 2019 The UW-Madison Teaching Academy is seeking applications and nominations for new Fellows [faculty/staff] and new FFPs (Future Faculty Partners) [graduate student/post doc applicants]. Nominees should be outstanding faculty, staff, graduate students, …
Member Event Recap: “Feedback on Teaching” (Apr 18, 2019)
The roundtable for 20 members began with a presentation by Academy Member Janet Batzli on the current status of peer evaluation, focusing on ongoing efforts to expand and enhance the processes for generating peer feedback …
U-CLaSS: What students with disabilities want instructors and peers to know (Apr 17, 2019)
April 2019’s U-CLaSS (Undergraduate Chat, Learn, and Share Space) allowed students to talk with faculty about ways to improve faculty-student relations at UW-Madison. The topic of April 2019’s U-CLaSS chat was “What students with disabilities want their instructors …
U-CLaSS: Disabilities (Apr 17, 2019)
You are invited to a U-CLaSS chat on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm, in the Admissions Media Room #1101. (You’ll find this room on the first floor of the Admissions Office …
Retreat Recap: Fostering the Wisconsin Experience — Purposeful Action (Jan 25, 2019)
Fostering the Wisconsin Experience — Purposeful Action Friday, January 25th, 8:30am-11am, DeLuca Forum, WID. Over 70 attended our fourth and final deeper dive considering ways to foster the elements of the Wisconsin Experience, “Purposeful Action.” Andrea …
Winter LEaP: Jan 14-15, 2019 (Registration open)
LEAP INTO TEACHING Are you interested in improving as a teacher? Are you curious about active learning strategies? Are you hungry for a place to talk about your teaching? Sign up for this 2-day Learning Environment And Pedagogics workshop …
Member Event Recap: “Inclusive teaching practices – What works and what doesn’t work” (Oct 17, 2018)
The October 17th, 5:-7pm Member Event featured Markus Brauer, Psychology, who explores how people’s thought processes, perceptions of others, and behaviors are affected by being members of social categories (e.g., African Americans, gender/sexual minorities). His …
U-CLaSS: Grading on a Curve (Oct 11, 2018)
Our October 11, 2018 U-CLaSS meeting addressed the topic “grading on a curve.” Here are the student responses in their own words: Students identified three ways that grades are curved: Instructors provide a fixed threshold …
2018-19 Call for Members
Call for Applications and Nominations! Application links -> Faculty/Staff-FELLOW | Graduate Student/Post Docs-FFP (Future Faculty Partner) | Application Checklist Apply to become a member of the UW-Madison Teaching Academy, or nominate a colleague who has demonstrated excellence in …