Winter Retreat Recap | Confronting Burnout, Rekindling Wellbeing, and Rebuilding Connection Raquel Tatar, Sarah Webber, Abby Letak and Wei-Chiao Hsu shared insights and inspiration on burnout, wellbeing and connection at our Winter Retreat, on February 3 in the DeLuca Forum. …
Past Winter Retreats
Early in Spring semester, we gather to discuss the Teaching & Learning impacts of a timely topic.
Retreat Recap: Fostering Belonging through Equitable Assessment (Feb 04, 2022)
More than 140 campus members joined us at the 2022 Winter Retreat, which featured Dr. Shobhina Chheda (Associate Dean for Medical Education of SMPH), Prof. Jerome Camal (Anthropology), Dr. Angela Zito (Writing Across the Curriculum), …
Retreat Recap: Supporting Student Mental Health (Feb 05, 2021)
Supporting Student Mental Health in Times of Covid and Beyond Friday, February 5, 9-11am, featured undergraduate student videos of what supported them during this past year of remote instruction followed by a panel (Sarah Nolan, Director …
Retreat Recap: Inclusive Teaching – Gender Inclusivity (Jan 31, 2020)
Thank you to all of the people who joined us from across campus for the Teaching Academy’s Winter Retreat on January 31, 2020. Warren Scherer and Tiffany Lee from the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center …
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 …
Retreat Recap: Fostering the Wisconsin Experience — Empathy and Humility (Jan 26, 2018)
Fostering the Wisconsin Experience: Empathy and Humility January 26th, 8:30am-12pm, DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. The 2018 Winter Retreat dug into how to foster Empathy and Humility in our work and teaching. With a …
Retreat: Teaching in Divisive Times (Feb 15, 2017)
Teaching in Divisive Times In an increasingly-polarized culture, teaching and learning are being framed as ideological actions. How do we navigate this in our course spaces? Is discussion an important part of learning? What are best practices for having …
Retreat Recap: Beyond Rate My Professors — Course and Instructor Evaluation (Jan 21, 2016)
Beyond Rate My Professors: The Future of Course and Instructor Evaluation Thursday, January 21st from 8–1:00pm in Union South. At a time of increased accountability, universities are under pressure to build effective methods for evaluating courses …
Retreat Recap: Identifying Communities of Practice (Jan 16, 2015)
Identifying Communities of Practice The UW-Teaching Academy presented its Winter Retreat for 2015 on Friday, January 16 at Union South. Over 50 participants from across campus gathered to share their thoughts, experiences, and visions about …
Retreat Recap: Learning Matters (Jan 17, 2014)
RELATE: Rethinking Effective Learning and Teaching Engagement Why Does the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Matter? The scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) is the process of asking ‘what should I do to enhance learning in …