New this month: Read responses from Academy members in the Academy Forum! Upcoming Events | What’s happening in the Academy? Teaching and Learning Symposium: Last chance! Call for proposals due Sunday, Jan 26 | Lifelong Learning (and Unlearning) as …
December 2019 Newsletter
We hope you enjoy this month’s newsletter, which includes three sections giving you multiple ways of staying involved with the Teaching Academy. Attend upcoming events, share your ideas and experiences in the Academy Forum, and—new this month—see ways …
Bylaws update (Nov 2019)
The Academy Executive Committee voted to change bylaws at the October 2019 meeting. Highlighted changes include: Adding a Future Faculty Partner as a third co-chair to further balance the leadership between Faculty, Staff, and Graduate …
U-CLaSS: What facilitates student learning? (Sep 2019)
September 2019’s U-CLaSS (Undergraduate Chat, Learn, and Share Space) featured students sharing ways to improve faculty-student relations at UW-Madison. The topic: “What best facilitates your learning in the classroom?” The students: ~120 Student tutors and mentors. Thoughts on …
Members Only: “More students, more learning?” (Nov. 4, 2019)
Teaching Academy Members Only Roundtable Monday, November 4, Birge Hall 158, 5:30-7pm More students, more learning? The last two freshman classes have broken records for size and diversity. Come and participate in a convivial discussion …
Fall Retreat: Inclusive Teaching Practices (Sep 27, 2019)
Registration for the Fall 2019 Retreat on Inclusive Teaching was over capacity, so WE LIVE-STREAMED THE KEYNOTE. Did you miss it? If so, you missed an amazing event on Inclusive Teaching! Access the Canvas course that hosts …
2018-19 Annual Report: Teaching Academy Membership
Members Only: “The Teaching Professor” (Jul 25, 2019)
Please see the notes from this discussion below. Teaching Academy Fellows, Future Faculty Partners, Affiliates, and Clinical Affiliates are invited to the Members Only Roundtable. Date/Time: Thursday, July 25 from 5:00-6:30PM Where: 5215 Medical Sciences …
U-CLaSS: “What students with disabilities want instructors and peers (with and without disabilities) to know.” (Apr 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 …
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, …