Past Events
Certificate III: Professional Development Seminar – Humanities & Social Sciences #3
Sample Syllabi. Open only to registered participants.
Certificate II: The Course Design Seminar - Principles + Practice, Session 3
Assessment.
Open only to registered participants.
Incorporating Writing in Your Course
This workshop addresses ways to integrate writing into your courses. We will discuss how to design writing assignments that will help students meet your course goals and prepare them to produce quality writing in your discipline. This workshop is appropriate for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students in any discipline.
Academic Job Series - Teaching Philosophy Statements
This workshop will help you develop a persuasive teaching philosophy statement that accurately describes you as an instructor and serves you well during the application/interview process and beyond.
Junior Faculty Roundtable with Dean of the Faculty Kevin McLaughlin
The Junior Faculty Roundtable is a series of lunches designed to bring junior faculty together with campus leaders and senior colleagues to explore a variety of faculty issues. RSVP by noon on Wednesday, October 21st to reserve a place at this catered lunch with Dean of the College Kevin McLaughlin.
Grading Strategies Workshop
The goal of this workshop if to help new instructors understand the challenges of grading and the importance of establishing and applying grading criteria. Participants will brainstorm approaches for establishing grading criteria within their disciplines and discuss the role of grading in student learning. Participants will learn strategies that will help them grade effectively and efficiently.
Certificate I: Workshop #2
Check Canvas for room assignments. Open only to registered participants.
Certificate III: Professional Development Seminar – Life & Physical Sciences #2
Teaching Philosophy Statements. Open only to registered participants
Certificate III: Professional Development Seminar – Humanities & Social Sciences #2
Teaching Philosophy Statements. Open only to registered participants.
Classroom Strategies for Working with English Language Learners
Rachel Toncelli (Director of English Language Learning) will lead a workshop to help instructors develop effective strategies that maximize learning opportunities for English Language Learners. We will discuss classroom practices as well as formative feedback for writing assignments.
Register at: https://sheridan-center.appshosting.com/pma/apex/f?p=210:76:0::NO::P76_E...
Certificate II: The Course Design Seminar - Principles + Practice, Session 2
Articulating Learning Outcomes.
Open only to registered participants.
Academic Job Search Series: Teaching Portfolios
This session will introduce participants to the elements of a teaching portfolio and discuss how portfolios can be part of an academic job search. The Academic Job Search series is co-sponsored by CareerLab and the Sheridan Center. Please register here https://sheridan-center.appshosting.com/pma/apex/f?p=210:76:0::NO::P76_E....
Academic Job Search Series - Teaching Philosophy Statements
Thursday, September 24, 2015 4:00-5:00PM
Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning 96 Waterman Street
This workshop will help you develop a persuasive teaching philosophy statement that accurately describes you as an instructor and serves you well during the application/interview process and beyond.
Junior Faculty Roundtable with Provost Richard Locke
The Junior Faculty Roundtable is a series of lunches designed to bring junior faculty together with campus leaders and senior colleagues to explore a variety of faculty issues. RSVP by noon on Tuesday, September 22nd to reserve a place at this catered lunch with Provost Richard Locke.
Interactive Classrooms Workshop
This workshop will introduce new instructors to the purpose of an interactive classroom, teaching approaches that promote active learning, and potential challenges of engaging students in the classroom.
Certificate I: Workshop #1
Check Canvas for room assignments. Open only to registered participants.
Certificate III: Professional Development Seminar – Humanities & Social Sciences #1
The Teaching Portfolio & Professional Development. Open only to registered participants.
Certificate III: Professional Development Seminar – Life & Physical Sciences #1
The Teaching Portfolio & Professional Development. Open only to registered participants
The Sheridan Teaching Seminar - Reflections on Teaching and Learning
The inaugural Sheridan Teaching Seminar lecture “Tales from the Classroom: Developing a Reflective Teaching Practice” will be held on September 14th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Salomon 001 with a discussion following. The lecture is open to the Brown and RISD community. Sheridan Award recipient Luba Dumenco (Director, Preclinical Curriculum, Alpert Medical School) will reflect on her teaching practice. Shawn Nordell (Sheridan Center) will introduce the reflective teaching practice.