Teaching Academy

The Teaching Academy is a series of virtual and in-person teaching workshops that are spread over August and September to ensure maximum accessibility. All UMass grad students and postdocs are invited to participate, regardless of teaching assignment or experience! 

Our mission is to create a supportive environment that fosters pedagogies that are inclusive, research-based, and focused on student learning. We believe that teaching is an essential function of a public research university and an important part of academic training. At the Teaching Academy, we aim to promote collegiality and facilitate mentoring and expertise sharing among postdocs and graduate students from all nine schools and colleges at UMass. 

We look forward to welcoming you to the Teaching Academy!

Call for Presenters in 2025 

The application is open! Join us as a presenter in 2025 - submit your application by April 28. Please reach out to jyunker [at] umass [dot] edu (Johanna Yunker) with any questions.

Looking for more teaching support? 

• Join an OPD workshop all throughout the year!
• Learn about the many offices that offer teaching support at UMass!
• Find support for your students at these UMass offices!
• Read more great teaching tips from our favorite websites and books!