Teaching Academy 2023: Call for Presenters!
Do you love teaching and want to share some fun and important tips and tricks with new and/or experienced TAs and instructors? We are seeking multiple presenters on a range of topics, such as inclusive classrooms, active learning, preparing for class, ungrading, the first day, syllabi, getting your students to discuss and write, and more! Please note that the audience of these workshops will be other grad students working as TAs and instructors at UMass.
Presenters will:
- Create a 60-90 minute workshop on a topic of their choosing.
- Receive support from OPD and CIRTL@UMass over the summer while planning their workshop.
- Include at least one active learning activity in their workshop.
- Design a 1-2 page handout or resource about their workshop topic.
- Present in August on Zoom.
- Repeat their presentation in person (when possible) in September.
- Receive an honorarium of $250.
To Apply
To receive full consideration, simply fill out this form by May 22, 2023. You do not have to have a fully-formed idea for a workshop yet, but we want to see your ideas!
What Should the Workshops Be About?
As you think about your presentation, we’d like to emphasize 4 things throughout the Teaching Academy:
- Inclusive classrooms and attention to diversity
- Active learning (both specific suggestions and demonstrations!!)
- Empathetic teaching (treating our students like whole people with complex lives)
- Balance for the instructor (time management, attention to workload)
*The best teaching workshops focus on concrete strategies that participants can put into practice right away!*
*The best teaching workshops are useful to a majority of disciplines across campus!*
You can also check out the workshops offered by fellow grad students in 2022!