As the end of the spring semester approaches, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is offering opportunities for UMass Amherst faculty members to attend a grading group and student feedback planning workshop later this month and in May.

Gather to Grade is a monthly accountability group circle for faculty designed to help educators find dedicated time to giving feedback on student work while connecting with CTL staff and with colleagues across campus. The group will meet April 29 and May 13, from 1:30-3 p.m. each day. Participants can choose to join on Zoom, or in person at the CTL in 305 Bartlett Hall, where coffee, tea and snacks will be provided. For more information and to register, visit the Gather to Grade webpage.

TCTL will also present the Zoom workshop, “Asking the Right Questions at the End of the Semester: Pathways to SoTL,” Thursday, April 25, from 1-2:15 p.m. In this workshop, CTL staff will explore how the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) framework can help faculty members ask purposeful questions of yourself and your students at the end of the semester, laying the foundation for evidence-based and critically reflective approaches to teaching. For more information and to register, visit the Asking the Right Questions registration form.

More information about CTL’s other events and services can be found at https://www.umass.edu/ctl.