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The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) has announced this year’s annual Teach Week, “Values in Action – Course Design Decisions That Honor Your Pedagogical Vision,” which will feature a series of online workshops and consultations focused on course design for teaching professionals, June 2-6.

Teach Week will offer meaningful evidence-based strategies and a course design clinic, with slots available for individual consultations, for faculty members refining how their teaching philosophy manifests in practice or those seeking specific strategies to enhance course design and inspire students to engage more deeply and effectively in learning.

The workshops and consultation clinic are designed to help teachers discover how to intentionally center pedagogical values in classes – even when facing constraints – and foster deeper student engagement.

For more information and to register for one or all workshops, visit the CTL events webpage.
 

Incorporating Your Teaching Values Through Purposeful Course Design

Tuesday, June 3, 10-11:30 a.m. via Zoom

What do you value most in teaching and is it reflected in your course? In this session, you will reflect on your values and explore ways to tweak your courses to better align with your goals, values, and teaching philosophy.
 

Using Critical Engagement to Teach Students with or About AI

Wednesday, June 4, 10-11:30 a.m. via Zoom

Whether you embrace AI or are skeptical about its role, empowering students to critically evaluate and ethically navigate AI technologies is crucial for their learning. This session offers practical strategies for assignments that honor your pedagogical values.
 

Incorporating What Students Crave into Your Teaching: 5 Student Success Takeaways from CTL’s MAP Program

Thursday, June 5, 10-11:30 a.m. via Zoom

In this session, we’ll share five major takeaways from the last three years of our mid-semester assessment process (MAP) program, unearth the “why” and teaching research behind their suggestions, and brainstorm creative yet practical solutions to meet UMass Amherst student needs.
 

Course Design Consultation Clinic

Multiple sessions offered online, in-person or by phone from Monday, June 2 through Friday, June 6. Register by Friday, May 30.

Whether you want to reflect on a course you just taught or create a plan for the upcoming semester’s courses, take a moment to think about how to put one’s teaching values into practice through a collaborative and thoughtful lens with a CTL consultant as your “thought partner.” Through these one-on-one consultations, participants leave with design ideas for your course that you can return to when you are ready to prepare to teach your course. Facilitated by CTL consultants.