International Teachers and Scholars

Take Your Teaching to the Next Level

Take Your Teaching to the Next Level

March 13, 2024

As scholars, we are always developing our research, but how do we think about learning and growing as teachers? This spring, an interdisciplinary group of ten PhD students explored frameworks for teaching development to consider this question and become more reflective and effective teachers in our Bok Seminar, Taking Your Teaching to the Next Level: Practice, Feedback, and Reflection.

Students in the seminar considered their own goals and questions they...

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2024 Mar 12

Workshop Your Teaching Statement

10:00am to 11:00am

Location: 

Online

Are you working on your teaching statement for the Bok Teaching Certificate or academic job market? Bring your draft and get feedback on it in this interactive workshop! Don’t have a teaching statement yet? Use this workshop as a deadline to get a draft ready for feedback.

For the workshop, you should have a draft of your teaching statement to share, whether it’s a rough draft or more polished. You will share your draft for feedback and provide feedback to your peers. These kinds of...

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2024 Mar 28

Office Hours for PhD Students at the SEC

Repeats every week every Thursday until Thu Apr 25 2024 except Thu Mar 14 2024, Thu Mar 21 2024.
9:30am to 11:00am

Location: 

SEC 2.323 - Library Seminar Room

Are you a SEAS PhD student who wants to learn more about teaching, communication, or presentation skills?

Are you an international PhD student who would like to talk to someone about cross-cultural communication or your English speaking skills?

Sarah Emory, the Bok Center’s Assistant Director for International Teachers and Scholars, is available for drop-in consultations and questions every Thursday from 9:30-11:00am in SEC 2.323-Library Seminar Room.

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2024 Feb 23

Cancelled - Workshop Your Syllabus

2:00pm to 3:00pm

Location: 

Online

Are you working on a syllabus for the Bok Teaching Certificate or academic job market? Bring your draft and get feedback on it in this interactive workshop! Don’t have a syllabus yet? Use this workshop as a deadline to get a draft ready for feedback.

For the workshop, you should have a draft of a syllabus to share, whether it’s a rough draft or more polished. You will share your draft for feedback and provide feedback to your peers. These kinds of documents are always a work in progress, and seeing how they sound...

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2024 Feb 21

Workshop Your Teaching Statement

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: 

Online

Are you working on your teaching statement for the Bok Teaching Certificate or academic job market? Bring your draft and get feedback on it in this interactive workshop! Don’t have a teaching statement yet? Use this workshop as a deadline to get a draft ready for feedback.

For the workshop, you should have a draft of your teaching statement to share, whether it’s a rough draft or more polished. You will share your draft for feedback and provide feedback to your peers. These kinds of documents are always...

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2024 Feb 15

Bok Teaching Certificate Information Session

3:00pm to 3:30pm

Location: 

Online

Are you working toward the Bok Teaching Certificate? Do you need to create a syllabus and/or write your teaching statement but don’t know where to start? Do you want to learn more about requesting a video consultation? Join this info session to learn about key resources to help you complete the requirements for the Bok Teaching Certificate!

Can’t make it during this time?...

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2024 Feb 06

Bok Seminar - Taking Your Teaching to the Next Level: Practice, Feedback, & Reflection

9:45am to 11:45am

Location: 

125 Mt. Auburn St.

Led by Pamela Pollock and Rebecca Miller Brown

As scholars, we are always developing our research, but how do we think about learning and growing as a teacher? In this seminar, we will explore frameworks for teaching development to consider these questions and become more reflective and effective teachers. We will learn and explore ways to set teaching development goals and how we can judge our progress towards them. As part of this, we will consider different elements of feedback, how to read a classroom, and ways to develop your own teaching philosophy. You will conduct a...

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2024 Mar 25

Discussion Group for International PhD Students

Repeats every week every Monday until Mon Apr 15 2024 except Mon Feb 19 2024, Mon Mar 11 2024.
4:30pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Science Center

Are you interested in connecting with other international PhD students and practicing your English in a friendly, informal setting? Join our discussion group! International PhD students have the opportunity to connect with each other and our...

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2024 Feb 01

Bok Seminar - Syllabus Design

9:45am to 11:45am

Location: 

Online

Led by Chloe Chapin

Do you need a sample syllabus for the job market? If you’ve been offered a faculty position, do you need to start preparing courses to teach in the fall? As you transition from Teaching Fellow to Instructor of Record, how do you shift from section planning to course design? In this seminar, we will explore student-centered learning techniques known as “backwards design” to help you align your teaching interests with setting measurable student outcomes. In addition to introducing your students to what they need to know (i.e. the content of your course), you...

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2024 Jan 22

Bok Seminar - Public Speaking for International Teachers and Scholars

9:45am to 11:45am

Location: 

125 Mt. Auburn St. 3rd Floor

Led by Sarah Emory

As a teacher and a scholar, you are called to speak in a variety of contexts, which can be daunting for anyone but may be even more complicated if you speak English as an additional language. What strategies can you use to make it easier for others to understand you and stay engaged in what you are saying? In this seminar, we will practice concrete strategies to improve public speaking skills across contexts, including classrooms, conferences, and a range of personal and professional interactions. By using presentation, pronunciation, and theater techniques...

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2024 Jan 31

Bok Seminar - Crafting a Diversity Statement: Reflecting on your Values to Develop your Practice

9:45am to 11:45am

Location: 

125 Mt. Auburn St. 3rd Floor

Led by Ashlie Sandoval-Lee

How can you approach writing a diversity statement, considering your discipline, personal experiences, and social identities? Though an increasing number of search committees ask for diversity statements, guidance about how to compose an effective statement—indeed, even about what they are and why they are valuable to institutions and candidates’ own professional development—remains scarce. In this seminar, we will explore our own beliefs and ideas, examine diversity statement samples and rubrics, as well as engage in inclusive and equitable teaching...

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