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Support for General Education

One of the most meaningful curricular initiatives underway at Harvard College is the launch of a new General Education curriculum in Fall 2019. Because courses in the new curriculum will be distinct from those offered in departments and often require additional instructional design and/or logistical support, the Bok Center has created a General Education team dedicated to working with faculty teaching in the program.

We assist faculty in two ways: through highly tailored, one-on-one consultations on course design and delivery; and by helping to build community through our collaborative Course Design Institutes funded by the Davis Educational Foundation.

Bespoke support for course design & delivery

Faculty who have been approved to teach in the new Gen Ed are warmly invited to dock with the Bok Center either to revise their existing course materials or to build out their new proposal into a full syllabus. As you consider the committee’s feedback, develop your materials, onboard your teaching staff, and get the semester underway, our team would be happy to help you with some—or all—of the following :

Read more about the support available to all faculty
Make an appointment to meet with our team

Collaborative Course Design Institutes

Beginning in Spring 2019, the Bok Center is bringing together small groups of faculty participate in multi-day course design institutes, focusing on general elements of assignment and syllabus design as well as elements of particular relevance courses in Gen Ed. These institutes will feature workshops led by the Bok Center’s Assistant Director for Writing Pedagogy, as well as one-on-one attention from preceptors currently teaching in Harvard’s first-year Expository Writing program.

Visit the Course Design Institute Canvas site
Register for the Spring 2019 Institute, 18 April–17 May

Contact Bok's Gen Ed Team

  • Adam Beaver

    Adam Beaver

    Director of Pedagogy and Practice

    As Director of Pedagogy and Practice, Adam Beaver provides leadership and strategic direction for the Bok Center's faculty and graduate student programming, while working closely with faculty and graduate students in the humanities, social sciences, and General Education.... Read more about Adam Beaver

    50 Church Street, room 382
    Cambridge, MA 02138
    abeaver@fas.harvard.edu
    p: 617-495-1947
  • Jonah

    Jonah Johnson

    Assistant Director of Writing Pedagogy

    As the Assistant Director of Writing Pedagogy at the Bok Center, Jonah oversees programming related to writing in Harvard College courses, delivering workshops and consulting with faculty and graduate students on their assignment design and feedback practices. He is currently engaged in a multi-year effort to create a culture of meaningful writing in the new General Education curriculum, part of a larger project of creating a more unified culture of academic writing in the College.... Read more about Jonah Johnson

    50 Church Street, Room 383
    Cambridge, MA 02138
    jmjohns@fas.harvard.edu
    p: 617-495-9818

Additional Bok Support for Gen Ed

  • Pamela Pollock

    Pamela Pollock

    Associate Director for Professional and Scholarly Development

    Pamela Pollock provides strategic oversight of a full portfolio of teacher training, professional development and scholarly communication programming for graduate students, including the Bok Seminars and Teaching Certificate, the Fall Teaching Conference and Winter Teaching Week, the Pedagogy Fellows program, the Professional Communication Program for International Teachers and Scholars, the Harvard Horizons mentoring program and other initiatives. ... Read more about Pamela Pollock

    125 Mt. Auburn Street, room 316
    Cambridge, MA 02138
    pamelapollock@fas.harvard.edu
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    Jenny Bergeron

    Director of Educational Research and Evaluation

    Jenny Bergeron, PhD, is the Director of Educational Research and Evaluation at the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning where she oversees evaluation and research of Harvard’s leading educational initiatives.... Read more about Jenny Bergeron

    125 Mt. Auburn Street, room 312
    Cambridge, MA 02138