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 are also tasked with helping them develop as practitioners in your field (i.e as critical and thoughtful readers, experiment designers, problem solvers, etc.). Backward design can help you articulate your teaching goals and objectives and decide on appropriate methods of instruction and assessment, including incorporating inclusive and equitable teaching practices. Over the course of the seminar, you will develop a new syllabus, including learning goals and class policies, a weekly class schedule, and a sample lesson plan. Participants must be experienced TFs (at least one semester of teaching) and have a course design project in mind.
This is the first session of a 6-session seminar. Registration required.
Registration opens January 8.