Events Category
Teaching Our Students to Think Critically
Oct. 9, 2023—Special Event Teaching Our Students to Think Critically with Louis E. Newman October 31st, 12:00-1:30pm (lunch provided) Center for Teaching, 1114 19th Ave South, 3rd Floor We all want our students to become adept at critical thinking. But what exactly do we mean by this, and how do we teach it? In this session, we’ll...
Building your Teaching Portfolio for Promotion, Reappointment, and Tenure workshop
Oct. 5, 2023—Comprised of information garnered from Vanderbilt chairs, associate deans and past members of The University Promotion and Tenure Review Committee (“PTRC”), this informal online information session will clarify the role of your teaching dossier within the tenure process and delve into its central components. Additionally, this session will offer tips and strategies for assembling your...
Upcoming Educational Technology Workshops
Aug. 2, 2023—The Center for Teaching and the Brightspace and Instructional Technology Support team will be offering a variety of workshops on specific teaching technologies. These workshops cover a variety of topics and are a mixture of virtual and in-person. For more details and up-to-date information, check out the Brightspace workshops page. Some upcoming events include the...
Teaching Assistant Orientation 2023
Jul. 26, 2023—All new graduate student TAs are invited to the Teaching Assistant (TA) Orientation held annually by the Center for Teaching. The event offers preparation in effective teaching strategies for the varied teaching duties assumed by TAs, as well as information on campus resources relevant to TA work. Workshops and practice teaching sessions at the event...
Teaching at Vanderbilt New Faculty Orientation 2023
Jul. 24, 2023—At the beginning of every academic year, the Center for Teaching hosts “Teaching at Vanderbilt” (TAV), an orientation for junior and senior faculty new to Vanderbilt. The orientation features an introduction to strategies for launching a successful teaching career at Vanderbilt, with concurrent sessions on a variety of practical topics. Teaching at Vanderbilt is an...
Course Design Institute on Inclusive Teaching Wrapup and Review
Jun. 7, 2023—This May, the CFT hosted its third annual Course Design Institute on Inclusive Teaching. Instructors and staff from across campus participated in the event, delving into the scholarship on inclusive teaching and applying it via course design work. Over four days, they met with each other in large and small groups, and with resource faculty...
2023 Course Design Institute on Inclusive Teaching
Apr. 12, 2023—We invite you to join our Course Design Institute on the theme of Inclusive Teaching. This event will have an in-person component for those in the area but will be available virtually via Brightspace and Zoom, May 8 – 11 (9am-4pm Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and 9-12:30pm Thursday). During the four-day institute, participants will (re)design...
CHPP Fellows Course Design Seminar
Nov. 8, 2022—This Fall the CFT has had the pleasure to get to know and to support Vanderbilt’s Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Fellows by hosting a Course Design Seminar for them. Established by the College of Arts & Science and funded by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities American Rescue Program, the Vanderbilt Collaborative...
Upcoming Workshop: Inclusive Teaching Strategies
Aug. 1, 2022—Workshop Date: Tuesday, August 23rd Time: 1:00 – 2:30pm Location: Center for Teaching Classroom – 1114 19th Avenue South, 3rd Floor Facilitator: Joe Bandy, CFT assistant director If you are interested in improving your inclusive teaching strategies, this workshop will provide an introduction to some of the foundational principles and practices of inclusive teaching. Inclusive...
Cumberland Project in August 2022
Jun. 8, 2022—By Joe Bandy In this time of environmental uncertainty and crisis higher education plays a vital role in helping the public meet the numerous challenges to sustainability, especially understanding and responding to climate change. Vanderbilt has taken up this challenge in a variety of forms, the latest of which is formation of the Climate and...