This summer CIRTL is offering 3 courses, 2 teaching institutes, and 5 workshops for graduate students and postdocs pursuing teaching careers in higher education. Summer programming is topically focused around evidence-based teaching fundamentals, academic professional development, and teaching-as-research.
We will announce programming schedules and registration dates by late April. Anyone can register to attend programming, but participants from CIRTL member institutions and alumni will receive priority when registering for programming with limited seats; capped programming typically reaches capacity within a week of registration opening.
Evidence-based teaching fundamentals
Scaffolding Students’ Success as Independent Learners: Developing Instructional Materials Using Self-Regulated Learning Principles
Want to feel more confident in your ability to help students reflect on their own learning processes? This two-part workshop was designed for educators to develop practical skills and instructional materials that scaffold students’ success as independent learners. The workshop meets online in Zoom on Thursdays, July 24th and August 7th at 8-10pm Gulf / 1-3pm Atlantic / 12-2pm Eastern / 11am-1pm Central / 10am-12pm Mountain / 9-11am Pacific/Arizona. Cap: 80; registration opens on Monday, July 7 at 11am CT and closes once capacity is reached.
An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching
Get an overview of effective college teaching strategies and the research that supports them in this 8-part asynchronous course designed for graduate students and postdocs in STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and math). Initially created as a cohort-based course, this course re-launched in Fall 2024 as a self-paced online course. No cap; read more and register.
Advancing Learning Through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching
Learn effective college-level teaching strategies that engage learners through active learning, as well as the research that supports them, in this 8-part asynchronous course designed for future faculty in STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and math). This course builds on “An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching”; the intro course is recommended, but not required, as a prerequisite for participating in this course. No cap; read more and register.
Academic professional development
Relating Poetic Inquiry as a Bridge between the Arts and Sciences
In a rapidly changing world, it’s important to prepare students for possible future career paths. In this two-session workshop, we’ll use a “wicked science” training framework to explore the creative potential of arts-based research (ABR), more specifically poetic inquiry, and to understand research and teaching in new ways. This workshop meets online in Zoom on Tuesdays, June 24th and July 8th at 7-8:30pm Gulf / 12-1:30pm Atlantic / 11am-12:30pm Eastern / 10-11:30am Central / 9-10:30am Mountain / 8-9:30am Pacific/Arizona. Cap: 40; registration opens on Monday, June 9 at 11am CT and closes once capacity is reached.
Preparing Your Teaching Demo for a Job Interview
As part of the interview process for a faculty position in the U.S., you may be asked to lead a teaching demonstration. In this one-session workshop, we’ll discuss ways to go into your teaching demo with preparedness, confidence, and adaptability. This workshop meets online in Zoom on Wednesday, June 25 at 8-9:30pm Gulf / 1-2:30pm Atlantic / 12-1:30pm Eastern / 11am-12:30pm Central / 10-11:30am Mountain / 9-10:30am Pacific/Arizona. Cap: 60; registration opens on Monday, June 9 at 11am CT and closes once capacity is reached.
Pathway Mapping for Professional Success in Higher Education
Reflect on your career journey and sources of support using a living document known as a mentor map in this two-session workshop designed for graduate students at any stage in their career. This workshop will meet online in Zoom on Thursdays, July 17 and July 31 at 7-8:30pm Gulf / 12-1:30pm Atlantic / 11am-12:30pm Eastern / 10-11:30am Central / 9-10:30am Mountain / 8-9:30am Pacific/Arizona. Cap 30; registration opens Monday, June 30 at 11am CT and closes once capacity is reached.
Exploring Teaching Across Institutions: A Photographic Journey
Using photographs from a comprehensive documentary project and open-source collection, join colleagues to observe and reflect on teaching in action at college and university classrooms across a wide variety of institutions and disciplines. This one-session workshop is designed to deepen your ability to notice and reflect on what happens in teaching and learning environments, including your own. This workshop will meet online in Zoom on Tuesday, July 22 at 9-10:30pm Gulf / 2-3:30pm Atlantic / 1-2:30pm Eastern / 12-1:30pm Central / 11am-12:30pm Mountain / 10-11:30am Pacific/Arizona. No cap; registration opens on Monday, June 30 at 11am CT and will close the day of the workshop.
Teaching-as-Research
Planning Your Teaching-as-Research Project
Hear graduate students and postdocs from across the CIRTL Network share the results of their Teaching-as-Research (TAR) projects in this online event. In TAR projects, future faculty explore a specific question about teaching and learning, design and implement some sort of classroom-based intervention to test that question, and consider how they might adjust their teaching practices based on what the results show. TAR is a cornerstone of CIRTL’s work in developing reflective practitioners that support learning for all. This event takes place in Zoom on Wednesdays at 7-8:30pm Gulf / 12-1:30pm Atlantic / 11am-12:30pm Eastern / 10-11:30am Central / 9-10:30am Mountain / 8-9:30am Pacific/Arizona from June 18 to July 23. Cap 25; registration is open now and will close on Monday, June 2. Register here to attend.
More details at: https://cirtl.net/summer-2025-cirtl-network-programming/