CITL would like to announce some good news for non-tenure track faculty: we have created a new position, a Principal Instructional Consultant for Non-Tenure Track Development. Funding for the position was provided by the Provost as a way of recognizing the growing importance of providing support and programming tailored to the professional needs of non-tenure… Read more »
As John Warner notes in Why They Can’t Write, “there’s little dispute that grades do more harm than good in helping students learn writing” (2018, p. 213). Grades are both a disincentive for students to learn and an imprecise measure of what they have learned. Students in classrooms with traditional grading practices—that is, those that… Read more »
Can you remember the feeling of being an Associate Instructor (AI) for the first time at IUB? Most of us feel nervous before teaching a new class – stomach jitters, sweaty palms, trying to remind ourselves why we wanted to go to grad school. Being a bit nervous before teaching is normal and the Center… Read more »
We’re occasionally asked if we offer spring versions of our day-long Associate Instructor Orientation or Classroom Climate Workshop. While we don’t replicate these programs at the start of the spring semester, we are offering various workshops in early January that will introduce graduate student instructors to some foundational skills for teaching. If the following options… Read more »
‘Tis the season for job applications! If you’ve been assembling teaching portfolios and tailoring both teaching statements and diversity statements, we’d like you to look forward to the on-campus interview. After you’ve made the short list as a job candidate, get ready for your teaching demonstrations. These are part of a day-long interview process where… Read more »
Instructors often ask us questions about how to build more inclusive classrooms, and what we know about these topics from research in the field. We are fortunate to have a rich body of literature in this area, and here are a few resources that instructors might find enlightening. Introductions and Overviews Here are several good… Read more »
