New Faculty Orientation

Each fall, the Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning (CITL) hosts a day-long event for new faculty members of all ranks—tenure- and teaching-track—to introduce them to key resources and information about teaching at Indiana University Bloomington. The day is structured to help them build community with their new colleagues, learn about IUB contexts and students, connect their work to IUB priorities, and generally warm up for teaching in the fall semester. This year, the CITL hosted a record 98 new faculty members for this event.

Faculty sit around circular tables while listening to a presentation given from a stage — Luoheng Han welcomes new faculty to IU and introduces them to the office of Undergraduate Education.

Faculty seated around tables raise their hands when responding to a question from a speaker on a stage — Greg Siering engages faculty in an active presentation about IU Bloomington’s undergraduate student population.

A woman gestures while speaking in a classroom as an active participant in a session — Faculty ask questions and share their expertise while participating in unique sessions that meet their classroom needs.

A man and a woman look at a note card and try to solve a problem together — New faculty engage in group work and think about how to engage students in the classroom.

A group of people stand in pairs and talk over notecards in a classroom — Throughout the session, faculty participated in different activities to encourage creative, evidence-based approaches to teaching.

Associate Instructor Orientation

Associate Instructors (AIs) play important roles in the education of IUB’s undergraduate students, and the Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning (CITL) helps prepare them for that work through its annual AI Orientation. This year’s event was transitioned to a hybrid format, with nearly 300 new AIs engaging in a combination of live workshops, webinars, and asynchronous modules—all designed to introduce them to evidence-based instructional approaches and resources to support their instructional work.

A group of people sit at desks in a classroom while listening to a presentation — Experienced graduate students engage new Associate Instructors in conversations about pedagogy, professional boundaries, and how to succeed in the classroom.

A group of three women animatedly speak with each other across a table — Students engage in small group discussion before bringing their insights back to the large group.

Three people sit in a line behind a desk, one speaking to the other two — Small groups of students get invested in the day’s topics and share their expertise with each other.

A man gestures with his hands while explaining his idea to three other students around a table — A group at the back of the room leans in to appreciate the insights of a fellow graduate student.

A student speaks to the rest of the class while remaining seated — A student shares what her small group discussed with the large lecture group.

New Faculty and Associate Instructor Orientation

New Faculty Orientation

Associate Instructor Orientation

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