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Distinguished Speakers, Seminars, and Workshops

The Teaching Excellence Program brings to campus experts in inclusive pedagogy, technology-enhanced education, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Upcoming Events

Workshop with Dr. Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Professor of Physics at Carleton College, March 18, 4-5:30pm. Please join us for TEP’s spring workshop, Looking Forward: What are the “Keepers” from Online and Hybrid Teaching?

As we look forward to a return to in-person teaching in fall 2021, many of us are wondering how our pandemic-imposed experiences with online and hybrid teaching will shape our in-person teaching going forward. Among all the new skills we have learned as adaptive teachers, we have discovered some “keepers”: techniques, tools, and strategies that have enhanced our teaching so much that we want to continue to use them going forward.

Dr. Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Professor of Physics at Carleton College, has more experience with these questions than most small liberal arts teachers. In 2016, she designed, developed, and taught Carleton College’s Carleton Undergraduate Bridge Experience (CUBE) program, which has been run annually since then. CUBE is a fully-online summer experience designed to support entering students in developing their quantitative skills. Dr. Eblen-Zayas’s experiences with CUBE taught her to develop supportive structures and a sense of community in an online environment, even before COVID made the need for them so widespread.

In this workshop, Dr. Eblen-Zayas will share strategies that she used in her four years of teaching CUBE online that transformed her face-to-face teaching as well. Participants will also have the opportunity to reflect on their teaching experiences in the past year and what strategies they might want to retain when returning to a more typical teaching environment.

Kindly RSVP by March 17th using this link. We will follow up with the Zoom link.

Past Events

November 10th, 2020

4:00pm - 5:30pm: Student Perspectives on Trauma-Informed, Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning: A Workshop for Faculty and Staff

Dr. Alison Cook-Sather led “Student Perspectives on Trauma-Informed, Anti-Racist Teaching and Learning: A Workshop for Faculty and Staff.” Dr. Cook-Sather is the Mary Katharine Woodworth Professor of Education and Director of the Peace, Conflict and Social Justice Studies concentration at Bryn Mawr College and Director of the Teaching and Learning Institute at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges.

August 28th, 2019

1:00pm - 4:30pm: Building Mastery and Community through Classroom Observations
This workshop is designed for pedagogy fellows, department chairs, and program directors. Space is limited.

August 26th, 2019

1:00pm: Practical Steps Toward Inclusive Excellence in Teaching
The theme of this year’s Faculty Retreat is Practical Steps Toward Inclusive Excellence in Teaching featuring facilitator, Darryl Yong, Professor of Mathematics, and former Associate Dean for Diversity at Harvey Mudd College.

May 13th, 2019

9:00am - 4:30pm: TEP Innovation Institute featuring Dr. David Betancourt
The Innovation Institute is a daylong event that will take place Monday, May 13 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

April 4th, 2019

3:30pm - 5:00pm: Inclusive Pedagogy Workshop with Marcia Chatelain
Presenting on April 4

March 1st, 2019

3:30pm: Find Your Voice: The Making of a Civil Rights K-12 Curriculum
Dr. Pablo Correa and Dr. Maegan Parker Brooks will draw on their collective experience in the production of Fanie Lou Hamer’s America (a documentary project) to talk about how to teach the Civil Rights across the curriculum. Of particular interest to GSEC teacher-candidates will be the discussion of work the speakers did with K-12 teachers in the Mississippi Delta on integrating Fannie Lou Hamer curriculum design, and empowering young people to tell their story using multimedia.

February 7th, 2019

3:30pm - 5:00pm: That None Shall Perish
On February 7 , Dr. Kelly Mack’s presentation will focus on the highly acclaimed AAC&U Teaching to Increase Diverse and Equity in STEM (TIDES) initiative, which is targeted toward empowering STEM faculty to implement culturally responsive teaching strategies in STEM classrooms.

August 29th, 2018

1:00pm - 4:30pm: Truly Helpful Feedback: Building Mastery and Community Through Classroom Observations
Therese Huston, PhD, Founding Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Seattle University

May 7th, 2018

9:00am - 4:30pm: Innovation Institute featuring Dr. Christopher Emdin
The Innovation Institute is a daylong event that will take place on Monday, May 7th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event will feature presentations and panel discussions from CAS faculty members who have participated in TEP sponsored initiatives, as well as a keynote lecture and hands on workshop led by Dr. Christopher Emdin.

March 20th, 2018

3:30pm - 5:00pm: Seven Habits that Help Faculty Make a Difference in the Classroom
This workshop led by Dr. Marcia Chatelain, Associate Professor of History and African American Studies, Georgetown University, will focus on solutions to some of the most common pitfalls educators face when moving towards more inclusive pedagogical practices. Participants will leave this workshop with a toolbox of resources for inclusive pedagogy and an enhanced understanding of how to truly make a difference in the classroom.

March 9th, 2018

3:30pm - 5:00pm: Workshop: Digging In To Act Out: Creating Spaces of Security for LGBTQ Students
Facilitated by Bethy Leonardi, PhD, and Sara Staley, PhD, research associates in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder and co-founders of A Queer Endeavor

March 1st, 2018

3:30pm - 4:30pm: Mathematics and Social Justice
Karen Saxe will speak on Mathematics and Social Justice.

October 3rd, 2017

5:00pm: Critical Hip Hop Studies: Hope, Possibility, and Resistance. Presentation with Dr. Daymond Glenn
Critical Hip Hop Studies: Hope, Possibility, and Resistant. A Presentation with Dr. Daymond Glenn, visiting assistant professor and assistant director of the Teaching Excellence program.

September 11th, 2017

3:30pm - 5:00pm: Beyond Blame and Shame: Helping Students to Engage Difference with Empathy
Dr. Dereca Blackmon, Associate Dean and Director of Diversity and First-Gen Office, Stanford University

March 16th, 2017

3:30pm - 5:00pm: Student-Faculty Partnerships: Establishing More Inclusive Pedagogical Practices
Alison Cook-Sather is Mary Katharine Woodworth Professor of Education at Bryn Mawr College and Director of the Teaching and Learning Institute at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges in Pennsylvania.

November 4th, 2016

2:00pm - 5:30pm: Truly Helpful Feedback: Building Mastery and Community Through Classroom Observations
Therese Huston, PhD, Founding Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Seattle University

October 24th, 2016

4:00pm - 5:00pm: Constructing Inclusive & Equitable College Classrooms
Dr. Samuel D. Museus, Director of Culturally Engaging Campus Environments (CECE) Project, Associate Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington School of Education