May Day, May 9, 2024
The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning will host its annual May Day of professional development for instructors on May 9, 2024, in Storrs, from 8:30 – 4:00. Join CETL, ODI and Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute on May 9 for a series of workshops on topics related to advancing critical, inclusive, and equity-minded teaching at UConn. We are pleased to have HartBeat Ensemble facilitate dialogue about teaching through an interactive performance and story circles. For more information and to register, please visit the CETL webpage.
CCC+ Course Design Retreat, May 8, 2024
CCC+ Provost Grant Recipients will participate in a Course Design Retreat on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 from 9:00-4:00 on the Storrs campus, where they will explore evidence-based teaching and assessment practices, equity-minded pedagogy, student engagement, and reflective practice as they create or revise courses for the Common Curriculum. CETL and CCC+ representatives as well as Faculty Navigators will be on hand to facilitate this important work.
Mobile Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching and Transformation (MoSI), May 20-24, 2024
We will welcome 56 faculty, staff and graduates students to UConn's intensive 2024 Mobile Summer Institute. Supported by 13 facilitators and 2 nationally recognized leaders from UCLA and Binghamton University, teams applied from three UConn campuses to develop projects that drive equitable and sustainable change in learning spaces. Sponsored by a grant from HHMI IE3 and CETL, the MoSI combines the pedagogical approach of the National Academies and Charles Henderson’s 4 Categories of Change model to build a foundation for initiatives to strategically align resources and cultivate engagement for student success. To learn more about the IE3 initiative, MoSI 2024 or check for upcoming change project updates, please visit: Inclusive Teaching - ie3
For more information, contact: Stacey Valliere at stacey.valliere@uconn.edu