Training and Professional Development

  • CETL's Teaching Talk - June

    You are invited to participate in a series of informal teaching talks throughout 2017.  These are opportunities for participants to comfortably share teaching concerns and discuss techniques and strategies with colleagues, experts, and CETL staff.  All sessions will take place in Rowe 319.  All UConn instructors —graduate students, TAs, and APIRs, as well as adjunct, tenure-track and tenured faculty—are encouraged to attend.

    Contact Suzanne LaFleur if you have questions or would like more information.

     

    Thursday, June 8   1:30 – 2:45              Teaching Creatively

    At this session, participants will discuss topics like

    • Tools to enhance creativity, such as SCAMPER, Synectics, Brainstorming, and others

    • The role of choice in motivating students to be more creative and productive

    • Presenting products creatively

    • Encouraging reluctant students to be more creative

    • Assessment techniques that encourage creative problem solving

    Register here

     

    Wednesday, June 14                    12:30 – 1:45                        Being Present in the Classroom

    At this session, participants will discuss topics like

    • How to maximize both your students’ focus and your own to maximize learning  

    • Flexibility in the classroom

    • Embracing silence

    • Reducing multi-tasking

    Register here

     

     

    Thursday, June 22             1:30 – 2:45   First Impressions and the First Day of Class

    At this session, participants will discuss topics like

    • Strategies for the first day of class

    • Reaching out to students before classes begin

    • Setting expectations

    • The importance of first impressions

    Register here

     

    For more information, contact: Suzanne Lafleur at suzanne.lafleur@uconn.edu