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Professional Development

Faculty Workshop: Supporting Effective Teaching in a Department

How can academic leaders support a department or school’s teaching mission? In this session led by staff from the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching, participants will consider the ways that faculty members can refine their teaching skills over time as part of their ongoing professional development. Participants will also explore structures and resources that can be…

Posted by on October 11, 2019 in departments, Events, Professional Development, workshop

Events – Center for Teaching 2018-05-09 11:08:54

The Office for Inclusive Excellence is offering a professional development workshop, “Creating Opportunities out of Difference”, an interactive workshop featuring PowerPlay Interactive Development from the University of New Hampshire. PowerPlay will employ a unique interactive theater model focused on issues of creating inclusive classrooms and positive student interactions. The Powerplay model involves actor improvisation and…

Posted by on May 9, 2018 in diversity, event, Events, Learning-through-Diversity, News, Professional Development, Teaching Difference and Power

CFT Offers Summer Intensive Grad and Postdoc Programs

The Center for Teaching is happy to announce that we are offering two Summer Intensive programs this May for Vanderbilt graduate students and postdocs.  The first Summer Intensive program is for the Certificate in Humanities Teaching & Learning (CHTL) and is open to humanities graduate students and postdocs.  Similar to our academic year-long version of the CHTL,…

Posted by on March 13, 2017 in CiCT, Events, gradutate students, Humanities, News, Professional Development

Multi-disciplinary Panel Discussion on Diversity in STEM

On June 8, 2016 at 2:30 pm CT, there will be an all-star group of Black scholars assembled for a candid conversation on the challenges and the potential solutions to address diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  Directly after the panel discussion, there will be a reception in the lobby of the Wyatt…

Posted by on May 26, 2016 in diversity, Events, News, Professional Development, STEM

Multi-disciplinary Panel Discussion on Diversity in STEM

On June 8, 2016 at 2:30 pm CT, there will be an all-star group of Black scholars assembled for a candid conversation on the challenges and the potential solutions to address diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  Directly after the panel discussion, there will be a reception in the lobby of the Wyatt…

Posted by on May 26, 2016 in diversity, Events, News, Professional Development, STEM

How to (Re)frame Your Teaching for Non-academic Jobs

By Andrew Greer, Graduate Teaching Fellow  Attention fellow graduate students: Eventually we will seek employment outside of our programs. If you’re like me, your search is in full force. With the majority of academic applications behind me, I’ve switched my…

Posted by on February 12, 2014 in Events, GradSTEP, graduate students, Humanities, News, Professional Development, Resource, Social Sciences, STEM

Vanderbilt Brings EDUCAUSE to Campus

Select sessions from the 2012 EDUCAUSE National Conference will be streamed live here at Vanderbilt from November 7 through 9. EDUCAUSE is the largest professional association for higher education IT professionals. The annual conference happens in Denver next week and…

Posted by on November 6, 2012 in Events, Professional Development