The Teaching Center has a number of events and opportunities this semester. Details are provided below. The Teaching Center will email invitations and reminders for individual events and opportunities.
Lunch Discussions
Tuesday, January 14
Faculty as Front-Line Truth Workers: Preparing Students to Evaluate the News
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Massey Boardroom, 4th Floor Massey Business Center
Tuesday, January 21
Translating MLK Themes to Our Classrooms
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Frist Lecture Hall, 4th Floor Inman
*Cosponsored with the MLK Committee
Wednesday, February 19
Short Term Study Abroad and Study Away Programs
Noon – 1:30 p.m. – Massey Boardroom, 4th Floor Massey Business Center
Thursday, February 20
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Massey Boardroom, 4th Floor Massey Business Center
*Cosponsored with the Office of Study Abroad
Thursday, March 19
Women’s Suffrage: Teaching and Learning Connections and Opportunities
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Massey Boardroom, 4th Floor Massey Business Center
Monday, March 30
Celebrating Our Teaching Successes
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. – Ayers 4094C
Mini-Workshop Series
Measuring Student Learning
Noon – 1p.m.
Friday, January 31 – Inman 211
Wednesday, March 4 – Inman 211
Mental Health First Aid Workshop
Monday, February 10
2-3 p.m. – JAAC 5003
Thursday, February 13
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. – JAAC 1034
Sabbatical Preparation and Planning Workshop
Tuesday, February 25
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. – JAAC 1034
Teaching Center Workshop
Tuesday, May 5 – Frist Lecture Hall, 4th Floor Inman
Reading Groups
February Reading Groups
On the Brink of Everything by Parker Palmer
Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer
Tuesday Groups
8 – 9 a.m. or 3:30-4:30 p.m. – February 4, 11, 18
Friday Groups
10 – 11 a.m. or Noon – 1 p.m. – February 7, 14, 21
Dates, Times, and Locations TBD
Belmont Applied Teaching and Learning (BeATLe) Groups
Teaching Naked Techniques: A Practical Guide to Designing Better Classes
Dynamic Lecturing: Research-Based Strategies to Enhance Lecture Effectiveness
Additional Deadlines and Opportunities to Note
February 4 – 21
Teaching Center Formative Reviews
Tuesday, February 11 – 4 p.m.
Deadline to submit Teaching Center Travel Grant application