This Week for Faculty: Get ready for a new semester of teaching and mentoring!

by Columbia CTL | Jan 7, 2025 | Announcements

Get ready for a new semester of teaching!

Join us for online workshops next week: January 14-16. Explore ways to make your CourseWorks site more accessible, discover strategies to build community, and engage your students in the classroom. Not sure which session is right for you? Contact us at ctlfaculty@columbia.edu. Unable to participate? Explore the workshop-related on-demand resources listed below.

Teaching Inclusively From the Start
January 14, 12:00-1:00pm
Related resource: Guide for Inclusive Teaching at Columbia

Making Your CourseWorks Site Accessible
January 14, 1:15-2:00pm
Related resource: Four Ways to Make Your CourseWorks Site More Accessible

Building Community in the Classroom: Icebreakers
January 15, 12:00-1:00pm
Related resource: Community Building in the Classroom

Engaging Students in Discussion
January 16, 10:00-11:00am
Related resource: Learning Through Discussion

Engaging Students in Poll Everywhere
January 16, 11:30am-12:00pm
Related resource: Poll Everywhere: Audience Response Systems

Designing Poll Questions That Go Beyond Recall
January 16, 1:00-2:00pm
Related resource: Developing Poll Questions to Engage and Assess Student Thinking

Find additional events and resources on the CTL’s Spring 2025 Offerings page.

Get ready for a new semester of mentoring!

January is mentoring month!

1. Participate in workshops for mentors of graduate students and postdocs in Health Sciences, and Science and Engineering, that are led by Center for the Improvement of Mentored Research Experiences (CIMER) trained facilitators including Dr. Marisa Spann, Herbert Irving Associate Professor of Medical Psychology. Register for upcoming Entering Mentoring workshops:

Aligning Expectations. January 16, 4:00-5:00pm
Addressing Equity and Inclusion. January 30, 12:00-1:00pm
Fostering Independence. February 13, 10:00-11:00am
Assessing Understanding. March 20, 4:00-5:00pm

2. Enroll in the self-paced course Building Effective Mentoring Relationships which offers a framework to create effective mentoring relationships that are focused on learning. This course, for faculty and research officer mentors of graduate students and postdocs at Columbia, is organized around four modules that should take 90-minutes to complete. The modules draw on the mentoring cycle from Fain and Zachary (The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships, 2022) and include:

Module 1: Preparing to Mentor
Module 2: Co-Constructing a Mentoring Plan
Module 3: Enabling Growth through Feedback
Module 4: Reviewing Your Mentoring Relationship

The CTL is here to assist as you get ready for the Spring 2025 semester!

Office Hours
Join us for office hours via Zoom (or phone) Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm to have your teaching with instructional technology questions answered, or schedule an in-person appointment any time by contacting ColumbiaCTL@columbia.edu.

Consultations
Schedule an in-person or virtual consultation to discuss any teaching and learning need by emailing ctlfaculty@columbia.edu or email the CTL Learning Designer assigned to your school or department.

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