This Week for Faculty: 🎉 Celebrating you!
Celebrating you during Teacher Appreciation Week 2025
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, we celebrate and recognize your exceptional work as facilitators of student learning. Your dedication, creativity, and care make a lasting impact on our students and the Columbia community.
At the CTL, we are proud to support your teaching efforts. We are continually inspired by the passion and commitment you bring to your classrooms each semester. Thank you for all that you do to make Columbia a vibrant and welcoming place to teach and learn.
Please stop by the CTL’s office in 212 Butler Library, May 5 through May 9, to receive a CTL giveaway, while supplies last.
Take care of yourself while supporting your students
The end of the semester can be a stressful time for your and your students. Consider sharing well-being resources with your students, and know who to contact when you are concerned about a student – the Columbia Blue Folder provides the tools to identify, address, and refer students appropriately. The CTL’s Teaching in Times of Stress and Challenge has a list of resources that you can connect with.
Looking ahead: new opportunity for Fall 2025
Explore, connect, and expand your pedagogical practice
Are you looking for space to explore new teaching methods and build community with faculty colleagues around teaching? Join a Faculty Learning Community (FLC) in Fall 2025!
Each FLC consists of a small group of faculty who meet regularly throughout the semester to support and inspire one another, share ideas, reflect on practice, explore research-based strategies for effective teaching, and provide each other feedback on shared challenges.
When signing up for an FLC, you can indicate which topic you want your FLC to focus on:
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Collaborative learning: Meet with colleagues to discuss how we can best design opportunities for students to collaboratively work together to deepen their understanding and critical thinking.
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Inclusive pedagogy: Meet with colleagues to discuss how we can best design learning experiences that equitably and inclusively promote belonging and active participation for all our students.
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Mentoring: Meet with colleagues to explore strategies for building impactful mentoring relationships with graduate students and postdocs.
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Teaching with AI: Meet with colleagues to navigate the opportunities and challenges of integrating artificial intelligence into your teaching.
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Peer observation of teaching: Visit your colleagues’ classes and invite them to visit your class to reflect on your teaching and share inspiration, feedback, and support.
Reasons to join:
- break the isolation in which most teaching usually happens;
- provide new ideas about teaching and learning;
- create a supportive environment in which you can investigate, question, explore, and apply new classroom techniques;
- develop a community among faculty members who can inspire and support one another;
- discuss scholarship on teaching and learning; and
- challenge yourself to grow as a teacher and life-long learner.
Time commitment: communities will meet approximately 4-6 times over the course of the semester.
The CTL is here to help!
Connect via Zoom or over the phone
Join us for office hours via Zoom (or phone) Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm to have your teaching with instructional technology questions answered.
Schedule a consultation
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.