This Week for Faculty: 🕰️ Make Time for Conversations on Teaching and Mentoring

Register for this week’s featured events

Engaging Students with Poll Everywhere | 30-minute demo and Q&A 
Tuesday, October 11; 10:30am – 11:00am | Register
Related resource: an introduction to Poll Everywhere: Audience Response System

Designing STEM Poll Questions that Go Beyond Recall | 60-minute workshop
Tuesday, October 11; 11:00am – 12:00pm | Register
Related resource: Developing Poll Questions to Engage and Assess Student Thinking in Science and Engineering Courses

Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Action: A Columbia Faculty Panel
Wednesday, October 12; 12:00 – 1:30pm | Register

Please join the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement and the Center for Teaching and Learning in a discussion with Columbia University faculty who are engaging with anti-racist pedagogies in their classes.

Engage in the Advancing Mentorship Practices initiative!

The Office of the Provost and the Center for Teaching and Learning invite all Columbia faculty that mentor graduate students and postdocs to engage in offerings that are part of the Advancing Mentorship Practices: Supporting Mentors of Graduate Students and Postdocs at Columbia initiative.

View the recording of the September 28 keynote: “Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring: Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment One Relationship at a Time”

• View recording (requires UNI authentication)

Book discussions on Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring: Lean Forward, Learn, Leverage (Fain and Zachary, 2020)
60-minutes online, facilitated by the CTL. Request a copy of the book in advance of the conversations.

• Friday, October 21, 12:00-1:00pm – Register
• Monday, October 31, 12:00-1:00pm – Register
• Tuesday, November 1, 12:00-1:00pm – Register

Workshop: “Bridging Differences for Better Mentoring: Inclusive Mentoring Skills”
90-minutes online, facilitated by Lisa Fain, CEO of the Center for Mentoring Excellence

• Wednesday, November 2, 12:00-1:30pm – Register

The CTL is Here to Help

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.

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.