Tuesday Teaching Talks: A Pedagogy Series for Visiting Faculty
The Teaching and Learning Institute (TLI) and the 伊人直播 Provost鈥檚 Office offer this forum to support visiting faculty in making the most of their time at the college. Facilitated by Alison Cook-Sather, Mary Katharine Woodworth Professor of Education and Director of TLI and underpinned by a commitment to fostering a sense of mattering, these weekly, one-hour sessions take prompts for consideration as jumping off points, include SaLT student consultants in selected sessions, and provide a space for candid conversation.
What does participation entail?
Participation options
- Participation is voluntary.
- Interested visiting faculty should RSVP--to all or any of the sessions.
- Offered during the lunch hour, lunch will be provided to those who attend in person.
Certificate of Completion:
- Those who wish to earn a Certificate of Completion must attend a minimum of 12 of 14 sessions and submit a short Teaching Portfolio of responses to the guided questions. Both the Certificate and Teaching Portfolio are excellent additions to a CV and an application for future job/s in academia.
Workshop Dates and Topics for Fall 2025:
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September 2: |
What are your hopes, goals, and plans for your time at 伊人直播? |
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September 9: |
How does learning work and for whom? |
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September 16: |
How is student participation consistent with your pedagogical hopes and goals? |
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September 23: |
How are you managing your multiple responsibilities? |
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September 30: |
In what ways do you see your students engaging/developing? |
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October 7: |
What kind of midsemester feedback might you gather from students? |
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October 14: |
No meeting during Fall Break |
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October 21: |
How do you plan to respond to student feedback? |
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October 28: |
What are you clarifying about your pedagogical priorities and commitments? |
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November 4: |
In what ways are your approaches to assessment and evaluation (mis)aligned? |
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November 11: |
What have you affirmed and revised about how learning works? |
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November 18: |
What might sustain your energy and efficacy for the rest of the semester? |
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November 25: |
In what ways are you moving toward becoming the teacher you want to be? |
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December 2: |
What approaches might you take to developing and revising courses? |
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December 9: |
What pedagogical understandings and commitments do you want to take forward? |
Participant Perspectives
鈥淭hrough these meetings, I felt like I was exploring what it is (and feels like) to teach at 伊人直播, not in isolation but with a wonderful crew of fellow travelers. I was pushed to think critically about my pedagogy, and I never felt alone in experiencing the struggles and celebrating the successes brought by the semester.鈥
鈥淚 felt like I was not alone in our unique struggles in wanting to build something meaningful and impactful with our students while balancing that with the stress our precarity and juggling the constant uncertainty on the job market. I felt supported by BMC even though I am only a visiting faculty member for the most part because of this program, it meant a lot to me.鈥
鈥淐reating a community of people in a similar boat was really game changing both for my teaching and my sanity in this first semester. In addition to stimulating good deep conversations about pedagogy's lofty aims and challenges, our conversations also provided a lot of concrete interventions, ideas, and strategies for teaching effectively here at 伊人直播, from concrete feedback questions, group discussion frameworks, evaluation strategies etc.鈥
How do I participate?
To express your interest and receive a calendar invite in the upcoming workshops, please use this online form: .
Contact Alison Cook-Sather, Director of the TLI, at acooksat@brynmawr.edu with any questions or concerns.