CTE NEWS

March 12, 2024

Hi Friend of the CTE,

It’s week 7 of the semester. Schedule your midcourse evaluation and consultation, register for upcoming events, and explore timely resources curated by the CTE.

Upcoming Workshops and Seminars

Creating an Inclusive Classroom: Teaching Workshop

This workshop, led by members of the Inclusive Teaching: Creating a Faculty Development Resource Faculty Learning Community, will explore “How can we incorporate inclusive teaching to create a sense of belonging for all students in the classroom at Miami?”
Lunch will be provided. In-person only, at 320 Laws Hall.
Tuesday, April 9, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm OR Wednesday, April 10, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (two offerings of the same workshop)

Register Now for April 9 Workshop

Register Now for April 10 Workshop

Strategies for Engaged Teaching

Join Teaching Professor Meredith Erb (Chemistry and Biochemistry), 2023 E. Phillips Knox Distinguished Teaching Award recipient, for her reflections on a decade of engaged teaching and a discussion of how to set students up for success through motivational, organizational, and intellectual methods. In-person only, at 320 Laws Hall.
Wednesday, April 10, 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Register Now

Advancing Teacher Scholars (ATS) Poster Session

This interactive poster session features teaching projects by the ATS Community for Early-Career Faculty. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be provided. View the poster session titles and abstracts
Friday, April 12, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Shriver Center Dolibois Room A

Register Now

News and Information

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Is a Midcourse Evaluation Right for You?

Are you a new faculty member? A continuing faculty member? Teaching one class? Teaching two, three, or four classes? Teaching small classes? Teaching large classes? Teaching online? Teaching face-to-face?

If you answered Yes to ANY of these questions, then a midcourse evaluation is right for you! Request a post- and/or pre- and post-midcourse evaluation consultation with a CTE Faculty Teaching Associate to help you plan for, interpret, and act on student feedback.

Request a Midcourse Consultation (Oxford)

Request a Midcourse Consultation (Regionals)

Midcourse Evaluation Survey

Thanks to everyone who completed our survey (N = 90). The drawing winners are Kelsey Ellis, Anthropology; and Erin Hoppe, Arts Management & Entrepreneurship, who each win $100 in PD funds. Congratulations! Here are a few interesting survey findings:

We heard from faculty in all six academic divisions, all faculty types, and all faculty ranks, in addition to a small number of staff and graduate students who teach.
Half of respondents have taken advantage of midcourse consultations through the CTE. This percentage is higher for TCPL and T/TT respondents (56%).
We learned that 43% of respondents use midcourse evaluation in all of their courses every semester. Of these respondents who are TCPL or T/TT faculty, 40% are past the first promotion point.

CTE Major Grants Due
March 15, 2024

Are you seeking support for curricular and/or pedagogical innovations that will result in more engaged and improved student learning? These $3,000 grants may be at the course, department, program, division, and/or university levels.

Learn more about CTE Major Grants
Submit a Proposal

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Classroom Communication as an Art

What we say—and don’t say—to students matters for their learning. In this Faculty Focus podcast, learn how to avoid communication “misfires” as well as how to use various techniques for communicating with students in ways that enhance their learning.

Teaching Information Literacy
in the Misinformation Era

Teaching students how to evaluate sources of information critically is an invaluable skill for any course or learning task. This Faculty Focus article shares strategies to help students become more analytical and critical consumers of information.