Practical Teaching: Essential Teaching Practices in 20 Minutes Per Week

Practical Teaching: Essential Teaching Practices in 20 Minutes Per Week

January 27, 2026
8:00 am to May 10 - 11:59 pm

About this event

This asynchronous online, community of practice explores essential teaching issues and challenges with practical and timely suggestions for implementation throughout the semester. Invigorate your instruction with tips and suggestions from our experienced group of instructors while also contributing your input and perspective. Suitable for both new and experienced teachers, this series requires just 20 minutes per week!

In this Community of Practice, we will discuss new topic every week for 15 weeks. Participants are expected to complete one discussion board assignment every week on a provided teaching topic.

Weekly Topics

  • Rapport: Getting to Know Your Students
  • Prior Knowledge: Tapping Into What Students Already Know
  • Assisting Students with Note-taking聽
  • Using Low-Stakes Assessments聽
  • Incorporating Quick Writing聽
  • Reporting Student Progress聽
  • Using Surveys to Improve Student Experience聽
  • Being Accessible to Your Students聽
  • Grading Efficiently and Effectively聽
  • Facilitating Useful Discussions聽
  • Beginning and Ending a Lesson Purposefully聽
  • Providing Effective Verbal Feedback聽
  • Fostering Learning in Small Groups聽
  • Reviewing for Exams聽
  • Reflecting on Our Teaching聽

To earn the digital badge, participants are required to successfully complete 10 of 15 weekly discussion assignments.

Because seating is limited, we want to ensure all participants are fully engaged. This course includes weekly discussion board assignments requiring approximately 20 minutes per week. Please sign up only if you can dedicate this time to our community of practice.

Details

Type
Workshop
Location
Canvas
Cost
Free
Primary Sponsoring Organization
青青草视频 Center for Innovation in Teaching Excellence
Contact Name
Kris King
Contact Phone
Contact Email