This training provides opportunities to learn and apply methods for designing a course that recognizes the diversity of UF students and empowers all students equally. Participants will leave the course with a revision to one aspect of their course and direction on next steps they can take to make their course materials, organization, or assessments more inclusive.

This asynchronous online workshop requires all course materials and activities to be completed within the given timeframe.

Designing an Inclusive Course registration  

Work with an experienced instructor in your discipline to enhance your understanding and experience of teaching a university course in this semester-long mentorship program designed for postdoctoral fellows. In this practicum, postdocs will observe mentors in their teaching, teach guest lectures and receive feedback on their teaching, discuss teaching approaches with their mentors, and engage in group discussions of teaching with peers in the practicum. When applying for the practicum, postdocs also have the opportunity to identify specific areas of teaching development where they would like additional instruction (on topics like lesson planning, teaching portfolios, equity, diversity, & inclusion, and teaching-as-research); practicum instructors will plan sessions around the most demanded topics.

This semester-long practicum has 5 online sessions from January 12-April 20.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this course by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

Are virtual lab simulations as effective in promoting student learning as physical labs? This workshop introduces the benefits and challenges associated with physical and virtual simulations by referencing peer-reviewed research.

In doing so, the successful incorporation of a virtual simulation in an upper division STEM course will be shared with the intention of motivating other instructors to also integrate active learning strategies into their classrooms.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Participants will experience the online learning environment from the student perspective while working through activities intended to demonstrate mastery of a variety of topics including designing for student success, aligning student learning objectives, and creating engaging and accessible presentations.
Register for the next offering of Engaging Online Learners    

Explore ways to develop course assignments that incorporate international perspectives and enhance the development of intercultural competence.

Engage in a self-assessment exercise that will allow you to rate the degree to which you have internationalized your courses. Learn about virtual exchange as a way to connect your classrooms to other classrooms around the world.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Physician burnout remains high, especially among clinical educators.

However, faculty can utilize their time more effectively, diagnose their learners while diagnosing their patients and increase their own satisfaction. Bedside teaching allows just that.

This session will provide planning and preparation tips for bedside teaching, and review efficient teaching tools that are especially useful for clinician educators to utilize at the bedside.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

The Center for Teaching Excellence offers the First Year Faculty Teaching Academy (FYFTA) workshop series throughout the year. This series is designed for faculty in their first few years of teaching at UF. Learn how to create a great learning experience for your students while saving time and frustration; we invite you to adapt and use the strategies that are right for you.

This cohort will be held on Tuesdays from 3pm-5pm.

Register for FYFTA by visiting the FYFTA webpage. Participants should expect to commit approximately 15 hours to complete the FYFTA program. Space is limited and is available on a first come, first served basis.

Making your classroom warm and welcoming for all learners is a challenge. Whether face-to-face, online, or hybrid, curating a community will help students maximize achievement.

Making an intentional decision to build your classroom community will make your students more likely to engage, empower students to contribute, and increase the likelihood of students building meaningful professional relationships with their peers.

In this workshop, we will discuss the importance of creating classroom community in an all learning environments. Participants will learn about a number of different techniques and activities that build community. Together, we will brainstorm which techniques might be most beneficial for your individual needs and identify ways to seamlessly incorporate these techniques into your course.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Peer mentoring can offer great opportunities for practicing empathy, developing a sense of equity and growing your expertise. Peer mentoring relationships may have more longevity and may be experienced as one-on-one relationship or in a group.

Reverse mentoring, also known as “upward mentoring”, refers to an initiative that flip-flops the traditional mentoring relationship. The goal is to take advantage of the fresh perspective of younger employees and develop a more senior person’s knowledge on technology, social media, and current trends. Both mentoring models have many benefits.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

How many meetings have you attended or conducted where they just seemed like wasted time? Well, no more!

Attend this workshop to learn how effective meetings affect workplace culture. You will leave equipped with techniques and technological tools to help you navigate meetings for a modern workplace.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Draft a peer-reviewed statement that reflects your teaching beliefs and experiences in this interactive, two-part online workshop. Participants will work to draft and edit a teaching statement, which is often required for US academic job applications.

We will discuss elements of teaching statements, evidence of effective teaching tailored for different academic jobs, and strategies to get started or polish existing teaching statements.

Participants from all disciplines will become better equipped and prepared to communicate their teaching practice through this workshop’s collaborative, peer-review process.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this workshop by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

Often online faculty struggle with getting acquainted with their students amongst limited face-to-face interactions, so how would you establish personal connections?

This workshop discusses proven ways to creating meaningful interaction with the remote instructor. A few examples: include clever introductions of yourself, humanize your course, provide weekly overviews, personalize content, utilize cooperative learning, enable real-time communication, incentivize learning with rewards, and emphasize a bottom line.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Advancing Learning through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching is an open, online course (MOOC) designed to provide graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and other aspiring faculty in STEM disciplines with an overview of effective college teaching strategies and the research that supports them. This course is also suitable for other interested university staff, faculty, and administrators. The goal of the eight-week course is to equip the next generation of faculty to be effective teachers, thus improving the learning experience for the thousands of students they will teach.

The course draws on the expertise of a variety of STEM faculty, educational researchers, and staff from university teaching centers, many of them affiliated with the CIRTL Network. Participants will learn how to engage students in active learning in classrooms using strategies such as peer instruction and problem-based learning, develop methods to help their students think more like experts in their fields using inquiry-based labs and similar activities, turn their classrooms into learning communities through cooperative learning and using the diverse perspectives of their students, and use approaches like flipped classrooms that make it possible to build active and collaborative learning into their classes. Formats include video content and transcripts, readings, discussion forums, quizzes, and peer-graded assignments where you will plan teaching and learning activities relevant to your discipline.

This 8-week course is entirely asynchronous, meaning there are no regularly scheduled weekly meetings. Each week instructors will release new materials for students to access via the EdX platform. The course starts the week of Monday, January 31.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this course by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

Academic Honesty is an essential part of a positive learning environment. We often assume all students come to the university with the same understanding of what is “honest” in an educational setting. It’s important to consider, however, how cultural backgrounds and educational experiences may shape students’ interpretations of this concept.

This workshop will help us reflect on our own expectations regarding academic honesty as well as offer some insight into why students may struggle to interpret and meet our expectations. Participants will develop approaches to prevent acts of academic dishonesty among students and how to address it once it occurs.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

This training provides opportunities to learn and apply methods for designing a course that recognizes the diversity of UF students and empowers all students equally. Participants will leave the course with a revision to one aspect of their course and direction on next steps they can take to make their course materials, organization, or assessments more inclusive.

This asynchronous online workshop requires all course materials and activities to be completed within the given timeframe.

Designing an Inclusive Course registration  

Work with an experienced instructor in your discipline to enhance your understanding and experience of teaching a university course in this semester-long mentorship program designed for postdoctoral fellows. In this practicum, postdocs will observe mentors in their teaching, teach guest lectures and receive feedback on their teaching, discuss teaching approaches with their mentors, and engage in group discussions of teaching with peers in the practicum. When applying for the practicum, postdocs also have the opportunity to identify specific areas of teaching development where they would like additional instruction (on topics like lesson planning, teaching portfolios, equity, diversity, & inclusion, and teaching-as-research); practicum instructors will plan sessions around the most demanded topics.

This semester-long practicum has 5 online sessions from January 12-April 20.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this course by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

Participants will experience the online learning environment from the student perspective while working through activities intended to demonstrate mastery of a variety of topics including designing for student success, aligning student learning objectives, and creating engaging and accessible presentations.
Register for the next offering of Engaging Online Learners    

The Center for Teaching Excellence offers the First Year Faculty Teaching Academy (FYFTA) workshop series throughout the year. This series is designed for faculty in their first few years of teaching at UF. Learn how to create a great learning experience for your students while saving time and frustration; we invite you to adapt and use the strategies that are right for you.

This cohort will be held on Tuesdays from 3pm-5pm.

Register for FYFTA by visiting the FYFTA webpage. Participants should expect to commit approximately 15 hours to complete the FYFTA program. Space is limited and is available on a first come, first served basis.

Advancing Learning through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching is an open, online course (MOOC) designed to provide graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and other aspiring faculty in STEM disciplines with an overview of effective college teaching strategies and the research that supports them. This course is also suitable for other interested university staff, faculty, and administrators. The goal of the eight-week course is to equip the next generation of faculty to be effective teachers, thus improving the learning experience for the thousands of students they will teach.

The course draws on the expertise of a variety of STEM faculty, educational researchers, and staff from university teaching centers, many of them affiliated with the CIRTL Network. Participants will learn how to engage students in active learning in classrooms using strategies such as peer instruction and problem-based learning, develop methods to help their students think more like experts in their fields using inquiry-based labs and similar activities, turn their classrooms into learning communities through cooperative learning and using the diverse perspectives of their students, and use approaches like flipped classrooms that make it possible to build active and collaborative learning into their classes. Formats include video content and transcripts, readings, discussion forums, quizzes, and peer-graded assignments where you will plan teaching and learning activities relevant to your discipline.

This 8-week course is entirely asynchronous, meaning there are no regularly scheduled weekly meetings. Each week instructors will release new materials for students to access via the EdX platform. The course starts the week of Monday, January 31.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this course by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

Join us on February 2nd for a faculty training session on using JoVE videos to enhance your teaching and curriculum.

JoVE is the world-leading producer and provider of science videos that increase the productivity and efficacy of STEM research, education and training.

JoVE’s video library includes more than 14,000 science videos across multiple disciplines and provides the breadth and depth needed to meet the needs of users at all levels. Content spans chemistry, biology, engineering, environment, nursing and psychology videos.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Do you want to learn how to craft a diversity statement that reflects your current work and helps you outline your IDEA action plan?

Join us for a workshop that will get you started using targeted questions and writing prompts. Outline specific items you plan to include in your diversity statement to demonstrate your commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and access in your research and teaching.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Draft a peer-reviewed statement that reflects your teaching beliefs and experiences in this interactive, two-part online workshop. Participants will work to draft and edit a teaching statement, which is often required for US academic job applications.

We will discuss elements of teaching statements, evidence of effective teaching tailored for different academic jobs, and strategies to get started or polish existing teaching statements.

Participants from all disciplines will become better equipped and prepared to communicate their teaching practice through this workshop’s collaborative, peer-review process.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this workshop by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

Postdocs & Graduate Students: develop your mentoring skills in the sciences using the CIMER Entering Mentoring approach. This evidence-based curriculum has been shown to be outstanding for diverse mentees.

This workshop is NOT a lecture, but instead interactive mentor training that engages mentors in collective problem solving. You will participate through activities, assignments, case studies, and facilitated discussions to solve mentoring dilemmas and share successful mentorship strategies.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Participants will explore ways to develop varied student-centered content while establishing a collaborative learning environment through the use of active learning and feedback.
Register for the next offering of Creating Student-Centered Assignments  

The Matrix of Anti-Racism across the Curriculum (MARC) tool was designed to support curriculum review and development to include more explicit attention to race/racism and anti-racism.

You will learn about the research-based development of the tool and how to use it to develop new courses and review and revise existing courses with critical lenses. By enhancing instructors abilities to interrogate and enrich the curricula, student experiences will also be enriched as they navigate co/curricular spaces and prepare to leave UF and enter a global society.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Have you flipped your classroom, or you have decided you want to make your lectures more engaging and interactive. How about using group work to promote learning using carefully designed and facilitated collaborative learning techniques? This workshop offers a variety of collaborative learning techniques you can use immediately in your class.

Best of all, the workshop provides detailed descriptions of the techniques along with step by step facilitation tips. We will also share helpful resources so you can successfully implement activities that will engage your whole class!

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Are you new to the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) space? Or do you want a refresher on terminology, concepts, and topics as you continue your learning and development in these areas?

This workshop aims to provide an introduction to core concepts and topics, as well as help you gain familiarity with the terminology that you will encounter in IDEA or other diversity, equity, and inclusion-related programming.

Specifically, this workshop will cover diversity, inclusion, and equity in academia, approaches to IDEA efforts, current practices, and more! We will reflect, discuss, and answer questions in a collaborative, supportive environment.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

In this workshop you will discover different types of virtual exchange (VE) activities designed by UF faculty and learn how international virtual exchange can benefit students and faculty alike.

This session will provide information on the UF Global Classrooms initiative, including VE training and resources to find international collaborators for course projects.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Time spent on a faculty search committee can be an exciting opportunity to engage with and identify potential new colleagues. However, working with the search committee and facilitating an equitable search can be a challenging process.

This workshop aims to provide an introduction to the equity search process, including specific examples and resources. Participants will leave with resources and a step-by-step guide that can be used, adapted, and applied immediately in their departments and on search committees. Together, we will reflect, discuss, and answer questions about the equity search process in a supportive environment.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

This self-paced online offering provides instruction on how to design online courses with accessibility in mind. The course covers different types of accessibility needs and suggestions for making an online course more accessible. After completing the offering, participants will have a full understanding of how to improve online accessibility for all students.

This asynchronous online workshop requires all course materials and activities to be completed within a three-week window. 

Accessible Online Environments registration    

This session will explore how teaching and research are related. It addresses a requirement for the Associates Level in CIRTL (cirtl.net). The session will discuss research methodologies used in educational research. Faculty from a variety of disciplines will share their experiences.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Academies have openly acknowledged the importance of role models, but very little effort has been directed to address the negative psychological sequelae underrepresented individuals report and the effect that ongoing microaggressions have on their careers.

Microaggressions are subtle (often implicit), patterned exchanges, looks, or gestures that devalue race or gender. Because microaggressions can pass as acceptable questions and lines of inquiry between individuals, it is often difficult to identify them.

The purpose of this session is to provide you with hands-on micro-resistance training that can empower bystanders to address microaggressions in the workplace.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

As instructors, we need to find ways to stay excited about teaching the same subject year after year. I want to share some of the ideas that I use to stay excited about teaching.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Learn how to find and use library licensed materials such as e-books, case studies, scholarly research, news articles etc. to replace costly textbooks and save your students a ton of money on course materials.

We will also discuss library services that can be incorporated into your Canvas site such as course reserves and research guides.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

This workshop offers you a quick and easy asynchronous solution to take your face-2-face classroom activities or lectures and convert them into dynamic, engaging, and interactive activities.

VoiceThread is a UF licensed tool that can use your existing ppt, pdf or doc files. We will walk you through steps to create, share, and grade a robust learning activity that supports your learning goals.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

This session will focus on 5 strategies to improve education in the ambulatory setting.

These strategies will include ways to create a safe learning environment, set expectations, and provide real-time feedback to our learners.

We will also explore how medical education has the potential to help us meet our quadruple aim – reduced cost, improved population health, patient experience, and team well-being.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Work with an experienced instructor in your discipline to enhance your understanding and experience of teaching a university course in this semester-long mentorship program designed for postdoctoral fellows. In this practicum, postdocs will observe mentors in their teaching, teach guest lectures and receive feedback on their teaching, discuss teaching approaches with their mentors, and engage in group discussions of teaching with peers in the practicum. When applying for the practicum, postdocs also have the opportunity to identify specific areas of teaching development where they would like additional instruction (on topics like lesson planning, teaching portfolios, equity, diversity, & inclusion, and teaching-as-research); practicum instructors will plan sessions around the most demanded topics.

This semester-long practicum has 5 online sessions from January 12-April 20.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this course by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

The Center for Teaching Excellence offers the First Year Faculty Teaching Academy (FYFTA) workshop series throughout the year. This series is designed for faculty in their first few years of teaching at UF. Learn how to create a great learning experience for your students while saving time and frustration; we invite you to adapt and use the strategies that are right for you.

This cohort will be held on Tuesdays from 3pm-5pm.

Register for FYFTA by visiting the FYFTA webpage. Participants should expect to commit approximately 15 hours to complete the FYFTA program. Space is limited and is available on a first come, first served basis.

Advancing Learning through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching is an open, online course (MOOC) designed to provide graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and other aspiring faculty in STEM disciplines with an overview of effective college teaching strategies and the research that supports them. This course is also suitable for other interested university staff, faculty, and administrators. The goal of the eight-week course is to equip the next generation of faculty to be effective teachers, thus improving the learning experience for the thousands of students they will teach.

The course draws on the expertise of a variety of STEM faculty, educational researchers, and staff from university teaching centers, many of them affiliated with the CIRTL Network. Participants will learn how to engage students in active learning in classrooms using strategies such as peer instruction and problem-based learning, develop methods to help their students think more like experts in their fields using inquiry-based labs and similar activities, turn their classrooms into learning communities through cooperative learning and using the diverse perspectives of their students, and use approaches like flipped classrooms that make it possible to build active and collaborative learning into their classes. Formats include video content and transcripts, readings, discussion forums, quizzes, and peer-graded assignments where you will plan teaching and learning activities relevant to your discipline.

This 8-week course is entirely asynchronous, meaning there are no regularly scheduled weekly meetings. Each week instructors will release new materials for students to access via the EdX platform. The course starts the week of Monday, January 31.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this course by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

This self-paced online offering provides instruction on how to design online courses with accessibility in mind. The course covers different types of accessibility needs and suggestions for making an online course more accessible. After completing the offering, participants will have a full understanding of how to improve online accessibility for all students.

This asynchronous online workshop requires all course materials and activities to be completed within a three-week window. 

Accessible Online Environments registration    

Are you tired of the lecture-lecture-test format? Do you ever wonder if tests really paint a full picture of your students’ learning? Do your tests give all your students an opportunity to showcase their learning?

Shifting assessment to alternate and more authentic formats that better reflect what students may do in their future careers can provide richer opportunities to check your students’ progress towards course goals. This session will review alternative assessment formats as well as ideas for “authentic” assessment. Suggestions and tools to support academic integrity will be discussed as well.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

We bring you this workshop based on our experiences at the 2020 NSF ASPIRE Summer Institute, and the work of Physics IDEA, We encourage groups of faculty from the same department to attend so that you can do the activities and case studies together as they apply to your department. If that is not possible, you can work with other participants, it is not a problem.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Learn how you can build your community on social media to connect with others in your field, foster interest in your work and translate your research.

We will share practical tips and explore free tools you can use to boost your social media efforts and engage in conversation.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Are you considering a non-faculty career in academia? Academic and research staff – the colleagues who staff centers for teaching and learning, who work in administration, and who support research programs – help sustain the teaching and research foundations of higher education.

These careers can be valuable ways of supporting students, faculty, and other staff in academia. Join us to hear CIRTL alumni reflect on how they came into these positions: what made them pursue this career path; its benefits, stressors, and rewards; and how CIRTL shaped their interests, skills, and community. We’ll hear from staff at the University of Illinois Chicago, University of California, Los Angeles, and University of Wisconsin-Madison.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this workshop by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

Are you new to UF? Interested in making your courses more equitable and accessible for all students?

Join the Disability Resource Center for an overview of their mission, purpose, and registration procedures. The presenters will review the social model of disability, academic and testing accommodations as well as assistive technology.

Participants will collaborate with colleagues on how they might facilitate accommodations and communicate with students with disabilities about methods to support their learning within their course.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Fostering Inclusive Communities for Learning helps instructors strategize ways to build an environment where a wide range of students feel safe, respected, and comfortable enough to collaborate and learn. Participants will develop tools for communicating effectively with students and facilitating positive interactions among members of their class.

This asynchronous online workshop requires all course materials and activities to be completed within the given timeframe. 
Fostering Inclusive Communities for Learning registration    

Can you describe a time when you engaged in leadership activities or used creative thinking? You are developing skills that are beyond your disciplinary speciality during your graduate studies. We invite you to explore and reframe your skills to start uncovering career options that are recognized by a wide range of employers. By the end of this session, you will begin to recognize your strengths, articulate your graduate skills, and give evidence of your accomplishments.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this workshop by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

Do you engage with your colleagues in a way that brings out their best? Does your team collaborate in a way that combines the unique talents and abilities of each member to achieve big goals?

In this discussion-based course, you will discover specific inclusive behaviors and strategies proven to increase engagement, innovation, and productivity in the workplace. Participants will recognize unconscious behaviors that derail a team’s full potential and practice strategies to create a respectful culture that optimizes performance and produces great results.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

In this workshop we will discuss strategies to increase response rates for course evaluations. We will also delve into the new GatorEvals Individual faculty reports, as well as ways in which you can use this data for course improvement.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Inclusive practices are critical to the higher education landscape to improve student learning. Inclusive teaching means designing and teaching courses in ways that foster talent in all students, but especially those who come from groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education.

In this two-part workshop, participants will get familiarized with important concepts of diversity equity and inclusion, and the role of teaching methods in embracing student diversity in all forms. Also, attendees will discuss practical strategies of inclusive teaching that can be incorporated into everyday student interactions and during course design and assessment.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Are you considering a faculty career focused on teaching? These careers – whether at R1 institutions or primarily undergraduate institutions – can provide faculty with ample opportunities to develop and refine their teaching and course design skills, while also valuing research and service as important components of faculty work. Join us to hear CIRTL alumni reflect on how they came into these positions: what made them pursue this career path; its benefits, stressors, and rewards; and how CIRTL shaped their interests, skills, and community.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this workshop by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

There are different methods by which we can assess students’ learning. By evaluating what it is you’d like or need to evaluate as instructor, creative assignments/assessments that extend beyond exams or even research papers are possible.

This workshop will provide some suggestions for creative methods to assess student learning, which often serve as more accurate reflections of the critical thinking and problem-solving skills students should actually be developing.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Work with a community of peers to develop and improve your research mentoring skills in this engaging seminar. Students will develop their personal mentoring philosophy, learn how to articulate that philosophy across a variety of disciplines, and refine strategies for dealing with mentoring challenges.

The content of each session in this seminar is designed to address the key concerns and challenges identified by experienced research mentors. In addition to the general content about research mentoring, all of the case studies and some of the discussion questions draw specific attention to issues related to multidisciplinary research mentoring. Seminar topics include:
● Aligning Expectations and Assessing Competencies
● Promoting Professional Development
● Maintaining Effective Communication
● Fostering Equity and Inclusion in the Research Context
● Fostering Independence
● Cultivating Ethical Behavior
● Articulating a Mentoring Philosophy and Plan

This intensive 6-week course meets online on Thursdays from March 17 through April 21.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this course by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

Graduate students play a lot of roles – student, researcher, lab partner, co-author, mentor, advisee, mentee – and in each role you develop different interpersonal skills.

In this event, we will break down the interpersonal skillset that graduate students develop: what these skills are, how they show up in the many roles that grad students play, and how they apply to different career paths you may be interested in pursuing. By the end of this session, you will be able to identify the roles you play as a graduate student and articulate the skills these roles enable you to develop in interpersonal communication, multicultural competence, and active listening.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this workshop by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

Instructors can impart their love for their subject-matter and ensure that all students have effective opportunities to learn the content.

You will learn about the core tenets of UDL (multiple means of representation, action and expression, and engagement) and integration of culturally relevant practices, engage in experiential and dialogic learning, and begin applying UDL to their own courses and activities.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Learn how to level up your lecturing and teaching practices in this hands-on workshop! In this interactive session you will explore what your body language and vocal tone say to your students.

This session will also provide you with practical tips for communicating with your students and help you incorporate new physical and vocal habits that will allow you to communicate and lecture more effectively.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

One of the CIRTL Core Ideas is Learning through Diversity, and this will be facilitated throughout academia when the diversity of faculty and staff in academia better matches the diversity of the population. Join us to hear how alumni from underrepresented groups reflect on the different challenges and rewards of being in positions at different kinds of institutions.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this workshop by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

This workshop demonstrates Pressbooks as a tool to crowdsource textbook writing by harnessing students expertise of what they don’t know as a powerful motivator to engage them as co-authors in content generation.

The Reading Memo and Incubator Hypothesis pedagogies merge in this learner-centered activity by empowering students to become central to their own training and partner with faculty to communicate course content in accessible textbook format.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Navigating your professional communities and academic networks can take a lot of work, especially if you’re a graduate student who is new to both of these spaces.

In this event, we will explore the types of skills, which many graduate students already have, that help you navigate these professional spaces: managing up, identifying mentors, building support networks, and more.

In addition to helping you understand and explore communities and networks, these skills can help you succeed in different career paths once you understand how they translate. By the end of this session, you will be able to identify the roles you plan in various communities, and how those roles relate to specific professional skills. In addition, you will be able to develop your own mentor network map, identify the skills you have that will help you develop your network, and build your confidence to do this work.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this workshop by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

Explore ways to develop course assignments that incorporate international perspectives and enhance the development of intercultural competence.

Engage in a self-assessment exercise that will allow you to rate the degree to which you have internationalized your courses. Learn about virtual exchange as a way to connect your classrooms to other classrooms around the world.

To register for this workshop:

1. Create a Passport Portal account
2. Register on the Upcoming Activities page in the Passport Portal. (GatorLink credentials required)

If you already have a Passport Portal account, skip step 1.

Are you considering a career outside of academia? Whether you’re considering work in a lab, in private industry, or elsewhere, non-academic career possibilities can build on the same skills you’ve developed in academia, like research, mentoring, and learning new concepts. Join us to hear CIRTL alumni reflect on how they came into their non-academic careers: what made them pursue this path; its benefits, stressors, and rewards; and how CIRTL shaped their interests, skills, and community.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this workshop by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

Work with an experienced instructor in your discipline to enhance your understanding and experience of teaching a university course in this semester-long mentorship program designed for postdoctoral fellows. In this practicum, postdocs will observe mentors in their teaching, teach guest lectures and receive feedback on their teaching, discuss teaching approaches with their mentors, and engage in group discussions of teaching with peers in the practicum. When applying for the practicum, postdocs also have the opportunity to identify specific areas of teaching development where they would like additional instruction (on topics like lesson planning, teaching portfolios, equity, diversity, & inclusion, and teaching-as-research); practicum instructors will plan sessions around the most demanded topics.

This semester-long practicum has 5 online sessions from January 12-April 20.

This event is hosted by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) and is designed for graduate students and faculty mentors. Register for this course by logging in with your CIRTL account. If you do not have a CIRTL account, you can create one with your UF credentials.

Fostering Inclusive Communities for Learning helps instructors strategize ways to build an environment where a wide range of students feel safe, respected, and comfortable enough to collaborate and learn. Participants will develop tools for communicating effectively with students and facilitating positive interactions among members of their class.

This asynchronous online workshop requires all course materials and activities to be completed within the given timeframe. 
Fostering Inclusive Communities for Learning registration    

Work with a community of peers to develop and improve your research mentoring skills in this engaging seminar. Students will develop their personal mentoring philosophy, learn how to articulate that philosophy across a variety of disciplines, and refine strategies for dealing with mentoring challenges.

The content of each session in this seminar is designed to address the key concerns and challenges identified by experienced research mentors. In addition to the general content about research mentoring, all of the case studies and some of the discussion questions draw specific attention to issues related to multidisciplinary research mentoring. Seminar topics include:
● Aligning Expectations and Assessing Competencies
● Promoting Professional Development
● Maintaining Effective Communication
● Fostering Equity and Inclusion in the Research Context
● Fostering Independence
● Cultivating Ethical Behavior
● Articulating a Mentoring Philosophy and Plan