Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation

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Effective Strategies for Preparing a Teaching Award Nomination File

Megan Burnett, Associate Director, CTSI Carolyn Farrell, Director, Awards and Honours, Faculty of Applied Science + Engineering Karen McCrindle, Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning, Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning, and Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Centre for French and Linguistics, UTSC Kelly Gordon, Coordinator, Programs & Strategic Initiatives, CTSI The Centre for Teaching Support & […]

Demystifying the Dossier: Interpreting and Integrating Course Evaluations

Facilitators: Gregory Hum, Manager, Evaluation & Assessment, CTSI Kyle Turner, Faculty Liaison, Teaching and Learning, CTSI This session is part of the Dossier Series. Faculty are welcome to attend one or multiple workshops in the series; recordings will be available for all sessions. At the University of Toronto, course evaluations are one key component of […]

November SoTL Journal Club

The CTSI-SoTL team is excited to offer a noon-hour SoTL Journal Club Series with monthly events throughout Fall-Winter 2021-22. The goal of this series is to provide an opportunity for our community to explore the SoTL literature in a synchronous group setting, both to find practical applications to implement in our teaching, and to inform […]

TIDE Workshop: Unconscious Bias in the Teaching and Learning Context

This workshop is being facilitated by the Toronto Initiative for Diversity & Excellence (TIDE). TIDE is a grassroots service group consisting of University of Toronto faculty members from across disciplines with a focus on supporting equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University. This workshop is intended for faculty interested in learning more about unconscious bias […]

Creating Equitable Classrooms (Roundtable): Let’s Talk About Failure at U of T

Johanna Pokorny, Research Lead, Innovation Hub Kate Bowers, Learning Strategist, Resilience Focus Academic Success Rahul Bhat, Resilience Programming Lead, Academic Success Julia Allworth, Manager, Innovation Projects Do you want to talk about failure? Failure and setbacks are inevitable parts of learning at UofT, and yet this aspect of a student’s experience often remains unexamined. Drawing […]

CTSI ACUE-Certified Faculty Lunchtime Series: Assessing to Inform Instruction & Promote Learning

Facilitator: Alexander Rennet, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream & Faculty Advisor (MATH), Mathematical and Computational Sciences, UTM Join U of T faculty graduates of the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Effective Teaching Practices course (ACUE-Certified Faculty) as they share insights from the 25 modules they completed over several months. They implemented, reimagined, and extended […]

February 2nd SoTL Journal Club

The CTSI-SoTL team is excited to offer a noon-hour SoTL Journal Club Series with monthly events throughout Fall-Winter 2021-22. The goal of this series is to provide an opportunity for our community to explore the SoTL literature in a synchronous group setting, both to find practical applications to implement in our teaching, and to inform […]

CTSI ACUE-Certified Faculty Lunchtime Series: Creating a Supportive Learning Environment

Presenters: Nancy Johnston, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Writing in the Disciplines Coordinator, Centre for Teaching & Learning, Historical and Cultural Studies, UTSC Katherine Trip, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Coordinator, Nurse Practitioner Field of Study (MN Program) Join U of T faculty graduates of the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Effective Teaching Practices course […]

Creating Equitable Classrooms Roundtable: Mindful Reading in a Digital Age

Facilitators: Dan D’Agostino, Faculty Librarian Benjamin Potruff, PhD, Learning Strategist, Victoria College Jasjit Sangha, Phd, Learning Strategist, Identity and Learning The shift to using predominately online resources has made reading more difficult. Our shortened attention span means that we are less likely to be able to focus on an online reading or even print literature […]

Putting it into Words: Drafting Your Statement of Teaching Philosophy 

Facilitator: Cora McCloy, PhD, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, CTSI This webinar is part of the Demystifying the Dossier Series. Faculty are welcome to attend one or multiple workshops in the series; recordings will be available for all sessions here (https://q.utoronto.ca/courses/46670/pages/quercus-videos-and-workshop-recordings#ctsi).  At the University of Toronto, a teaching dossier must be submitted as part of the formal review process for tenure and continuing status. […]