We invite any Columbia graduate student with questions about teaching online or in-person to join us for office hours via Zoom, no appointment necessary. We also welcome questions about CTL fellowships, programs, services, job market preparation, and making progress in the Teaching Development Program (bit.ly/ctl-tdp). Visit us anytime today from 2 – 4 pm at https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/my/ctlgrads If you can’t make live office hours but want support, schedule an individual consultation at http://bit.ly/ctl-gradconsult or email us at CTLgrads@columbia.edu.
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Considering the Whole Self in Teaching & Learning (Grad Students) S2
This is a 2-part CIRTL workshop led Columbia graduate students for a national audience, and is an opportunity to join an national conversation around teaching and learning. To join this event, please register at the CIRTL workshop here: https://www.cirtl.net/events/943. Registration ends 3/5 for this event that runs on Friday 3/12 and 3/26.
It is no secret that stress, anxiety, and other mental health challenges are prevalent in higher education. In fact, in recent years, more students have reported experiencing negative academic impacts from stress than from the common cold and flu (c.f., NCHA, 2019). Yet the standard mental health policies we include in our syllabi often frame these experiences as something to be addressed solely outside of the classroom. This two-part workshop takes a different approach, recognizing that instructors and TAs have the power to support and prioritize students’ (and our own) physical and mental wellbeing in the classroom, and that doing so can foster student learning. This re-centering of health and wellbeing is crucial now more than ever, as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic intersect with and amplify pre-existing stressors for teachers and learners, including but not limited to anti-Black racism, political turmoil, and increasingly common climate disasters.
In this two-part workshop, participants will explore the relationships between mental and emotional health, the human body, and learning. Through a combination of asynchronous modules and synchronous workshop and discussion sessions, participants will frame the literature of mental health and bodily awareness in the classroom with their lived experience and leave with concrete methods of incorporating new insights into their own practice, with a particular focus on creating learning objectives and designing assessments that consider and support the whole student. These novel approaches will help students and teachers to experience more positive, rewarding, and healthy class spaces, and to support each other in working toward this vision.
Reading Group: Anti-Racist Pedagogy Theory and Practice
Have you enacted anti-racist practices in your teaching? Are you looking for resources and support for engaging in anti-racist pedgagogical theory and practice? Join the CTL and peer instructors committed to learning more about and incorporating anti-racist pedagogy and practice. Each month, participants will engage in a discussion around a shared text, as well as use the time and space to reflect on their own practice and classrooms.
Registration information here.
Spring 2021 Semester Meeting Dates:
Wednesday, January 27 10:30-11:45am
Wednesday, February 24 10:30-11:45am
Thursday, March 25 3:00-4:15pm
Thursday, April 22 3:00-4:15pm
Please feel welcome to participate in as many gathering dates as your schedule allows; separate registration is required for each event.
By the end of each session, participants should be able to:
Reflect on their teaching practices
Translate the community dialogue and shared texts into action
Enact anti-racist pedagogical practices in their classrooms
Columbia University makes every effort to accommodate individuals with disabilities. Contact ColumbiaCTL@columbia.edu or 212.854.1692 for accommodations.
This event may be photographed. Note, if this is an online event, CTL staff may take screenshots. For concerns, contact ColumbiaCTL@columbia.edu.