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Cornell University

Preparing Future Faculty to Assess Student Learning

A cross-campus collaboration from 2012-2015

Opportunities

Workshops & Events

PREPARE WORKSHOP SERIES

A new series focused on specific grading and assessment challenges. Lunch is provided! Graduate students and postdocs can complete any three of the workshops to earn a certificate in Assessment Practices for the STEM Classroom. A Humanities certificate is planned for 2016.

Would you like a custom workshop for your department or course? Contact cornellcti@cornell.edu to learn more.

GET SET WORKSHOP & DISCUSSION SERIES

Teaching workshops on a variety of topics, led by Center for Teaching Innovation graduate fellows. Complete three or more workshops in a category and earn a certificate. Meet grad students and postdocs across disciplines at informal pizza lunch discussions and Saturday events.

CIRTL EVENTS

Events from the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning – both online and in-person.

Credentialing Opportunities

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Practicum

Open to TAs, graduate instructors of First-Year Writing Seminars, and postdocs with access to a course/setting in which they can do research on teaching, in all fields. Receive a $500 small grant and training in systematically studying and improving student learning over the course of fall or spring semester. Participation in four or more training workshops required, plus a poster presentation in May/June at the Classroom Research and Teaching Symposium.

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Teaching as Research Internships Related to Flipped Classroom Initiatives

Would you like to be a part redesigning Cornell courses for more active learning methods? Customized mentoring is available for STEM graduate students and postdocs interested in studying the impacts of flipped classrooms. All internships will be tailored to your interests and faculty course leader needs. Funding may be available for implementing research on teaching or presenting results beyond Cornell. Contact cornellcti@cornell.edu and cirtl@cornell.edu to learn more.

GET SET Certificate in Assessing Learning and Teaching

Earn a certificate of participation by completing three or more GET SET workshops on assessing student learning in a two-year period.

For a complete listing of past events, please see our past events page. 

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