For Educators
- For Faculty
- For Graduate Students & Postdocs
- Teaching Consultations and Observations
- Workshops and Courses
- Assessment
Whether educators are new to teaching or have years of teaching experience, teaching consultation services with the Engaged Teaching team provides valuable pedagogical insights. Educators (faculty, lecturers, graduate students, postdoctoral scholars) can request a teaching consultation and/or classroom observation, and student feedback on any teaching topic of interest. Departments or a team of faculty can also request a teaching consultation on a topic they want to explore together. Below is a description of each service Engaged Teaching provides to the teaching community. When you are ready, schedule a teaching consultation with us.
A teaching consultation may cover a broad range of teaching topics such as engaging students in large lectures, creating learning outcomes, designing aligned assessments, and integrating active learning teaching strategies. During a teaching consultation, we also offer a review of course materials and Student Evaluation of Teaching (formerly course and professor evaluation).
Schedule a teaching consultation with an education specialist.
Classroom observations are a common component of teaching consultations. It provides educators with targeted, collaborative, evidence-based, and student-centered feedback to support teaching improvement and student success. Allow 2-3 weeks to complete the observation protocol, which include:
Note: We will try to fulfill consultations requested within two weeks; otherwise, we will offer a teaching consultation without a class observation.
Request a classroom observation with a teaching consultation.
Gather student feedback early and throughout the life of the course. Early student feedback allows educators to assess student learning and make manageable changes to the course. Give the Engaged Teaching team 10 minutes of a class session to collect early anonymous student feedback. Learn how educators can conduct and respond to student feedback.
Writing consultations give educators strategies to effectively integrate writing pedagogy into the course. Consultation topics can include:
Learn more about the Writing Hub.
Request a writing consultation.
Digital Learning supports the integration of digital technology and the effective use of multimedia to enhance and promote student success. We collaborate with departments, faculty, and instructors to consult on teaching topics such as:
We promote student success by implementing learner-centered course planning strategies and universal design for learning principles. Learn more about the services provided by Digital Learning.
Departments or small groups of educators who have teaching questions or a topic they would like to explore together can request a group consultation. Select the corresponding person for this request with whom Engaged Teaching will communicate and arrange logistics of the consultation.
Request a teaching consultation.We support educators who apply for the Course Development and Instructional Improvement Program facilitated by the Dean of Undergraduate Education. Engaged Teaching offers guidance on pedagogy that supports students’ learning: describing student-centered learning outcomes that support the goals of the course, designing assessments aligned with student-centered learning outcomes, addressing equity in student learning, and refining and enhancing educators’ ideas in the CDIIP proposal. Engaged Teaching offers the following information to help educators successfully submit a CDIIP proposal.