Kaneb Center Announcements: Student Panel on Supporting Student Wellbeing in the Classroom and more

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Home      About      Blog This week's email includes information about the Graduate Peer Observation Program, spring workshops, and a new blog post. To view our full workshop schedule, visit our Events page.  Graduate Peer Observation Program Have an experienced graduate student observe your class/tutorial/discussion section in this confidential, low-stakes opportunity for formative feedback! All observations will be scheduled before March 25, and on a first come, first served basis.                       Fill out this form to send us your teaching schedule and preferred dates for observation. A trained graduate associate of the Kaneb Center will contact you and observe a day of your class. After the observation, you will meet for a short discussion on what went well and suggestions for improvement.

Upcoming Workshops We invite you to sign up for any of the following pedagogy workshops this spring. All workshops will take place via Zoom unless otherwise noted. For more information and to register, click here.   Supporting Student Wellbeing in the Classroom (Undergraduate Panel) Supporting student mental health and wellbeing is always important, but it has become even more urgent in the wake of COVID-19, which has exacerbated pre-existing mental health issues among college students. How can we, as instructors, bolster student wellbeing as we battle the lingering physical and mental effects of the pandemic? In this panel—a collaboration among the Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence, Student Government, and the Center for Student Support and Care—undergraduates from across disciplines will provide a student perspective on how instructors can best support students’ mental, physical, and emotional wellness in the classroom. Date: Friday, February 11 Time: 2:00-3:15 p.m. Presenters: Moderated by Emily Donahoe, Postdoctoral Fellow, ND Learning and Juliette Kelley, Co-Director of Health and Well-being, Student Government Featuring panelists Emma Connors, Ben Scholl, and Austin Wyman, with Dr. Megan Brown, Director of the McDonald Center for Student Well-being Teaching First Year Students Join colleagues in discussing challenges, opportunities and strategies specific to teaching students in their first year of college. This workshop will be helpful for faculty who teach University Seminars, large lecture classes, Moreau classes, or any course aimed mainly at first year students. Date: Wednesday, February 16 Time: 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Presenters: Susan Ohmer, Associate Professor of Film, Television, and Theatre & Faculty Fellow, Notre Dame Learning | Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence Inclusive Teaching Mini-Workshop Series Thursdays throughout the semester, 11:00am - 11:45am Supporting Student Wellbeing in the Classroom (Workshop) Wednesday, February 23; 2:00pm - 3:15pm Cultivating Attention in the Classroom Friday, February 25; 12:30pm - 1:45pm Facilitating Effective Discussion in the Humanities and Social Sciences Wednesday, March 2; 11:00am - 12:15pm Improving Your CIFs  Wednesday, March 16; 3:30pm - 4:45pm Creative Assignments and Assessments in Language and Culture Education Tuesday, March 22; 9:30am - 10:45am Hard Conversations in STEM Tuesday, April 5; 11:00am - 12:15pm Integrative & Engaged Learning with ePortfolios Wednesday, April 20; 2:00pm - 3:15pm Teaching for Social Justice Friday, April 22; 11:00am - 12:15pm New Blog Post Enhancing Student Learning with Emotion, by Haley Dutmer "It may seem antithetical or impractical to encourage and stimulate emotion in the classroom. Emotions, it’s often thought, can be distracting or misleading–steering us further from our course learning goals and the pursuit of the truth. But in The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion Sarah Rose Cavanagh explores how emotion can be an asset, rather than a detriment, to learning in the classroom..."

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