WAC: Developing Your WI Syllabus

One of the challenges in writing-intensive instruction is developing a syllabus that weaves together course content with WAC principles to improve student writing and facilitate their writing process. In this workshop, we will suggest critical elements for crafting syllabi for writing-intensive courses and consider ways to adapt assignments and course practices that help students learn

Teaching Portfolio Workshop: Course Syllabi & Assignments, Teaching Effectiveness

The Teaching Portfolio is a reflective opportunity for faculty to organize, question and challenge themselves as educators. This self-reflection helps to articulate teaching philosophies, identify ways to improve teaching methodologies, and maintain balance and synergy between teaching, scholarship and service. Each workshop session will introduce specific sections of the Portfolio and then set aside time

RFCUNY Brown Bag Research Webinars: NSF Undergraduate Research Programs for CUNY Faculty

Overview: The NSF Directorate for STEM Education supports programs at all educational levels and in a variety of settings. The directorate funds innovative research and evaluation projects across all STEM disciplines and STEM projects — through scholarships, fellowships, centers, alliances, networks, curriculum development and institutional capacity building. It invests in activities aimed to improve knowledge

Book Completion Award (BCA) Program

The BCA invites proposals from faculty in the arts, humanities, and social sciences who are working on research projects they are developing into publishable book manuscripts. This grant program welcomes applications for book projects in the development and prospectus stage, as well as for manuscripts that have been accepted for publication and are nearing completion.

WAC: Effective Assignment Design

This workshop will cover a number of assignment design strategies that emphasize active learning through student writing. Developing effective writing assignments helps students retain and critically think about course content. In this workshop, faculty will have the chance to discuss and enhance their own writing assignments.

Teaching Portfolio Workshop: Teaching Improvement Activities, Future Teaching Goals

The Teaching Portfolio is a reflective opportunity for faculty to organize, question and challenge themselves as educators. This self-reflection helps to articulate teaching philosophies, identify ways to improve teaching methodologies, and maintain balance and synergy between teaching, scholarship and service. Each workshop session will introduce specific sections of the Portfolio and then set aside time

*City Tech’s Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Collaborative * March Meetup *

Please join City Tech faculty and staff for an informal monthly Zoom meetup to exchange teaching and collaboration strategies. We will discuss UDL* approaches for improving learner engagement and agency. At this meeting, we will choose one of the UDL Considerations from the Brightspace course to review collectively and discuss. No previous knowledge is needed.

PARSE Workshop: What, Where & How

Overview of the reappointment, tenure, and promotion process Guidance on using the ePARSE system to create a clear, organized, and effective PARSE Register HERE