The KSAS Graduate Teaching Seminar is a workshop and forum for graduate students and post-docs interested in discussing teaching strategies and collaborating to generate solutions to challenges in the classroom. We welcome graduate students and post-docs from all Krieger School departments to attend any sessions that may be helpful for their teaching practice and professional development.
Fall 2024
Workshops will take place on various Wednesdays from 12-1pm eastern in Brody Learning Commons Room 4040. This is an in-person only workshop series.
Please see the registrations below for the sessions you plan to attend. If your plans change after you register, please make sure to contact Allon before the session. This helps us plan and ensures that your spot can go to someone else who’s interested.
If you have any questions or feedback, please email Allon Brann at [email protected].
August 21st: The First Day, Without Icebreakers
What should we try to accomplish on the first day of a course? In this session we’ll discuss ways to get students excited about course content, comfortable with the kind of work they’ll do, and familiar with expectations, while avoiding conventional icebreakers or syllabus reading.
September 11th: The First Minutes
What’s the best way to begin class? Which lines, questions, or activities should we use to draw students in or prepare them for the work we want them to do that day? We’ll consider different approaches to making the first few minutes of class productive and memorable.
September 25th and October 2nd: Small Group Teaching, pts. 1 and 2
How can we make small groups work? What kinds of questions or tasks are they best suited for? Which teaching challenges can they address? What kinds of questions or tasks can we These two sessions will help you get more comfortable planning and implementing small group work in your courses. They’ll also give you a chance to try out some different models of exercises that have worked well in text- and discussion-based courses in particular.
October 23rd: The Last Day
How do you end a course? In this session, we’ll explore some different approaches to answering that question. We’ll look at closing activities that can help students synthesize key themes and takeaways, reflect on what they’ve learned, and leave the course with a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment.
Note: Participants in the Teaching Academy Certificate of Completion program may count these workshops towards their Phase I requirement.