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.
Spring 2024
When: Wednesdays, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Location: Brody Learning Commons 4040
Registration: Priority is given to KSAS graduate students and post-docs, but if you’re from another division and interested, please contact Allon ([email protected]). If your plans change after you register, please also contact Allon ([email protected]) so your spot can go to someone else.
Workshop Schedule
All sessions presented by Allon Brann, Teacher Support Specialist, Teaching Academy and Center for Teaching Excellence & Innovation, Johns Hopkins University.
This semester’s workshops will be a series focused on one topic: “Grading and Anti-Grading.” Many instructors are dissatisfied with or even dread grading. Yet most instructors—and most institutions—also deem grading an essential or even untouchable part of teaching. Why? What are the purposes of grades? Why do we rely on them? What might we do to make them work better? If we abandoned them, what might we do instead? We’ll work on these questions, among others.
The five workshops are designed as a sequence. Each session will build upon previous ones, so the more of them you can attend the more we think you’ll get out of each. However, attending all is certainly not required. You’re very welcome to attend whichever sessions best fit your schedule or most interest you. If you’d like to participate in the full series but have a conflict with a particular session, please contact Allon and he’ll be happy to help you get caught up.
Do we need grades? | Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
12:00-1:00 PM ET | Brody Learning Commons 4040
Do grades work? | Wednesday, February 7th, 2024
12:00-1:00 PM ET | Brody Learning Commons 4040
Reform, pt. 1: Math and Standards | Wednesday, February 21st, 2024
12:00-1:00 PM ET | Brody Learning Commons 4040
Reform, pt. 2: Choices | Wednesday, March 6th, 2024
12:00-1:00 PM ET | Brody Learning Commons 4040
Abolition: What could we do instead? | Wednesday, March 27th, 2024
12:00-1:00 PM ET | Brody Learning Commons 4040
If your plans change after you register, please make sure to cancel your registration online or contact Allon ([email protected]) before the session. This helps us plan and ensures that your spot can go to someone else who’s interested.
Please also feel free to contact Allon anytime if you’re unable to attend but are interested in the topic.
(Note: Participants in the Teaching Academy Certificate of Completion program may count these workshops towards their Phase I requirement.)