Workshops

Make the most of the time you have with students and colleagues by preparing for your teaching opportunities. This workshop will give you the tools to articulate learning outcomes for a variety of purposes including tutoring, instructional assistantships and informal teaching activities. Put these strategies into practice by planning facilitation and teaching activities relevant to your development goals and aspirations.

This workshop is open to all undergraduate students and is a requirement for completion of the Foundations in Teaching and Learning (FTL) Certificate.

Do you want to engage learners in active, facilitated, learning experiences that really excite others?  Do you want to learn how to teach others without relying solely on knowledge transfer? Learn strategies to engage learners in discovery and create a facilitation plan relevant to your development goals and aspirations. Begin to question the assumptions and experiences you bring to the learning environment.

This workshop is open to all undergraduate students and is a requirement for completion of the Foundations in Teaching and Learning (FTL) Certificate.

Feedback is an important part of your growth and development as well as the growth and development of the learners you interact with. Develop strategies to get feedback from a variety of sources and acknowledge it in a meaningful way. Practice communicating feedback to others in a constructive manner that really helps students learn from their experiences.  

This workshop is open to all undergraduate students and is a requirement for completion of the Foundations in Teaching and Learning (FTL) Certificate. 

Different people approach learning in different ways and there is strength in this diversity. In this workshop, you will explore ways to incorporate more diversity into your teaching approaches. Recognize the value in incorporating multiple perspectives in teaching activities and discuss strategies to interact with others in the role of teacher to achieve a shared learning goal.

This workshop is open to all undergraduate students and is a requirement for completion of the Foundations in Teaching and Learning (FTL) Certificate.

Engaging in roles teaching roles such as tutoring, explaining a concept to a friend or colleague, or holding a position as an IA are development opportunities. Identify the core skills you are developing and practice communicating these skills to others. Explore your strengths and weaknesses as an instructor and facilitator and explore paths for future development at Laurier and beyond.

This workshop is open to all undergraduate students and is a requirement for completion of the Foundations in Teaching and Learning (FTL) Certificate.

During the Foundations in Teaching & Learning certificate, participants will engage in one microteaching session. These sessions provide the opportunity to practice teaching in a safe and supportive environment by delivering a 10-minute lesson to a small group of peers. Following the lesson, you will have the opportunity to reflect on your experience and receive constructive feedback from peers. The participants will be recorded as they present their lesson and the digital recording can be reviewed privately at home following the session.

Use the time you have with your students in class wisely by mapping out your lesson and learning objectives with intention. In this workshop, participants will identify the fundamental characteristics of a lesson plan and the benefits of using lesson planning in their teaching practice. Participants will begin to construct lesson plans to use in their instructional opportunities or microteaching sessions. Lesson plans are a wonderful resource to include in a teaching dossier to showcase your teaching philosophies in practice and to document the evolution of your teaching over time.

Do you ever hear crickets when you pose a question to your class? Do you want to encourage lively discussions? In this workshop, we will discuss strategies to facilitate active participation in your classroom. Come to learn about and experience a variety of teaching methods that you can implement. Participants will begin to design a learning activity.

The students in your classroom are unique in the ways that they approach learning. In this workshop, we will discuss how to address the diverse needs of the students in your classroom, how the way you learn impacts how you teach, and examine what learning means from the perspective of the instructor as well as the learner. Participants will have the opportunity to modify a learning activity relevant to their teaching practice to better meet the needs of their students.

It is important to measure whether or not students have met the learning outcomes that you have communicated to them at the beginning of a unit or course. In this workshop, we will explore the types of assessments that can be used in the classroom and their purposes as well as discuss the importance of course alignment and feedback.

Do you ever wonder how your past experiences, values and beliefs affect the way you teach and the impact student learning in your classroom? Question the experiences and assumptions you bring to the classroom and explore ways to increase your self-awareness to navigate the multifaceted nature of a diverse classroom. Discover how to become more self-aware to create a positive, safe, and interactive learning environment for you and your students.

During the University Teaching Foundations certificate, participants will engage in two microteaching sessions. These sessions provide the opportunity to practice teaching in a safe and supportive environment by delivering a 10-minute lesson to a small group of peers. Following the lesson, you will have the opportunity to reflect on your experience and receive constructive feedback from peers. The participants will be recorded as they present their lesson and the digital recording can be reviewed privately at home following the session.

Registration for microteaching sessions can be completed through the Microteaching Session Registration Form.

This workshop is designed to give you a foundation to express your teaching philosophies and begin to build a professional teaching dossier. Participants will gain tools and strategies to craft an authentic teaching philosophy statement and prepare a draft outline. The overall format of professional teaching dossiers will be discussed as well as the materials and experiences you can collect and document to include in your dossier.

*Participation is limited to Laurier graduate students and postdocs

This session is designed to facilitate the process of receiving peer feedback on your teaching philosophy statement from peer as well as an experienced facilitator. We will also continue to discuss teaching dossiers and the supporting materials that can be used to showcase how you put your teaching philosophies into practice in the classroom. Participants are required to come to the session with a working draft of their teaching philosophy statement.

This session is open to all who have attended the pre-requisite workshop “Describing your Teaching Approach”.

*Participation is limited to Laurier graduate students and postdocs

This session is an opportunity for graduate students in the UTC program to share their knowledge through facilitating workshops they have researched and designed. Come to this session to discuss topics in higher education with your fellow graduate students.

*Participation is limited to Laurier graduate students and postdocs

During the University Teaching Certificate, participants may choose to engage in microteaching sessions. These sessions provide the opportunity to practice teaching in a safe and supportive environment by delivering a 10-minute lesson to a small group of peers. Following the lesson, you will have the opportunity to reflect on your experience and receive constructive feedback from peers. The participants will be recorded as they present their lesson and the digital recording can be reviewed privately at home following the session.

Dates for microteaching sessions are determined between participants and facilitator on a term-by-term basis

After completing the four modules and associated activities, you will attend a face-to-face session with your peers to: Discuss instructional design models, theories of learning, and online course development at Laurier; Get hands on experience with a learning management system through exploration and experimentation; Begin creating the lesson outline for your online microteaching session.

NOTE: This session is a requirement for the Foundations in Online Teaching Certificate (FOT) and is offered exclusively to FOT participants.

*Participation is limited to Laurier graduate students and postdocs

To complete the Foundations in Online Teaching certificate, participants must complete four online modules (8 hours total), one face-to-face session (2 hours), and an online microteaching session (3 hours). The online modules must be completed prior to participation in the face-to-face workshop and microteaching session.

Dates for microteaching sessions are determined between participants and facilitator on a term-by-term basis