Center for Teaching practicum student Nathan Walter offers this resource on creating icebreakers that are effective in building community and trust amongst the class.

Undergraduate students in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies and spring 2024 Center for Teaching practicum students share this resource to provide specific strategies for dealing with difficult dialogues.

The Center for Teaching offers resources to support new and incoming instructors as they prepare to teach at Iowa for the first time.

As the 2023–2024 academic year comes to an end, the Center for Teaching would like to thank our graduate teaching fellows for their invaluable work.

Proactively documenting your teaching will make it easier to produce materials for annual review, tenure and promotion processes, and teaching awards and recognitions. The process of regularly collecting and reflecting on evidence about your teaching is also a great way to help you make informed decisions about your teaching practices and identify impactful areas for revision in your courses.

The Center for Teaching’s Students as Partners program is wrapping up the academic year, cultivating student-centered learning experiences across campus and beyond. The year has culminated with showcases and national recognition.

In this pedagogical article, we’ll share some insights from University of Iowa instructors who have been using their syllabi as a catalyst for reflection and continuous improvement.

The Transforming Your Research Into Teaching (TYRIT) Workshop Series introduces participants to an evidence-based course design framework and helps them design a course based on their current area of research interest or one they may need to teach in their future careers. TYRIT is open to all graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.

A virtual panel on Friday, April 19 will discuss graduate teaching assistants’ process of and experience with using alternative grading methods. They will also explore the support that a TA may need to foster equitable assessment in their teaching practice.

The last week of class is as crucial as the first, so many instructors find that it is well worth their time to engage students in deeper reflection and learning even amid the last-minute housekeeping details and catching up. This article includes strategies for how instructors can get the most out of their final days of the semester.